योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-40

मत्तेभकर्णाग्रचलः कायो लम्बाम्बुभङ्गुरः ।
न संत्यजति मां यावत्तावदेनं त्यजाम्यहम् ॥ ४० ॥

mattebhakarṇāgracalaḥ kāyo lambāmbubhaṅguraḥ ,
na saṃtyajati māṃ yāvattāvadenaṃ tyajāmyaham 40

40. mattebhakarṇāgracalaḥ kāyaḥ lambāmbubhaṅguraḥ
na saṃtyajati mām yāvat tāvat enam tyajāmi aham

40. The body is as unsteady as the tip of an intoxicated elephant's ear and as fragile as falling water. As long as it does not abandon me, so long I shall abandon it.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्तेभकर्णाग्रचलः (mattebhakarṇāgracalaḥ) - unsteady like the tip of an intoxicated elephant's ear

• कायः (kāyaḥ) - the body

• लम्बाम्बुभङ्गुरः (lambāmbubhaṅguraḥ) - fragile like falling water / a water drop

• न (na) - not, no

• संत्यजति (saṁtyajati) - abandons, gives up

• माम् (mām) - me

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, so much

• एनम् (enam) - this (body) (this (masculine accusative))

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I give up

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

मत्तेभकर्णाग्रचलः (mattebhakarṇāgracalaḥ) - unsteady like the tip of an intoxicated elephant's ear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mattebhakarṇāgracala

mattebhakarṇāgracala - moving like the tip of an intoxicated elephant's ear, unsteady, fickle

Compound type : bahuvrihi (matta+ibha+karṇa+agra+cala)

• matta – intoxicated, excited, proud
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'mad' (to be intoxicated, rejoice).
  Root: mad (class 4)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• agra – tip, front, top, point
  noun (neuter)
• cala – moving, unsteady, trembling, fickle
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'cal' (to move).
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kāyaḥ'.

कायः (kāyaḥ) - the body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, collection of elements, aggregate

लम्बाम्बुभङ्गुरः (lambāmbubhaṅguraḥ) - fragile like falling water / a water drop

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lambāmbubhaṅgura

lambāmbubhaṅgura - perishable like falling water, fragile like a water drop or bubble

Compound type : tatpurusha (lamba+ambu+bhaṅgura)

• lamba – hanging, falling, dependent
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'lamb' (to hang, fall).
  Root: lamb (class 1)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: amb
• bhaṅgura – fragile, perishable, fleeting, breaking easily
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'bhañj' (to break).
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'kāyaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संत्यजति (saṁtyajati) - abandons, gives up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of saṃtyaj

Present Active Indicative

Third person singular present active indicative from root 'tyaj' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, so much

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - this (body) (this (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I give up

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tyaj

Present Active Indicative

First person singular present active indicative.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Explicit subject for 'tyajāmi'.