योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-80, verse-57

किमस्य नाम पतति किंवा केनास्य धार्यते ।
यथा संवित्ति कचनं तथैतदवतिष्ठते ॥ ५७ ॥

kimasya nāma patati kiṃvā kenāsya dhāryate ,
yathā saṃvitti kacanaṃ tathaitadavatiṣṭhate 57

57. kim asya nāma patati kim vā kena asya dhāryate
yathā saṃvitti kacanam tathā etat avatiṣṭhate

57. kim nāma asya patati? kim vā kena asya dhāryate? yathā saṃvitti kacanam,
tathā etat avatiṣṭhate.

57. What, indeed, of this (world) truly falls? Or by whom is it supported? Just as an appearance (kacana) manifests in consciousness (saṃvitti), similarly, this (world) also abides.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what part or aspect of it (what?)

• अस्य (asya) - of this world (jagat) (its, of this)

• नाम (nāma) - emphatic particle: 'truly' or 'really' (indeed, truly, by name, actually)

• पतति (patati) - does it truly fall or cease to be? (it falls, it perishes)

• किम् (kim) - interrogative particle ('or what?') (what?)

• वा (vā) - or

• केन (kena) - by whom?

• अस्य (asya) - of this world (jagat) (its, of this)

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - by whom is this world sustained? (it is held, it is supported, it is sustained)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• संवित्ति (saṁvitti) - within the realm of consciousness (in consciousness, in knowledge)

• कचनम् (kacanam) - an illusory appearance or projection (an appearance, a shining, a manifestation)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• एतत् (etat) - this world (jagat) (this (world))

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - it abides, it exists, it stands

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what part or aspect of it (what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Nominative/accusative singular neuter of kim

Note: Subject for patati

अस्य (asya) - of this world (jagat) (its, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Genitive singular masculine/neuter of idam

नाम (nāma) - emphatic particle: 'truly' or 'really' (indeed, truly, by name, actually)

(indeclinable)

Particle (can also be a noun meaning 'name')

पतति (patati) - does it truly fall or cease to be? (it falls, it perishes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present Active Indicative

From √pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

किम् (kim) - interrogative particle ('or what?') (what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Nominative/accusative singular neuter of kim

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

केन (kena) - by whom?

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Instrumental singular of kim (masculine/neuter)

अस्य (asya) - of this world (jagat) (its, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Genitive singular masculine/neuter of idam

धार्यते (dhāryate) - by whom is this world sustained? (it is held, it is supported, it is sustained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

Present Passive Indicative

Passive voice of √dhṛ (root class 1, with ya infix)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb

संवित्ति (saṁvitti) - within the realm of consciousness (in consciousness, in knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃvitti

saṁvitti - consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding

From sam + vid (to know) + ti

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Location where kacanam exists

कचनम् (kacanam) - an illusory appearance or projection (an appearance, a shining, a manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kacana

kacana - shining, glittering, an appearance, manifestation

From √kac (to shine) + ana (nominal suffix)

Root: kac (class 1)

Note: Subject for the implied verb in the yathā clause

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb

एतत् (etat) - this world (jagat) (this (world))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that, he, she, it

Nominative singular neuter of etad

Note: Subject of avatiṣṭhate

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - it abides, it exists, it stands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of avasthā

Present Middle Indicative (ātmanepada)

From ava + √sthā (to stand), reduplicated present stem

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)