योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-23

कालः क्रिया च भुवनं भवनं चिराय नामाधितिष्ठत इवोपवनं विकासि ।
आशङ्क्यते प्रतिदिनं ननु नष्टमेव नाद्यापि नश्यति च केयमहो नु माया ॥ २३ ॥

kālaḥ kriyā ca bhuvanaṃ bhavanaṃ cirāya nāmādhitiṣṭhata ivopavanaṃ vikāsi ,
āśaṅkyate pratidinaṃ nanu naṣṭameva nādyāpi naśyati ca keyamaho nu māyā 23

23. kālaḥ kriyā ca bhuvanam bhavanam cirāya
nāma adhitiṣṭhati iva upavanam vikāsi
āśaṅkyate pratidinam nanu naṣṭam eva na
adya api naśyati ca kā iyam aho nu māyā

23. kālaḥ kriyā ca bhuvanam bhavanam cirāya nāma vikāsi upavanam iva adhitiṣṭhati.
pratidinam nanu naṣṭam eva āśaṅkyate,
ca adya api na naśyati.
aho nu kā iyam māyā!

23. Time, action, the world, and its dwelling place, indeed, persist for a long time like an expanding garden. It is feared daily that it is destroyed, yet it is not destroyed even today. Oh, what indeed is this (cosmic) illusion (māyā)!

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, rite

• च (ca) - and, also

• भुवनम् (bhuvanam) - world, existence, realm

• भवनम् (bhavanam) - dwelling, abode, house, state of being

• चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, surely, as it were

• अधितिष्ठति (adhitiṣṭhati) - persists, stands upon, occupies, governs

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• उपवनम् (upavanam) - garden, grove, park

• विकासि (vikāsi) - expanding, blooming, developing

• आशङ्क्यते (āśaṅkyate) - it is feared, it is doubted

• प्रतिदिनम् (pratidinam) - daily, every day

• ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, interrogative particle

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - destroyed, lost, perished

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• न (na) - not, no

• अद्य (adya) - today

• अपि (api) - even, also

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• च (ca) - and, also

• का (kā) - what, which

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, alas!, indeed!

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now, then

• माया (māyā) - illusion, magical power, cosmic illusion

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, black

क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, rite

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, act, performance, religious rite

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भुवनम् (bhuvanam) - world, existence, realm

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhuvana

bhuvana - world, earth, abode, being, existence

Root: √bhū (class 1)

भवनम् (bhavanam) - dwelling, abode, house, state of being

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhavana

bhavana - house, dwelling, abode, state of being, existence

Root: √bhū (class 1)

चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for a long time'.

नाम (nāma) - indeed, surely, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अधितिष्ठति (adhitiṣṭhati) - persists, stands upon, occupies, governs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of adhitiṣṭhati

Prefix: adhi

Root: √sthā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

उपवनम् (upavanam) - garden, grove, park

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upavana

upavana - grove, garden, pleasure garden

Prefix: upa

Root: √van (class 10)

विकासि (vikāsi) - expanding, blooming, developing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vikāsin

vikāsin - expanding, blooming, developing, shining

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √kās with upasarga 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: √kās (class 1)

Note: Present active participle modifying 'upavanam'.

आशङ्क्यते (āśaṅkyate) - it is feared, it is doubted

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: √śaṅk (class 1)

प्रतिदिनम् (pratidinam) - daily, every day

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+dina)

• prati – towards, against, every
  indeclinable
• dina – day
  noun (neuter)

ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - destroyed, lost, perished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √naś.

Root: √naś (class 4)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naśyati

Root: √naś (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

अहो (aho) - Oh!, alas!, indeed!

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now, then

(indeclinable)

माया (māyā) - illusion, magical power, cosmic illusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, supernatural power, delusion, artifice

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