योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-44

तन्महाकल्पनष्टानां सृष्टिः स्यात्कथमञ्जसा ।
कथमग्नेः कथं वायोः सत्ता भूमेः कथं भवेत् ॥ ४४ ॥

tanmahākalpanaṣṭānāṃ sṛṣṭiḥ syātkathamañjasā ,
kathamagneḥ kathaṃ vāyoḥ sattā bhūmeḥ kathaṃ bhavet 44

44. tat mahākalpanaṣṭānām sṛṣṭiḥ syāt katham añjasā
katham agneḥ katham vāyoḥ sattā bhūmeḥ katham bhavet

44. tat añjasā mahākalpanaṣṭānām sṛṣṭiḥ katham syāt
agneḥ sattā katham vāyoḥ katham bhūmeḥ katham bhavet

44. Then, how would the creation of those annihilated in the great cosmic dissolution (mahākalpa) naturally occur? How could there be the existence of fire, how of wind, and how of earth?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - Then (as a consequence of the previous verse) (then, that, therefore)

• महाकल्पनष्टानाम् (mahākalpanaṣṭānām) - of those destroyed in the great dissolution (mahākalpa)

• सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation, emanation

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, would be, might be

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• अञ्जसा (añjasā) - naturally, smoothly (truly, easily, directly, naturally)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of wind, of air

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of earth

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, might be

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - Then (as a consequence of the previous verse) (then, that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Sometimes used as a conjunction or adverb.

महाकल्पनष्टानाम् (mahākalpanaṣṭānām) - of those destroyed in the great dissolution (mahākalpa)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mahākalpanaṣṭa

mahākalpanaṣṭa - destroyed in a great cosmic cycle (mahākalpa)

Past Passive Participle in a compound

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahākalpa+naṣṭa)

• mahākalpa – great cosmic cycle, great eon (mahākalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: mahā (great) + kalpa (eon)
• naṣṭa – destroyed, lost, perished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Refers to entities that are destroyed.

सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, production, emanation

From root sṛj (to emit, create) + suffix ti

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

From root as (to be), 3rd person singular Optative active

Root: as (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

अञ्जसा (añjasā) - naturally, smoothly (truly, easily, directly, naturally)

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of añjas (directness) used adverbially.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Refers to the origin or cause of fire.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of wind, of air

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, god of wind

Note: Refers to the origin or cause of wind.

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality

From root as (to be) + suffix tā

Root: as (class 2)

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Note: Refers to the origin or cause of earth.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

From root bhū (to be), 3rd person singular Optative active

Root: bhū (class 1)