योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-39

प्राक्पुरस्ताच्च सर्वाणि सन्ति वस्तूनि नाभितः ।
मध्ये स्फुटत्वमेतेषां कैवास्था हतरूपिणी ॥ ३९ ॥

prākpurastācca sarvāṇi santi vastūni nābhitaḥ ,
madhye sphuṭatvameteṣāṃ kaivāsthā hatarūpiṇī 39

39. prāk purastāt ca sarvāṇi santi vastūni na abhitaḥ
madhye sphuṭatvam eteṣām kā iva āsthā hatarūpiṇī

39. sarvāṇi vastūni prāk ca purastāt santi,
na abhitaḥ.
eteṣām sphuṭatvam madhye.
kā iva hatarūpiṇī āsthā?

39. All phenomena (vastūni) truly exist both before (prāk) and after (purastāt) the present moment, not just in its immediate vicinity (abhitaḥ). Their distinct manifestation (sphuṭatvam) is only in the middle (madhye), the present. Therefore, what sort of ill-fated attachment (āsthā hatarūpiṇī) can one have to such fleeting appearances?

Words meanings summery:

• प्राक् (prāk) - Refers to prior existence in time. (before, previously, eastward)

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - Refers to existence after the present moment. (in front, beyond, afterward, eastward)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole, entire

• सन्ति (santi) - exist, are

• वस्तूनि (vastūni) - Refers to all phenomenal objects or experiences. (things, objects, substances, phenomena)

• न (na) - not, no

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - Here, 'not just in the immediate vicinity' of the present moment. (near, in the vicinity of, on both sides)

• मध्ये (madhye) - Refers to the present moment or the apparent manifestation in the temporal 'middle' between past and future. (in the middle, in the midst)

• स्फुटत्वम् (sphuṭatvam) - The state of being clearly manifest or apparent. (distinctness, clarity, manifestation, being clear)

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - Refers to 'all phenomena' (sarvāṇi vastūni). (of these, among these)

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• आस्था (āsthā) - attachment, faith, interest, trust

• हतरूपिणी (hatarūpiṇī) - Describes attachment as having an unfortunate or ill-fated nature, given the transience of its objects. (appearing unfortunate, having an ill-fated form)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राक् (prāk) - Refers to prior existence in time. (before, previously, eastward)

(indeclinable)

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - Refers to existence after the present moment. (in front, beyond, afterward, eastward)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'vastūni'.

सन्ति (santi) - exist, are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वस्तूनि (vastūni) - Refers to all phenomenal objects or experiences. (things, objects, substances, phenomena)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vastu

vastu - thing, object, substance, reality, item

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - Here, 'not just in the immediate vicinity' of the present moment. (near, in the vicinity of, on both sides)

(indeclinable)

मध्ये (madhye) - Refers to the present moment or the apparent manifestation in the temporal 'middle' between past and future. (in the middle, in the midst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate, present

स्फुटत्वम् (sphuṭatvam) - The state of being clearly manifest or apparent. (distinctness, clarity, manifestation, being clear)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphuṭatva

sphuṭatva - distinctness, clarity, manifestation

Derived from 'sphuṭa' (clear, manifest) with the abstract noun suffix '-tva'.

एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - Refers to 'all phenomena' (sarvāṇi vastūni). (of these, among these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Can be masculine or neuter plural genitive.

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Agrees with 'āsthā'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

आस्था (āsthā) - attachment, faith, interest, trust

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - faith, trust, confidence, attachment, interest, regard

हतरूपिणी (hatarūpiṇī) - Describes attachment as having an unfortunate or ill-fated nature, given the transience of its objects. (appearing unfortunate, having an ill-fated form)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hatarūpiṇī

hatarūpiṇī - having an unfortunate or destroyed form, ill-fated

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hata+rūpiṇī)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, ruined, unfortunate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root 'han' (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)
• rūpiṇī – having a form, appearing as, beautiful
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from 'rūpa' (form) with suffix '-inī'.

Note: Agrees with 'āsthā'.