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).

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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