योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-25

यथा नद्यातपजले क्षते क्षीणे न तत्क्षतिः ।
संकल्पमात्ररचिते प्रकृत्यैव च नाशिनि ॥ २५ ॥

yathā nadyātapajale kṣate kṣīṇe na tatkṣatiḥ ,
saṃkalpamātraracite prakṛtyaiva ca nāśini 25

25. yathā nadyātapajale kṣate kṣīṇe na tat kṣatiḥ
| saṅkalpamātraracite prakṛtyā eva ca nāśini

25. yathā nadyātapajale kṣate kṣīṇe tat kṣatiḥ na
saṅkalpamātraracite prakṛtyā eva ca nāśini

25. Just as there is no actual loss when water in a river mirage is damaged or wasted away, so too (for that which is) created by mere intention (saṅkalpa) and perishable by its very nature (prakṛti).

25. וכפי שהיעלמות מים של פאטה מורגנה בשמש אינה מפסידה מים אמיתיים – כך בדבר שנוצר כולו מדמיון ומהותו היא כליה...

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• नद्यातपजले (nadyātapajale) - in water of a river mirage, in illusory water from sunlight on a riverbed

• क्षते (kṣate) - when injured, in the injured one, damaged

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when wasted away, diminished, in the diminished one

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - its, that (of it)

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, destruction, harm, injury

• सङ्कल्पमात्ररचिते (saṅkalpamātraracite) - in that which is created by mere intention, in a thing formed only by volition

• प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by its very nature (prakṛti) (by nature, by its intrinsic nature)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• नाशिनि (nāśini) - in that which is perishable, in the perishable one, in that which is destructive

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

नद्यातपजले (nadyātapajale) - in water of a river mirage, in illusory water from sunlight on a riverbed

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nadyātapajala

nadyātapajala - mirage-water appearing from sunlight on a river (or dry riverbed)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+ātapa+jala)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• ātapa – sunshine, heat, intense heat
  noun (masculine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

क्षते (kṣate) - when injured, in the injured one, damaged

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣata

kṣata - injured, hurt, damaged, wounded, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when wasted away, diminished, in the diminished one

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - wasted, diminished, emaciated, decayed, weak, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣi (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - its, that (of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, destruction, harm, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, harm, injury, destruction, decay, damage

सङ्कल्पमात्ररचिते (saṅkalpamātraracite) - in that which is created by mere intention, in a thing formed only by volition

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpamātraracita

saṅkalpamātraracita - created by mere intention/volition/imagination

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+mātra+racita)

• saṅkalpa – intention, volition, imagination, resolve, mental conception
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
• mātra – mere, only, just, measure, quantity
  indeclinable (neuter)
• racita – created, made, constructed, arranged
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: rac (class 10)

प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by its very nature (prakṛti) (by nature, by its intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature (prakṛti), fundamental constitution, original form, material cause

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

नाशिनि (nāśini) - in that which is perishable, in the perishable one, in that which is destructive

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nāśin

nāśin - perishable, destructive, liable to perish, decaying

Present Active Participle (agent noun)

Derived from root naś (to perish) with suffix -in.

Root: naś (class 4)

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