योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-30

क्षणोत्पत्तिविनाशानि कानिचित्कलनावशात् ।
अनन्तस्वन्नपानानि निर्जरामरणानि च ॥ ३० ॥

kṣaṇotpattivināśāni kānicitkalanāvaśāt ,
anantasvannapānāni nirjarāmaraṇāni ca 30

30. kṣaṇotpattivināśāni kānicit kalanāvaśāt
anantasvannapānāni nirjarāmaraṇāni ca

30. kānicit kalanāvaśāt kṣaṇotpattivināśāni
ca anantasvannapānāni nirjarāmaraṇāni

30. Some (entities) come into existence and perish in an instant, owing to the power of imagination. And some possess endless dream-like food and drink, being free from old age and death.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षणोत्पत्तिविनाशानि (kṣaṇotpattivināśāni) - having origin and destruction in an instant, momentary in appearance and disappearance

• कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (manifestations/beings) (some, a few)

• कलनावशात् (kalanāvaśāt) - by the power of (creative) imagination (by the power/force of calculation/imagination)

• अनन्तस्वन्नपानानि (anantasvannapānāni) - having endless dream-like food and drink (having endless food and drink (like in a dream))

• निर्जरामरणानि (nirjarāmaraṇāni) - free from old age and death, ageless and deathless

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणोत्पत्तिविनाशानि (kṣaṇotpattivināśāni) - having origin and destruction in an instant, momentary in appearance and disappearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kṣaṇotpattivināśa

kṣaṇotpattivināśa - moment-origin-destruction

Compound of 'kṣaṇa' (moment), 'utpatti' (origin), 'vināśa' (destruction).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (kṣaṇa+utpatti+vināśa)

• kṣaṇa – moment, instant, short time
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)
• utpatti – origin, production, birth, generation
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'pad' (to go) with prefix 'ud-'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pad (class 4)
• vināśa – destruction, annihilation, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'vi-'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

कानिचित् (kānicit) - some (manifestations/beings) (some, a few)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kimcid

kimcid - something, anything, a little, some

formed from 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (an indefinite particle)

Note: Used here as an indefinite pronoun, functioning as the subject of an implied verb 'are'.

कलनावशात् (kalanāvaśāt) - by the power of (creative) imagination (by the power/force of calculation/imagination)

(noun)

Ablative, singular of kalanāvaśa

kalanāvaśa - control/power of calculation/imagination

'kalanā' (calculation, imagination, conception) + 'vaśa' (power, control, will)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalanā+vaśa)

• kalanā – calculation, enumeration, imagination, conception
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'kal' (to count, compute)
  Root: kal (class 10)
• vaśa – power, control, will, subjection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

अनन्तस्वन्नपानानि (anantasvannapānāni) - having endless dream-like food and drink (having endless food and drink (like in a dream))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anantasvannapāna

anantasvannapāna - endless dream-like food and drink (assuming 'svanna' is a typo for 'svapna')

'ananta' (endless) + 'svanna' (likely typo for 'svapna' meaning dream) + 'anna' (food) + 'pāna' (drink).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ananta+svanna+anna+pāna)

• ananta – endless, infinite, eternal (ananta)
  adjective
  'a-' (negative) + 'anta' (end)
  Prefix: a
• svanna – (Possibly a typo for 'svapna' meaning dream. Interpreted as dream-like in context)
  noun (masculine)
  (If 'svapna' then from 'svap' to sleep)
• anna – food, cooked rice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'ad' (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• pāna – drink, act of drinking
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'pā' (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

निर्जरामरणानि (nirjarāmaraṇāni) - free from old age and death, ageless and deathless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nirjarāmaraṇa

nirjarāmaraṇa - free from old age and death

'nis-' (without) + 'jarā' (old age) + 'maraṇa' (death).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+jarā+maraṇa)

• nis – without, out of, away
  prefix/indeclinable
  negative/privative prefix
• jarā – old age, decay
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'jṛ' (to grow old)
  Root: jṛ (class 9)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'mṛ' (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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