योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-28

सोमोऽपि व्योमतां याति मार्तण्डोऽप्येति खण्डताम् ।
मग्नतामग्निरप्येति कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ २८ ॥

somo'pi vyomatāṃ yāti mārtaṇḍo'pyeti khaṇḍatām ,
magnatāmagnirapyeti kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane 28

28. somaḥ api vyomatāṃ yāti mārtanḍaḥ api eti khaṇḍatām
magnatām agniḥ api eti kā iva āsthā mādṛśe jane

28. somaḥ api vyomatāṃ yāti mārtanḍaḥ api khaṇḍatām
eti agniḥ api magnatām eti mādṛśe jane kā iva āsthā

28. Even Soma (the Moon) merges into space, and even Martanda (the Sun) breaks into fragments. Even Agni (fire) becomes submerged. What confidence, then, can there be in a person like me?

Words meanings summery:

• सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, the Moon god. (Soma (the Moon), moon plant, lunar deity)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - to the state of sky/space, into sky-ness

• याति (yāti) - attains, merges into (he goes, he proceeds, he attains)

• मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - Martanda, the Sun god. (Martanda (the Sun), a son of Mṛtaṇḍa)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

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

• खण्डताम् (khaṇḍatām) - to the state of being fragmented, into fragments

• मग्नताम् (magnatām) - to the state of being submerged/sunk, immersion

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni, the fire god. (Agni, fire)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

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

• 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

सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, the Moon god. (Soma (the Moon), moon plant, lunar deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (the moon, the moon god), the Soma plant and its juice, elixir of immortality

Root: su

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

व्योमताम् (vyomatām) - to the state of sky/space, into sky-ness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomatā

vyomatā - the state of being sky/space, sky-ness, ethereality

From vyoman (sky/space) + -tā (abstract suffix).

Note: Object of 'yāti'.

याति (yāti) - attains, merges into (he goes, he proceeds, he attains)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indic

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

Root: yā (class 2)

मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - Martanda, the Sun god. (Martanda (the Sun), a son of Mṛtaṇḍa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārtaṇḍa

mārtaṇḍa - the Sun, the Sun god (son of Mṛtaṇḍa)

Lit. 'born from a lifeless egg', referring to the mythological birth of the sun.

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)

खण्डताम् (khaṇḍatām) - to the state of being fragmented, into fragments

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of khaṇḍatā

khaṇḍatā - fragmented state, brokenness, divisibility

From khaṇḍa (fragment) + -tā (abstract suffix).

Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

मग्नताम् (magnatām) - to the state of being submerged/sunk, immersion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of magnatā

magnatā - state of being sunk/submerged, immersion, deepness

From magna (sunk) + -tā (abstract suffix).

Root: majj

Note: Object of 'eti'.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni, the fire god. (Agni, fire)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; the god of fire, Agni

Root: ag

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)

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)