योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-43

दृश्यते क्षीयते चैव रूपं सदसतोश्चलम् ।
तथैवेयमिह त्वेषा काले न्यूनातिरिक्तता ॥ ४३ ॥

dṛśyate kṣīyate caiva rūpaṃ sadasatoścalam ,
tathaiveyamiha tveṣā kāle nyūnātiriktatā 43

43. dṛśyate kṣīyate ca eva rūpam sat-asatoḥ calam
tathā eva iyam iha tu eṣā kāle nyūna-atirikta-tā

43. sat-asatoḥ calam rūpam dṛśyate ca eva kṣīyate;
tathā eva iyam eṣā nyūna-atirikta-tā iha kāle tu

43. The transient form of both existent and non-existent things is seen and also perishes. Just so, this very condition of deficiency and excess exists here in time.

43. הצורה המשתנה נראית ומתפוגגת, בין אם היא קיימת ובין אם לאו. כך בדיוק מופיעים ונעלמים המצבים השונים לאורך הזמן.

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived, appears

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - diminishes, wastes away, perishes, is destroyed

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, nature

• सत्-असतोः (sat-asatoḥ) - of the existent and the non-existent

• चलम् (calam) - moving, unsteady, fleeting, transient

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the proper time

• न्यून-अतिरिक्त-ता (nyūna-atirikta-tā) - the state of being deficient and excessive, deficiency and excess

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived, appears

(verb)

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

present passive

3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice, middle ending

Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - diminishes, wastes away, perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

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

present passive

3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice, middle ending

Root: kṣi (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, nature

सत्-असतोः (sat-asatoḥ) - of the existent and the non-existent

(noun)

Genitive, dual of sat-asat

sat-asat - existent and non-existent, being and non-being, real and unreal

Compound type : dvandva (sat+asat)

• sat – existent, true, good; being, reality
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle
  from √as
  Root: as (class 2)
• asat – non-existent, unreal, bad; non-being, unreality
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle (negative)
  negative prefix a- + √as
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)

चलम् (calam) - moving, unsteady, fleeting, transient

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cala

cala - moving, unsteady, shaking, fleeting, transient

from √cal

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with rūpam.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Nominative singular feminine of idam. Refers to nyūna-atirikta-tā.

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Nominative singular feminine of etad. Refers to nyūna-atirikta-tā.

काले (kāle) - in time, at the proper time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, right moment

from √kal

Root: kal (class 1)

न्यून-अतिरिक्त-ता (nyūna-atirikta-tā) - the state of being deficient and excessive, deficiency and excess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nyūna-atirikta-tā

nyūna-atirikta-tā - state of being less and more, deficiency and excess

Derived with suffix -tā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / dvandva (nyūna+atirikta+tā)

• nyūna – deficient, less, lacking, incomplete
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from √nyū
  Root: nyū (class 1)
• atirikta – excessive, superfluous, additional, remaining
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from ati-√ric
  Prefix: ati
  Root: ric (class 7)
• tā – suffix for forming abstract nouns, '-ness', '-hood'
  suffix (feminine)

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