योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-29

अनुशासनमेतद्यदसतो नश्यतोऽथ वा ।
क्रियते तन्नभोवारिपवनाहननैः समम् ॥ २९ ॥

anuśāsanametadyadasato naśyato'tha vā ,
kriyate tannabhovāripavanāhananaiḥ samam 29

29. anuśāsanam etat yat asataḥ naśyataḥ atha vā
kriyate tat nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ samam

29. etat anuśāsanam yat asataḥ vā naśyataḥ kriyate,
tat nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ samam.

29. Any instruction given to what is unreal or perishing is comparable to striking the sky, water, or wind.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, teaching, discipline, precept

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• असतः (asataḥ) - of the unreal, of the non-existent

• नश्यतः (naśyataḥ) - of the perishing, of the destroying

• अथ (atha) - and, now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, either

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made

• तत् (tat) - that (refers to the instruction)

• नभः-वारि-पवन-आहननैः (nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ) - by strikings of sky, water, and wind

• समम् (samam) - equal to, like, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, teaching, discipline, precept

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuśāsana

anuśāsana - instruction, teaching, discipline, precept, rule

From 'anu-' + root 'śās' (to teach, rule)

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

Relative pronoun.

असतः (asataḥ) - of the unreal, of the non-existent

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

Present Active Participle of 'as' (to be) with 'a-' negative prefix

From 'a-' (negative) + root 'as' (to be)

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The ending '-as' can be ablative/genitive singular. Here implies 'to' or 'for'.

नश्यतः (naśyataḥ) - of the perishing, of the destroying

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of naśyat

naśyat - perishing, disappearing, destroying

Present Active Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Paired with 'asataḥ', also implying 'to' or 'for'.

अथ (atha) - and, now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Tense, Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'anuśāsanam'.

तत् (tat) - that (refers to the instruction)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Used as predicate with 'samam'.

नभः-वारि-पवन-आहननैः (nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhananaiḥ) - by strikings of sky, water, and wind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhanana

nabhaḥ-vāri-pavana-āhanana - act of striking the sky, water, and wind

Compound type : dvandva (nabhas+vāri+pavana+āhanana)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pū' (to purify) or 'vā' (to blow)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• āhanana – striking, hitting, beating
  noun (neuter)
  From 'ā-' + root 'han' (to strike, kill)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

समम् (samam) - equal to, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, it means 'is equal to' or 'is like'.