योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-10

त्रातुमर्हसि मामार्तं शरणार्थिनमागतम् ।
अर्थिनां यन्निराशत्वं सत्तमेऽभिभवो हि सः ॥ १० ॥

trātumarhasi māmārtaṃ śaraṇārthinamāgatam ,
arthināṃ yannirāśatvaṃ sattame'bhibhavo hi saḥ 10

10. trātum arhasi mām ārtam śaraṇārthinam āgatam
arthinām yat nirāśatvam sattame abhibhavaḥ hi saḥ

10. You ought to protect me, who am distressed and have come seeking refuge. O best among the virtuous, for the despair (nirāśatvam) of petitioners is indeed a defeat.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रातुम् (trātum) - to protect (to protect, to save)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (you ought, you are able, you deserve)

• माम् (mām) - me

• आर्तम् (ārtam) - distressed (distressed, afflicted, suffering)

• शरणार्थिनम् (śaraṇārthinam) - seeking refuge (seeking refuge, suppliant)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - who has come (come, arrived, approached)

• अर्थिनाम् (arthinām) - of petitioners (of petitioners, of seekers)

• यत् (yat) - for, because (that which, because, since)

• निराशत्वम् (nirāśatvam) - despair (nirāśatvam) (hopelessness, despair, disappointment)

• सत्तमे (sattame) - O best among the virtuous (O best among the good, O most virtuous)

• अभिभवः (abhibhavaḥ) - defeat (defeat, humiliation, subjugation, overpowering)

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

• सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रातुम् (trātum) - to protect (to protect, to save)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

from √trā (to protect) + -tum suffix

Root: trā (class 2)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (you ought, you are able, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

present indicative

second person singular, present active

Root: arh (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I

आर्तम् (ārtam) - distressed (distressed, afflicted, suffering)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārta

ārta - distressed, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

from √ṛ (to go, move, suffer) + -ta suffix

Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with mām

शरणार्थिनम् (śaraṇārthinam) - seeking refuge (seeking refuge, suppliant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaraṇārthin

śaraṇārthin - seeking refuge, suppliant

compound of śaraṇa (refuge) and arthin (seeker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaraṇa+arthin)

• śaraṇa – refuge, protection, shelter
  noun (neuter)
  from √śṛ (to crush, break, also shelter)
  Root: śṛ (class 9)
• arthin – seeker, petitioner, desirous
  noun (masculine)
  from artha (purpose, object) + -in suffix

Note: Agrees with mām

आगतम् (āgatam) - who has come (come, arrived, approached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived

Past Passive Participle

from ā-√gam (to come, arrive) + -ta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mām

अर्थिनाम् (arthinām) - of petitioners (of petitioners, of seekers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of arthin

arthin - seeker, petitioner, desirous

from artha (purpose, object) + -in suffix

यत् (yat) - for, because (that which, because, since)

(indeclinable)

निराशत्वम् (nirāśatvam) - despair (nirāśatvam) (hopelessness, despair, disappointment)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirāśatva

nirāśatva - hopelessness, despair

compound of nis (without) + āśā (hope) + -tva (suffix for state of being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nis+āśā+tva)

• nis – without, out of, away
  indeclinable
  prefix for negation or absence
• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)
  from ā-√śā (to desire)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śā (class 2)
• tva – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract nouns)
  suffix (neuter)
  suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives/nouns

सत्तमे (sattame) - O best among the virtuous (O best among the good, O most virtuous)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sattama

sattama - best among the good, most virtuous

superlative

superlative of sat (good, existent) + -tama suffix

Root: as (class 2)

अभिभवः (abhibhavaḥ) - defeat (defeat, humiliation, subjugation, overpowering)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhibhava

abhibhava - defeat, humiliation, overpowering

from abhi-√bhū (to overcome, overpower)

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with abhibhavaḥ