योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-52, verse-16

शून्यत्वमुपलम्भत्वं यद्गतं नष्टमेव तत् ।
अन्यस्तर्हि भवेन्नाशः कीदृशः किल कथ्यताम् ॥ १६ ॥

śūnyatvamupalambhatvaṃ yadgataṃ naṣṭameva tat ,
anyastarhi bhavennāśaḥ kīdṛśaḥ kila kathyatām 16

16. śūnyatvam upalambhatvam yat gatam naṣṭam eva tat
anyaḥ tarhi bhavet nāśaḥ kīdṛśaḥ kila kathyatām

16. yat śūnyatvam upalambhatvam (vā) gatam,
tat eva naṣṭam.
tarhi anyaḥ nāśaḥ kīdṛśaḥ bhavet? kila kathyatām.

16. Whatever attains the state of emptiness (śūnyatva) or the state of perceptibility (upalambhatva), that indeed is considered lost. If so, what other kind of destruction (nāśa) could there be? Please explain.

Words meanings summery:

• शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness, nullity

• उपलम्भत्वम् (upalambhatvam) - perceptibility, the state of being perceived or obtained

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• गतम् (gatam) - gone, reached, attained

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, perished

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, different, other

• तर्हि (tarhi) - then, in that case

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

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance (nāśa)

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - what kind of, of what sort, how

• किल (kila) - Used to express interrogation or entreaty, like 'pray tell' (indeed, certainly, pray, it is said)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be said, let it be told, let it be explained

Words meanings and morphology

शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness, nullity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyatva

śūnyatva - emptiness, voidness, the state of being empty or void (śūnyatva)

Derived from 'śūnya' (empty) with suffix '-tva'

उपलम्भत्वम् (upalambhatvam) - perceptibility, the state of being perceived or obtained

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upalambhatva

upalambhatva - perceptibility, the state of being perceived or obtained

Derived from 'upalambha' (perception) with suffix '-tva'

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

गतम् (gatam) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, perished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish) with suffix -ta

Root: naś (class 4)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, different, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Functions as a substantive here: 'another one'.

तर्हि (tarhi) - then, in that case

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Optative Active

Root 'bhū', parasmaipada, 1st conjugation

Root: bhū (class 1)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance (nāśa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance (nāśa)

Derived from root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - what kind of, of what sort, how

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - what kind of, of what sort, how, like what

किल (kila) - Used to express interrogation or entreaty, like 'pray tell' (indeed, certainly, pray, it is said)

(indeclinable)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be said, let it be told, let it be explained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative Passive

Root 'kath', 10th conjugation (denominative from katha), ātmanepada

Root: kath (class 10)