योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-17

स्थितिरस्थिरतां याता मृतिरागमनोन्मुखी ।
धृतिर्वैधुर्यमायाता रतिर्नित्यमवस्तुनि ॥ १७ ॥

sthitirasthiratāṃ yātā mṛtirāgamanonmukhī ,
dhṛtirvaidhuryamāyātā ratirnityamavastuni 17

17. sthitiḥ asthiratām yātā mṛtiḥ āgamana-unmukhī
dhṛtiḥ vaidhuriyam āyātā ratiḥ nityam avastuni

17. sthitiḥ asthiratām yātā mṛtiḥ āgamana-unmukhī
dhṛtiḥ vaidhuriyam āyātā ratiḥ nityam avastuni

17. Our state of being has turned to instability; death is approaching. Fortitude has become distressed, and attachment is always directed towards insubstantial things.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - one's state of being (state, condition, existence, stability)

• अस्थिरताम् (asthiratām) - instability, unsteadiness

• याता (yātā) - has turned into, has reached (gone, reached, attained)

• मृतिः (mṛtiḥ) - death, dying

• आगमन-उन्मुखी (āgamana-unmukhī) - approaching (facing arrival, ready to come)

• धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - fortitude (steadfastness, firmness, patience, fortitude)

• वैधुरियम् (vaidhuriyam) - distress (separation, deprivation, distress, sorrow)

• आयाता (āyātā) - has become, has reached (come, arrived, reached)

• रतिः (ratiḥ) - attachment (pleasure, enjoyment, attachment, delight)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, eternally)

• अवस्तुनि (avastuni) - in insubstantial things (in unreal/insubstantial/non-existent things)

Words meanings and morphology

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - one's state of being (state, condition, existence, stability)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, state, condition, position, existence, stability

From root sthā (to stand) with suffix -ti

Root: sthā (class 1)

अस्थिरताम् (asthiratām) - instability, unsteadiness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asthiratā

asthiratā - instability, unsteadiness, inconstancy

From a-sthira (unsteady) + -tā (feminine suffix for abstract noun)

Prefix: a

Root: sthā

याता (yātā) - has turned into, has reached (gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, obtained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Adjectival use as 'having gone' or 'having become'.

मृतिः (mṛtiḥ) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

आगमन-उन्मुखी (āgamana-unmukhī) - approaching (facing arrival, ready to come)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āgamanonmukha

āgamanonmukha - facing towards arrival, ready to come

Compound of āgamana and unmukha

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (locative implied: 'facing towards arrival') (āgamana+unmukha)

• āgamana – arrival, coming
  noun (neuter)
  From root gam (to go) with prefix ā and suffix -ana
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• unmukha – facing, turned towards, eager
  adjective (masculine)
  From mukha (face) with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud

Note: Sandhi between āgamana and unmukhī (a + u = o) is internal to the compound.

धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - fortitude (steadfastness, firmness, patience, fortitude)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, steadfastness, patience, fortitude, satisfaction

From root dhṛ (to hold, support) with suffix -ti

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वैधुरियम् (vaidhuriyam) - distress (separation, deprivation, distress, sorrow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaidhurya

vaidhurya - separation, deprivation, loneliness, sorrow, distress

Derived from vidhura (separated, distressed)

आयाता (āyātā) - has become, has reached (come, arrived, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyāta

āyāta - come, arrived, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Adjectival use as 'having come' or 'having become'.

रतिः (ratiḥ) - attachment (pleasure, enjoyment, attachment, delight)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - pleasure, delight, enjoyment, attachment, love

From root ram (to delight, enjoy)

Root: ram (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, eternally)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb.

अवस्तुनि (avastuni) - in insubstantial things (in unreal/insubstantial/non-existent things)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - non-existent thing, unsubstantial thing, unreality

a (negation) + vastu (thing, reality)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vastu – thing, object, reality, substance
  noun (neuter)