योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-42, verse-15

न चैते तत्स्वरूपा वा न कल्प्यं नापि च क्षणः ।
न चेदं जायते किंचिन्न च किंचन नश्यति ॥ १५ ॥

na caite tatsvarūpā vā na kalpyaṃ nāpi ca kṣaṇaḥ ,
na cedaṃ jāyate kiṃcinna ca kiṃcana naśyati 15

15. na ca ete tat-sva-rūpāḥ vā na kalpyam na api ca kṣaṇaḥ
| na ca idam jāyate kiñcit na ca kiñcana naśyati ||

15. ca na ete tat-sva-rūpāḥ vā,
na kalpyam,
api ca na kṣaṇaḥ ca na idam kiñcit jāyate,
ca na kiñcana naśyati

15. Nor are these (creations) truly of that essential nature; they are not a mere conceptualization (kalpyam), nor even a fleeting moment (kṣaṇa). Indeed, nothing whatsoever is born here, and nothing whatsoever perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• एते (ete) - referring to the creations (sargāḥ) (these)

• तत्-स्व-रूपाः (tat-sva-rūpāḥ) - referring to the true, independent reality (of that nature, of its essential nature)

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• कल्प्यम् (kalpyam) - what is to be imagined, a concept, a mental construct

• न (na) - not, no

• अपि (api) - also, even

• च (ca) - and, also

• क्षणः (kṣaṇaḥ) - moment, instant

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• इदम् (idam) - this

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, happens

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - used with 'na' to mean 'nothing whatsoever' (anything, something)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - used with 'na' to mean 'nothing at all' (anything, something)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - referring to the creations (sargāḥ) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

तत्-स्व-रूपाः (tat-sva-rūpāḥ) - referring to the true, independent reality (of that nature, of its essential nature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tat-sva-rūpa

tat-sva-rūpa - having its own form/nature, of that nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+sva-rūpa)

• tad – that, he, she, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• sva-rūpa – one's own form, essential nature, identity
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agreeing with 'ete' (these creations).

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कल्प्यम् (kalpyam) - what is to be imagined, a concept, a mental construct

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpya

kalpya - to be imagined, to be formed, a concept

Gerundive

from root kḷp (to arrange, form, imagine)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun, 'a conceptualization'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

क्षणः (kṣaṇaḥ) - moment, instant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure

Root: kṣan (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

present indicative

4th class verb, middle voice

Root: jan (class 4)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - used with 'na' to mean 'nothing whatsoever' (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, whatever

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - used with 'na' to mean 'nothing at all' (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcana

kiñcana - anything, something, whatever

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of naś

present indicative

4th class verb, active voice

Root: naś (class 4)