योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-3

न प्राप्नोति क्वचित्किंचित्प्राप्तैरपि महाधनैः ।
नान्तः संपूर्णतामेति करण्डक इवाम्बुभिः ॥ ३ ॥

na prāpnoti kvacitkiṃcitprāptairapi mahādhanaiḥ ,
nāntaḥ saṃpūrṇatāmeti karaṇḍaka ivāmbubhiḥ 3

3. na prāpnoti kvacit kiñcit prāptaiḥ api mahādhanaiḥ | na
antaḥ saṃpūrṇatām eti karaṇḍakaḥ iva ambubhiḥ || 3 ||

3. Even when great riches are acquired, the mind never achieves anything (satisfaction) anywhere. It does not attain inner fulfillment (saṃpūrṇatā), much like a basket that can never be truly filled with water.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, achieves (satisfaction) (obtains, reaches, attains)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere (anywhere, sometimes, at some place)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (satisfaction) (anything, something, a little)

• प्राप्तैः (prāptaiḥ) - even when acquired, by things obtained (by those obtained, by acquired things)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• महाधनैः (mahādhanaiḥ) - great riches (by great wealth, by abundant riches)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner, internally (inside, within, internally)

• संपूर्णताम् (saṁpūrṇatām) - inner fulfillment (completeness, fullness, fulfillment, perfection)

• एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

• करण्डकः (karaṇḍakaḥ) - basket (basket, cage, box)

• इव (iva) - much like (like, as, as it were)

• अम्बुभिः (ambubhiḥ) - with water (by waters, with water)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

Note: Negates `prāpnoti`.

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, achieves (satisfaction) (obtains, reaches, attains)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere (anywhere, sometimes, at some place)

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (satisfaction) (anything, something, a little)

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तैः (prāptaiḥ) - even when acquired, by things obtained (by those obtained, by acquired things)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, acquired, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

from pra-āp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

particle

महाधनैः (mahādhanaiḥ) - great riches (by great wealth, by abundant riches)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of mahādhana

mahādhana - great wealth, abundant riches, very rich

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+dhana)

• mahat – great, large, abundant
  adjective
• dhana – wealth, riches, property, money
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agent (by means of) for `prāptaiḥ`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner, internally (inside, within, internally)

(indeclinable)

संपूर्णताम् (saṁpūrṇatām) - inner fulfillment (completeness, fullness, fulfillment, perfection)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃpūrṇatā

saṁpūrṇatā - completeness, fullness, fulfillment, perfection

abstract noun from `saṃpūrṇa`

Note: Object of `eti`.

एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: i (class 2)

करण्डकः (karaṇḍakaḥ) - basket (basket, cage, box)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karaṇḍaka

karaṇḍaka - basket, cage, box, a water-pot

इव (iva) - much like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

अम्बुभिः (ambubhiḥ) - with water (by waters, with water)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ambu

ambu - water