योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-14

आपतन्तु वपुःपद्मे सुखदुःखहिमश्रियः ।
आकाशोडुयनालीनां का नः क्षतिरुपस्थिता ॥ १४ ॥

āpatantu vapuḥpadme sukhaduḥkhahimaśriyaḥ ,
ākāśoḍuyanālīnāṃ kā naḥ kṣatirupasthitā 14

14. āpatantu vapuḥpadme sukhaduḥkhahimaśriyaḥ
ākāśoḍayanālīnām kā naḥ kṣatiḥ upasthitā

14. sukhaduḥkhahimaśriyaḥ vapuḥpadme āpatantu.
ākāśoḍayanālīnām naḥ kā kṣatiḥ upasthitā?

14. Let the frost-like glories of pleasure and pain descend upon the lotus-like body. What harm (kṣati) can reach us, who are absorbed in the flight of the sky (ākāśa)?

Words meanings summery:

• आपतन्तु (āpatantu) - let them descend (let them fall, descend)

• वपुःपद्मे (vapuḥpadme) - on the lotus-like body

• सुखदुःखहिमश्रियः (sukhaduḥkhahimaśriyaḥ) - the frost-like glories of pleasure and pain (the glories/beauties of pleasure-pain-frost)

• आकाशोडयनालीनाम् (ākāśoḍayanālīnām) - of us who are absorbed in the flight of the sky (ātman) (of those merged in the flight in space)

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

• नः (naḥ) - to us (to us, our, of us)

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - harm (harm, loss, injury, destruction)

• उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - comes, arises (stood near, present, come forth, happened)

Words meanings and morphology

आपतन्तु (āpatantu) - let them descend (let them fall, descend)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of ā-pat

imperative

3rd person plural, imperative active. Root 'pat' with upasarga 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

वपुःपद्मे (vapuḥpadme) - on the lotus-like body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vapuḥpadma

vapuḥpadma - lotus-body, body resembling a lotus

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vapus+padma)

• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vap (class 1)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)

सुखदुःखहिमश्रियः (sukhaduḥkhahimaśriyaḥ) - the frost-like glories of pleasure and pain (the glories/beauties of pleasure-pain-frost)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sukhaduḥkhahimaśrī

sukhaduḥkhahimaśrī - the splendors/beauties which are like frost in relation to pleasure and pain (metaphorical)

Compound type : dvandva-karmadhāraya-tatpuruṣa (sukha+duḥkha+hima+śrī)

• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, suffering, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• hima – frost, snow, cold
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• śrī – glory, splendor, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śrī (class 1)

Note: Refers to the qualities or manifestations of pleasure and pain, likened to 'frost-like glories' which appear and vanish.

आकाशोडयनालीनाम् (ākāśoḍayanālīnām) - of us who are absorbed in the flight of the sky (ātman) (of those merged in the flight in space)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ākāśoḍayanālīna

ākāśoḍayanālīna - absorbed in the flight of space/sky

Compound formed by ākāśa (sky), uḍayana (flight), and ālīna (absorbed)

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+uḍayana+ālīna)

• ākāśa – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• uḍayana – flying, flight
  noun (neuter)
  From ud-√ḍī (to fly up)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ḍī (class 4)
• ālīna – merged, absorbed, clinging, adhering
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā-√lī (to cling, adhere, melt into)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Refers to those (like 'us') who are absorbed in the spiritual 'flight' or liberation, which is compared to the vastness of space.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

नः (naḥ) - to us (to us, our, of us)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form for genitive/dative/accusative plural of asmad

Note: Also functions as genitive or accusative plural.

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - harm (harm, loss, injury, destruction)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - harm, loss, injury, destruction, damage

Root: kṣi (class 1)

उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - comes, arises (stood near, present, come forth, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, approached, arrived, happened, imminent

Past Passive Participle

From upa-√sthā (to stand near, be present)

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

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