योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-3

इहापि विद्यते येषां पेलवा सुखभावना ।
आखुस्तन्तुमिवाशेषं कालस्तामपि कृन्तति ॥ ३ ॥

ihāpi vidyate yeṣāṃ pelavā sukhabhāvanā ,
ākhustantumivāśeṣaṃ kālastāmapi kṛntati 3

3. iha api vidyate yeṣām pelavā sukhabhāvanā |
ākhuḥ tantum iva aśeṣam kālaḥ tām api kṛntati ||

3. yeṣām iha api pelavā sukhabhāvanā vidyate,
kālaḥ ākhuḥ tantum iva aśeṣam tām api kṛntati

3. Even here, for those who hold a delicate sense of happiness, time severs that entire (feeling) just as a mouse gnaws through a thread.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अपि (api) - even, also

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is present

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of those, for whom

• पेलवा (pelavā) - delicate, tender, fragile

• सुखभावना (sukhabhāvanā) - a sense/notion of happiness

• आखुः (ākhuḥ) - mouse, rat

• तन्तुम् (tantum) - thread

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अशेषम् (aśeṣam) - entirely, completely, without remainder

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• अपि (api) - even, also

• कृन्तति (kṛntati) - cuts, severs, gnaws

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is present

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) of √vid (to be/exist, not to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of those, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who

पेलवा (pelavā) - delicate, tender, fragile

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pelava

pelava - delicate, tender, fragile

Note: Agrees with `sukhabhāvanā`

सुखभावना (sukhabhāvanā) - a sense/notion of happiness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhabhāvanā

sukhabhāvanā - notion/feeling of happiness

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+bhāvanā)

• sukha – happiness, joy
  noun (neuter)
• bhāvanā – notion, feeling, conception
  noun (feminine)
  from √bhū (to be), causative + ana suffix
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `vidyate`

आखुः (ākhuḥ) - mouse, rat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākhu

ākhu - mouse, rat

तन्तुम् (tantum) - thread

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अशेषम् (aśeṣam) - entirely, completely, without remainder

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśeṣa

aśeṣa - entire, whole, without remainder

from a- (not) + śeṣa (remainder)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+śeṣa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śeṣa – remainder, residue
  noun (masculine)
  from √śiṣ (to leave over)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Adverbial usage, or agreeing with `tām` (sukhabhāvanām) in feminine accusative singular, referring to the entire `sukhabhāvanā`

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

Note: Subject of `kṛntati`

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to `sukhabhāvanām`

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

कृन्तति (kṛntati) - cuts, severs, gnaws

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: kṛnt (class 6)