योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-59

क्रियावैचित्र्यमात्रे तु किमन्यत्परिदेव्यते ।
नाहमस्मि न चाभूवं भविष्यामि न सोऽधुना ॥ ५९ ॥

kriyāvaicitryamātre tu kimanyatparidevyate ,
nāhamasmi na cābhūvaṃ bhaviṣyāmi na so'dhunā 59

59. kriyā-vaicitrya-mātre tu kim anyat paridevyate na
aham asmi na ca abhūvam bhaviṣyāmi na saḥ adhunā

59. tu kriyā-vaicitrya-mātre kim anyat paridevyate? aham na asmi,
na ca abhūvam,
na bhaviṣyāmi; saḥ adhunā na (asti).

59. But what else is there to lament about in the mere diversity of actions? I am not (this transient being), nor was I (this transient being), nor will I be (this transient being); nor is that (transient state) present now.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रिया-वैचित्र्य-मात्रे (kriyā-vaicitrya-mātre) - in the mere diversity of actions, in the only variety of activities

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

• किम् (kim) - what

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, else

• परिदेव्यते (paridevyate) - is lamented, is grieved, is wailed

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was, I became

• भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be, I will become

• न (na) - not, no

• सः (saḥ) - that (transient self/state) (he, that)

• अधुना (adhunā) - now, at present, at this moment

Words meanings and morphology

क्रिया-वैचित्र्य-मात्रे (kriyā-vaicitrya-mātre) - in the mere diversity of actions, in the only variety of activities

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kriyāvaicitryamātra

kriyāvaicitryamātra - mere diversity of actions

Compound type : tatpurusha (kriyā+vaicitrya+mātra)

• kriyā – action, activity, rite
  noun (feminine)
  From √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vaicitrya – variety, diversity, manifoldness
  noun (neuter)
  From vicītra (manifold)
• mātra – mere, only, measure, extent
  adjective (neuter)

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

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why, how

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, else

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

परिदेव्यते (paridevyate) - is lamented, is grieved, is wailed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of paridiv

From pari-√div (to play, to lament)

Prefix: pari

Root: div (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was, I became

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past perfect (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be, I will become

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (transient self/state) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अधुना (adhunā) - now, at present, at this moment

(indeclinable)

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