योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-25

यन्न शक्रोति तत्रापि धत्ते ताण्डवितां गतिम् ।
नृत्यत्यानन्दरहितं तृष्णा जीर्णेव नर्तकी ॥ २५ ॥

yanna śakroti tatrāpi dhatte tāṇḍavitāṃ gatim ,
nṛtyatyānandarahitaṃ tṛṣṇā jīrṇeva nartakī 25

25. yat na śaknoti tatra api dhatte tāṇḍavitām gatim
nṛtyati ānanda rahitam tṛṣṇā jīrṇā iva nartakī

25. Even where it cannot succeed, craving (tṛṣṇā) assumes a dancing gait, and dances without joy, like an old, worn-out dancer.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that which, where

• न (na) - not, no

• शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able to, can

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• धत्ते (dhatte) - assumes, puts on, holds

• ताण्डविताम् (tāṇḍavitām) - dancing, dance-like

• गतिम् (gatim) - gait, movement, course, state

• नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances

• आनन्द रहितम् (ānanda rahitam) - devoid of joy, without bliss

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (craving, desire, thirst)

• जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old, worn out, decrepit

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• नर्तकी (nartakī) - female dancer, actress

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that which, where

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that

Note: Used as an indeclinable conjunction 'where' or 'that which'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able to, can

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root śak, 5th class, Parasmaipada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: śak (class 5)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

धत्ते (dhatte) - assumes, puts on, holds

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root dhā, 3rd class, Ātmanepada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: dhā (class 3)

ताण्डविताम् (tāṇḍavitām) - dancing, dance-like

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tāṇḍavita

tāṇḍavita - dancing, performed as a dance

Derived from tāṇḍava (a vigorous dance)

गतिम् (gatim) - gait, movement, course, state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, gait, course, state, condition

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root nṛt, 4th class, Parasmaipada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: nṛt (class 4)

आनन्द रहितम् (ānanda rahitam) - devoid of joy, without bliss

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ānandarahita

ānandarahita - devoid of joy, joyless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ānanda+rahita)

• ānanda – joy, bliss, happiness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nand (class 1)
• rahita – devoid of, abandoned, left
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rah (to abandon) + kta suffix
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage, describing the manner of dancing.

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (craving, desire, thirst)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old, worn out, decrepit

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, worn out, digested, decrepit

Past Passive Participle

From root jṝ (to wear out, grow old) + kta suffix

Root: jṝ (class 9)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

नर्तकी (nartakī) - female dancer, actress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nartakī

nartakī - female dancer, actress

Feminine form of nartaka (dancer)

Root: nṛt (class 4)