योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-27

शक्रोऽप्याक्रम्यते वक्रैर्यमोऽपि हि नियम्यते ।
वायुरप्येत्यवायुत्वं कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ २७ ॥

śakro'pyākramyate vakrairyamo'pi hi niyamyate ,
vāyurapyetyavāyutvaṃ kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane 27

27. śakraḥ api ākramyate vakraiḥ yamaḥ api hi niyamyate
vāyuḥ api eti avāyutvam kā iva āsthā mādṛśe jane

27. vakraiḥ śakraḥ api ākramyate yamaḥ api hi niyamyate
vāyuḥ api avāyutvam eti mādṛśe jane kā iva āsthā

27. Even Indra (Śakra) is assailed by the wicked, and even Yama, the god of death, is indeed regulated. Even Vayu, the god of wind, ceases to be wind (loses his nature). What confidence, then, can there be in a person like me?

Words meanings summery:

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra, the powerful one

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - he is attacked, he is assailed, he is overwhelmed

• वक्रैः (vakraiḥ) - Refers to evil or hostile forces. (by the crooked, by the wicked, by the bent ones)

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death. (Yama, restraint, control)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• नियम्यते (niyamyate) - he is restrained, he is controlled, he is regulated

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - Vayu, the god of wind. (Vayu, wind, air)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

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

• अवायुत्वम् (avāyutvam) - the state of losing its nature as wind (non-wind-ness, the state of not being wind)

• का (kā) - what (feminine nominative singular)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed, quite

• आस्था (āsthā) - hope, trust, reliance, confidence, faith

• मादृशे (mādṛśe) - in one like me, in a person like me

• जने (jane) - in a person, in a being, in a creature

Words meanings and morphology

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra, the powerful one

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, strong; a name of Indra

From root śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - he is attacked, he is assailed, he is overwhelmed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of ākram

Present Passive Indic

Root kram (to step) with prefix ā-. Passive voice, present tense, third person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

वक्रैः (vakraiḥ) - Refers to evil or hostile forces. (by the crooked, by the wicked, by the bent ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vakra

vakra - crooked, bent, winding; deceitful, wicked; a name for Rāhu, the planet Mars

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death. (Yama, restraint, control)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - a twin; Yama (god of death); restraint, control (as in yoga)

From root yam (to restrain, control).

Root: yam (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

नियम्यते (niyamyate) - he is restrained, he is controlled, he is regulated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of niyam

Present Passive Indic

Root yam (to restrain) with prefix ni-. Passive voice, present tense, third person singular.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - Vayu, the god of wind. (Vayu, wind, air)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air; Vayu (the god of wind)

Root: vā (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Present Active Indic

2nd class verb, present tense, third person singular.

Root: i (class 2)

अवायुत्वम् (avāyutvam) - the state of losing its nature as wind (non-wind-ness, the state of not being wind)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avāyutva

avāyutva - the state of being non-wind, absence of wind-nature

Compound with suffix -tva (abstract noun).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vāyu+tva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• tva – abstract suffix, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

का (kā) - what (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Refers to āsthā (feminine).

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed, quite

(indeclinable)

आस्था (āsthā) - hope, trust, reliance, confidence, faith

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - hope, trust, reliance, confidence, faith, regard

From prefix ā- + root sthā (to stand)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मादृशे (mādṛśe) - in one like me, in a person like me

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mādṛś

mādṛś - like me, similar to me

Derived from 'mad' (me) and 'dṛś' (looking, like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+dṛś)

• mad – me, my
  pronoun
• dṛś – seeing, appearing, like
  suffix
  From root dṛś (to see), used as a suffix to mean 'like' or 'similar'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

जने (jane) - in a person, in a being, in a creature

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, being, creature, people

Root: jan (class 4)