योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-99, verse-35

यथोर्मिणोर्मौ निहते न काचित्पयसां क्षतिः ।
तथा देहेन निहते देहे नास्ति चितेः क्षतिः ॥ ३५ ॥

yathormiṇormau nihate na kācitpayasāṃ kṣatiḥ ,
tathā dehena nihate dehe nāsti citeḥ kṣatiḥ 35

35. yathā ūrmiṇoḥ ūrmau nihate na kācit payasām kṣatiḥ
tathā dehena nihate dehe na asti citeḥ kṣatiḥ

35. yathā ūrmiṇoḥ ūrmau nihate payasām kācit kṣatiḥ
na tathā dehena dehe nihate citeḥ kṣatiḥ na asti

35. Just as there is no loss to the water when one wave is destroyed by another, similarly, when a body is destroyed by another body, there is no loss to consciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

• ऊर्मिणोः (ūrmiṇoḥ) - of two waves

• ऊर्मौ (ūrmau) - in a wave, on a wave

• निहते (nihate) - being struck, being destroyed, being killed

• न (na) - not, no

• काचित् (kācit) - any, some (feminine)

• पयसाम् (payasām) - of the waters (of the ocean) (of waters, of milk)

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, damage, injury

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• देहेन (dehena) - by another body (acting as an agent of destruction) (by the body)

• निहते (nihate) - being struck, being destroyed, being killed

• देहे (dehe) - in the body (being destroyed) (in the body)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness, of knowledge

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, damage, injury

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

ऊर्मिणोः (ūrmiṇoḥ) - of two waves

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, billow, surge

Note: Grammatically genitive dual, but in this locative absolute construction, it contextually implies one wave acting as an agent of destruction upon another, similar to 'dehena'.

ऊर्मौ (ūrmau) - in a wave, on a wave

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, billow, surge

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'nihate', referring to the wave being destroyed.

निहते (nihate) - being struck, being destroyed, being killed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck, destroyed, killed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

काचित् (kācit) - any, some (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kācid

kācid - any, some, a certain (feminine)

पयसाम् (payasām) - of the waters (of the ocean) (of waters, of milk)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, damage, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, damage, injury, destruction

Root: kṣi (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

देहेन (dehena) - by another body (acting as an agent of destruction) (by the body)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

निहते (nihate) - being struck, being destroyed, being killed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck, destroyed, killed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

देहे (dehe) - in the body (being destroyed) (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'nihate'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

root 'as', 2nd class verb.

Root: as (class 2)

चितेः (citeḥ) - of consciousness, of knowledge

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, damage, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, damage, injury, destruction

Root: kṣi (class 1)