योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-97, verse-14

उपलम्भकरो नाशो जन्मनस्तस्य वा कुतः ।
अथ चैनं सदा सन्तं नित्यं नष्टं च वेत्सि वा ॥ १४ ॥

upalambhakaro nāśo janmanastasya vā kutaḥ ,
atha cainaṃ sadā santaṃ nityaṃ naṣṭaṃ ca vetsi vā 14

14. upalambhakaḥ nāśaḥ janmanaḥ tasya vā kutaḥ atha
ca enam sadā santam nityaṃ naṣṭam ca vetsi vā

14. nāśaḥ upalambhakaḥ tasya janmanaḥ kutaḥ vā atha
ca enam sadā santam ca nityaṃ naṣṭam vā vetsi

14. How can destruction (nāśa) be the cause of perception, or from where would such a destruction itself originate? Or, do you indeed perceive this (object) as perpetually existing and yet eternally destroyed?

Words meanings summery:

• उपलम्भकः (upalambhakaḥ) - causing perception, bringing about comprehension

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, perishing

• जन्मनः (janmanaḥ) - of birth, origin

• तस्य (tasya) - of it, of that

• वा (vā) - or

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how

• अथ (atha) - now, then, further

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - this (object)

• सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually

• सन्तम् (santam) - existing, being

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - destroyed, perished

• च (ca) - and

• वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know, you perceive

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

उपलम्भकः (upalambhakaḥ) - causing perception, bringing about comprehension

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upalambhaka

upalambhaka - causing perception, producer of understanding

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, perishing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, disappearance (nāśa)

Root: naś (class 4)

जन्मनः (janmanaḥ) - of birth, origin

(noun)

neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, life

Root: jan (class 4)

तस्य (tasya) - of it, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - now, then, further

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - this (object)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enam

enam - this, him, it (accusative form of a demonstrative pronoun related to idam)

सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

सन्तम् (santam) - existing, being

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real

present active participle

Present active participle of root as ('to be')

Root: as (class 2)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - destroyed, perished

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost, ruined, perished

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root naś ('to perish')

Root: naś (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)