योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-29

परमेष्ठ्यपि निष्ठावान्ह्रियते हीररप्यजः ।
भवोऽप्यभावमायाति कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ २९ ॥

parameṣṭhyapi niṣṭhāvānhriyate hīrarapyajaḥ ,
bhavo'pyabhāvamāyāti kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane 29

29. parameṣṭhī api niṣṭhāvān hriyate hīḥ api ajaḥ
bhavaḥ api abhāvam āyāti kā eva āsthā mādṛśe jane

29. niṣṭhāvān parameṣṭhī api hriyate hīḥ api ajaḥ
bhavaḥ api abhāvam āyāti mādṛśe jane kā eva āsthā

29. Even the steadfast Creator (Parameṣṭhī) is led astray; even modesty (hīḥ) is taken away from the unborn (Brahma); and even existence (Bhava) attains non-existence. What reliance, then, can there be for a person like me?

Words meanings summery:

• परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - Brahma, the Creator (the supreme being, Brahma, the Creator)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• निष्ठावान् (niṣṭhāvān) - steadfast, resolute (steadfast, devoted, resolute, faithful)

• ह्रियते (hriyate) - is led astray, is overcome (is carried away, is taken, is overcome, is lost)

• हीः (hīḥ) - modesty (hīḥ) (modesty, shame, embarrassment)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• अजः (ajaḥ) - the unborn (Brahma) (unborn, not born; a goat; Brahma; Vishnu; Shiva; Kāma)

• भवः (bhavaḥ) - existence; Shiva (existence, being, origin; Shiva)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• अभावम् (abhāvam) - non-existence, annihilation (non-existence, absence, annihilation, non-being)

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to (comes, approaches, attains, enters)

• का (kā) - what (what, which)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

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

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

• जने (jane) - in a person (in a person, in mankind, among people)

Words meanings and morphology

परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - Brahma, the Creator (the supreme being, Brahma, the Creator)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parameṣṭhin

parameṣṭhin - the supreme being, Brahma, a high-ranking deity, chief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+sthin)

• parama – supreme, highest, best
  adjective (masculine)
• sthin – standing, existing, being
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √sthā (to stand) with suffix -in
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

निष्ठावान् (niṣṭhāvān) - steadfast, resolute (steadfast, devoted, resolute, faithful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣṭhāvat

niṣṭhāvat - having devotion, firm, steadfast, resolute

Derived from niṣṭhā with possessive suffix -vat

Note: Qualifies Parameṣṭhī.

ह्रियते (hriyate) - is led astray, is overcome (is carried away, is taken, is overcome, is lost)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Present Passive

Root √hṛ (1st class) in passive voice, present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: hṛ (class 1)

हीः (hīḥ) - modesty (hīḥ) (modesty, shame, embarrassment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hī

hī - modesty, shame, bashfulness

Note: Subject of implied verb 'hriyate'.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

अजः (ajaḥ) - the unborn (Brahma) (unborn, not born; a goat; Brahma; Vishnu; Shiva; Kāma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, non-existent; Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Kāma, a goat

From 'a-' (negation) and 'ja' (born).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+ja)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Suffix
  Derived from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Brahma.

भवः (bhavaḥ) - existence; Shiva (existence, being, origin; Shiva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhava

bhava - existence, being, origin, birth; Shiva

From root √bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Shiva, or existence itself.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

अभावम् (abhāvam) - non-existence, annihilation (non-existence, absence, annihilation, non-being)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, annihilation

Derived from 'a-' (negation) and 'bhāva' (being, existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of āyāti.

आयाति (āyāti) - attains, comes to (comes, approaches, attains, enters)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root √i (2nd class) with prefix ā, present tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

का (kā) - what (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used in interrogative sense.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - reliance, trust, hope, faith, effort, exertion

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

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

(adjective)

Locative, singular of mādṛś

mādṛś - like me, similar to me

Derived from 'mad' (me) + '-dṛś' (seeing, like)

Note: Qualifies 'jane'.

जने (jane) - in a person (in a person, in mankind, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people

Root: jan (class 4)