योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-100, verse-28

स चाकारविनाशेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः ।
अथाविनाशो देहश्चेत्तदुःखस्यात्र कः क्रमः ॥ २८ ॥

sa cākāravināśena yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ,
athāvināśo dehaścettaduḥkhasyātra kaḥ kramaḥ 28

28. saḥ ca ākāravināśena yujyate na atra saṃśayaḥ | atha
avināśaḥ dehaḥ cet tat duḥkhasya atra kaḥ kramaḥ

28. saḥ ākāravināśena yujyate ca,
atra na saṃśayaḥ atha dehaḥ avināśaḥ cet,
tat atra duḥkhasya kaḥ kramaḥ

28. And that (the conscious being) is certainly connected with the destruction of forms; there is no doubt about this. Now, if the body were indestructible, what would be the sequence or method for its suffering here?

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - the conscious being (he, that)

• च (ca) - and indeed (and, also, indeed)

• आकारविनाशेन (ākāravināśena) - by the destruction of form, by the perishing of shape

• युज्यते (yujyate) - is connected/afflicted (is connected, is joined, is associated, is afflicted)

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this, in this matter)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• अथ (atha) - now, then (introducing a new thought) (now, then, moreover)

• अविनाशः (avināśaḥ) - indestructible (imperishable, indestructible; imperishability, indestructibility)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (that, then)

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering, of sorrow

• अत्र (atra) - in this context (here, in this, in this matter)

• कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what, which)

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence or method (order, sequence, method, arrangement)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - the conscious being (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and indeed (and, also, indeed)

(indeclinable)

आकारविनाशेन (ākāravināśena) - by the destruction of form, by the perishing of shape

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ākāravināśa

ākāravināśa - destruction of form, perishing of shape

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāra+vināśa)

• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
• vināśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

युज्यते (yujyate) - is connected/afflicted (is connected, is joined, is associated, is afflicted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Root yuj (7th class, yujati), here passive form yujyate.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal root `id` (this) + `tral` suffix for location.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

From `śī` (to lie, doubt) with `sam-` prefix.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

अथ (atha) - now, then (introducing a new thought) (now, then, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अविनाशः (avināśaḥ) - indestructible (imperishable, indestructible; imperishability, indestructibility)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avināśa

avināśa - imperishable, indestructible; imperishability

Negative (`a-`) of `vināśa`.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vināśa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vināśa – destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying `dehaḥ`.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

From root `dih` (to anoint, smear, grow) + suffix `a`.

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of the `cet` clause.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then (as a consequence) (that, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial particle, 'then'.

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering, of sorrow

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

अत्र (atra) - in this context (here, in this, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal root `id` (this) + `tral` suffix for location.

कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun modifying `kramaḥ`.

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence or method (order, sequence, method, arrangement)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, method, manner

From root `kram` (to step, go) + `a` suffix.

Root: kram (class 1)