योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-4

नेह प्रजायते किंचिन्नेह किंचन नश्यति ।
उपदेश्योपदेशार्थं शब्दार्थकलनोदयः ॥ ४ ॥

neha prajāyate kiṃcinneha kiṃcana naśyati ,
upadeśyopadeśārthaṃ śabdārthakalanodayaḥ 4

4. na iha prajāyate kiñcit na iha kiñcana naśyati
upadeśyopadeśārtham śabdārthakalanodayaḥ

4. iha kiñcit na prajāyate iha kiñcana na naśyati
upadeśyopadeśārtham śabdārthakalanodayaḥ

4. Nothing is born here, and nothing perishes here. The manifestation of words and their meanings occurs for the purpose of instructing those who are to be taught.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born (is born, comes into being, arises)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything (anything, something)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is lost, disappears)

• उपदेश्योपदेशार्थम् (upadeśyopadeśārtham) - for the purpose of instructing those who are to be taught (for the purpose of instructing the teachable)

• शब्दार्थकलनोदयः (śabdārthakalanodayaḥ) - the manifestation of words and their meanings (the rise/appearance of the comprehension of word-meaning)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

प्रजायते (prajāyate) - is born (is born, comes into being, arises)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (lat) of pra-jan

Present passive/middle

From root √jan (4th conjugation) with prefix pra. Middle/passive form, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject is 'kiñcit'.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something

Formed from interrogative pronoun kim (what) and cid (an indefinite particle).

Note: Subject of 'prajāyate'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcana

kiñcana - anything, something

Formed from interrogative pronoun kim (what) and cana (an indefinite particle).

Note: Subject of 'naśyati'.

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is lost, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of naś

Present active

From root √naś (4th conjugation). 3rd person singular.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'naśyati'.

उपदेश्योपदेशार्थम् (upadeśyopadeśārtham) - for the purpose of instructing those who are to be taught (for the purpose of instructing the teachable)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upadeśyopadeśārtha

upadeśyopadeśārtha - for the purpose of instruction to the disciple

Compound: upadeśya (to be taught/disciple) + upadeśa (instruction) + artha (purpose/sake).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upadeśya+upadeśa+artha)

• upadeśya – to be taught, to be instructed; a disciple
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From prefix upa + √diś 'to point out, instruct' + -ya suffix.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: diś (class 6)
• upadeśa – instruction, advice, teaching
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix upa + √diś 'to point out, instruct' + -a suffix.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: diś (class 6)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially, 'for the sake of'.

शब्दार्थकलनोदयः (śabdārthakalanodayaḥ) - the manifestation of words and their meanings (the rise/appearance of the comprehension of word-meaning)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabdārthakalanodaya

śabdārthakalanodaya - the rising/manifestation/comprehension of word-meaning

Compound: śabdārtha (word meaning) + kalana (comprehension/forming) + udaya (rise/appearance).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabdārtha+kalana+udaya)

• śabdārtha – word-meaning, sense of a word
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of śabda (word) and artha (meaning)
• kalana – grasping, comprehension, calculation, manifestation
  noun (neuter)
  From √kal 'to count, calculate, hold' + ana suffix
  Root: kal (class 1)
• udaya – rise, appearance, origin, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix ud + √i 'to go'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: The subject of an implied predicate verb.

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