योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-5

अन्यच्च विपिनाधीश कालः सर्वंकषो ह्ययम् ।
यत्र काले ततस्तस्मिंस्त्ववश्यंभावि तत्तथा ॥ ५ ॥

anyacca vipinādhīśa kālaḥ sarvaṃkaṣo hyayam ,
yatra kāle tatastasmiṃstvavaśyaṃbhāvi tattathā 5

5. anyat ca vipinādhīśa kālaḥ sarvaṃkaṣaḥ hi ayaṃ
yatra kāle tataḥ tasmin tu avaśyaṃbhāvi tat tathā

5. anyat ca vipinādhīśa ayaṃ kālaḥ hi sarvaṃkaṣaḥ yatra kāle
(yat) avaśyaṃbhāvi tat tataḥ tasmin tu tathā (bhavati)

5. And furthermore, O Lord of the forest, this (cycle of) time is truly all-consuming. Whatever is inevitable at a certain time, that very thing occurs precisely in that manner at that time.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another (thing) (other, another, different)

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

• विपिनाधीश (vipinādhīśa) - O Lord of the forest (addressed to Rāma, the listener of Yogavāsiṣṭha) (O lord of the forest, O king of the wilderness)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - this (cycle of) time (time, season, period)

• सर्वंकषः (sarvaṁkaṣaḥ) - all-consuming (all-consuming, all-destroying, grinding all to powder)

• हि (hi) - truly (indeed, truly, for, because)

• अयं (ayaṁ) - this (cycle of time) (this)

• यत्र (yatra) - at whichever (where, in which, at which time)

• काले (kāle) - at (a certain) time (in time, at the proper time)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (correlative) (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (time) (in that, at that)

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing) (but, indeed, however, moreover)

• अवश्यंभावि (avaśyaṁbhāvi) - (whatever is) inevitable (inevitable, bound to happen, fated)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - precisely in that manner (in that manner, thus, so)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यत् (anyat) - another (thing) (other, another, different)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Refers to another point or matter.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective.

विपिनाधीश (vipinādhīśa) - O Lord of the forest (addressed to Rāma, the listener of Yogavāsiṣṭha) (O lord of the forest, O king of the wilderness)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipinādhīśa

vipinādhīśa - lord of the forest, king of the wilderness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipina+adhīśa)

• vipina – forest, wilderness, grove
  noun (neuter)
• adhīśa – lord, master, sovereign
  noun (masculine)

कालः (kālaḥ) - this (cycle of) time (time, season, period)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, death, period, season

Note: Subject.

सर्वंकषः (sarvaṁkaṣaḥ) - all-consuming (all-consuming, all-destroying, grinding all to powder)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvaṃkaṣa

sarvaṁkaṣa - all-consuming, all-destroying, grinding all to powder

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (sarva+kaṣa)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• kaṣa – rubbing, grinding, testing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kaṣ (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'kālaḥ'.

हि (hi) - truly (indeed, truly, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अयं (ayaṁ) - this (cycle of time) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'kālaḥ'.

यत्र (yatra) - at whichever (where, in which, at which time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used correlatively with 'tataḥ tasmin'.

काले (kāle) - at (a certain) time (in time, at the proper time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

Note: Specifies time.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (correlative) (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yatra'.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (time) (in that, at that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers back to 'kāle'.

तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing) (but, indeed, however, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अवश्यंभावि (avaśyaṁbhāvi) - (whatever is) inevitable (inevitable, bound to happen, fated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avaśyaṃbhāvin

avaśyaṁbhāvin - inevitable, bound to happen, fated

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avaśya+bhāvin)

• avaśya – unavoidable, necessary, certainly
  indeclinable
• bhāvin – being, becoming, future, impending
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied 'asti'.

तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative with implied 'yat' (what).

तथा (tathā) - precisely in that manner (in that manner, thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies the implied verb 'occurs'.

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