योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-15

कामार्थधर्माप्तिकृतान्तराभिः क्रियाभिरादौ दिवसानि नीत्वा ।
चेतश्चलद्बर्हिणपिच्छलोलं विश्रान्तिमागच्छतु केन पुंसः ॥ १५ ॥

kāmārthadharmāptikṛtāntarābhiḥ kriyābhirādau divasāni nītvā ,
cetaścaladbarhiṇapicchalolaṃ viśrāntimāgacchatu kena puṃsaḥ 15

15. kāma-artha-dharma-āpti-kṛta-antarābhiḥ
kriyābhiḥ ādau divasāni nītvā
cetaḥ calat-barhiṇa-piccha-lolam
viśrāntim āgacchatu kena puṃsaḥ

15. ādau kāma-artha-dharma-āpti-kṛta-antarābhiḥ kriyābhiḥ divasāni nītvā,
calat-barhiṇa-piccha-lolam cetaḥ puṃsaḥ kena viśrāntim āgacchatu

15. After initially spending one's days engaged in activities that create interruptions due to the pursuit of sensual pleasure (kāma), material prosperity (artha), and moral duty (dharma), by what means can the mind of a person, restless like a swaying peacock's feather, attain true rest?

Words meanings summery:

• काम-अर्थ-धर्म-आप्ति-कृत-अन्तराभिः (kāma-artha-dharma-āpti-kṛta-antarābhiḥ) - by activities that create interruptions due to the pursuit of sensual pleasure (kāma), material prosperity (artha), and moral duty (dharma) (by those (actions) whose intervals are caused by the attainment of desire, wealth, and duty)

• क्रियाभिः (kriyābhiḥ) - by activities (by activities, by actions)

• आदौ (ādau) - initially (at first, in the beginning, initially)

• दिवसानि (divasāni) - days

• नीत्वा (nītvā) - having spent (having led, having spent)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind (mind, consciousness, intellect)

• चलत्-बर्हिण-पिच्छ-लोलम् (calat-barhiṇa-piccha-lolam) - restless like a swaying peacock's feather

• विश्रान्तिम् (viśrāntim) - true rest (rest, repose, cessation)

• आगच्छतु (āgacchatu) - can attain (rhetorical question) (let it come, let it attain, may it approach)

• केन (kena) - by what means (by what, by what means, how)

• पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - of a person (of a man, of a person)

Words meanings and morphology

काम-अर्थ-धर्म-आप्ति-कृत-अन्तराभिः (kāma-artha-dharma-āpti-kṛta-antarābhiḥ) - by activities that create interruptions due to the pursuit of sensual pleasure (kāma), material prosperity (artha), and moral duty (dharma) (by those (actions) whose intervals are caused by the attainment of desire, wealth, and duty)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of kāma-artha-dharma-āpti-kṛta-antara

kāma-artha-dharma-āpti-kṛta-antara - having intervals caused by the acquisition of pleasure, wealth, and duty

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāma+artha+dharma+āpti+kṛta+antara)

• kāma – desire, sensual pleasure, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• artha – purpose, wealth, meaning, material prosperity
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – moral duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to uphold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• āpti – attainment, acquisition, reach
  noun (feminine)
  From root āp (to obtain) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: āp (class 5)
• kṛta – made, done, caused
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• antara – interval, space, difference, interruption
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'kriyābhiḥ'.

क्रियाभिः (kriyābhiḥ) - by activities (by activities, by actions)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, rite, performance

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -yā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Instrument for 'nītvā' (having spent).

आदौ (ādau) - initially (at first, in the beginning, initially)

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative singular used adverbially.

दिवसानि (divasāni) - days

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of divasa

divasa - day

Note: Object of 'nītvā'.

नीत्वा (nītvā) - having spent (having led, having spent)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed from root nī (to lead, carry, spend).

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Indicates a preceding action.

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind (mind, consciousness, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

From root cit (to perceive, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'āgacchatu'.

चलत्-बर्हिण-पिच्छ-लोलम् (calat-barhiṇa-piccha-lolam) - restless like a swaying peacock's feather

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of calat-barhiṇa-piccha-lola

calat-barhiṇa-piccha-lola - wavering like a peacock's feather, unsteady

Compound type : bahuvrihi (calat+barhiṇa+piccha+lola)

• calat – moving, swaying, restless
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root cal (to move).
  Root: cal (class 1)
• barhiṇa – peacock
  noun (masculine)
• piccha – feather, tail-feather (of a bird)
  noun (neuter)
• lola – trembling, swaying, restless, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  From root lul (to shake).
  Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'cetaḥ'.

विश्रान्तिम् (viśrāntim) - true rest (rest, repose, cessation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśrānti

viśrānti - rest, repose, cessation, relief

From root śram (to be weary) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Object of 'āgacchatu'.

आगच्छतु (āgacchatu) - can attain (rhetorical question) (let it come, let it attain, may it approach)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of āgam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here in an interrogative sense, implying 'how can it attain?'

केन (kena) - by what means (by what, by what means, how)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, by what means

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - of a person (of a man, of a person)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, soul, spirit

Note: Possessive, 'of the person'.