योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-105, verse-23

क्व वयं लोकपर्यायकृतान्तपदवेदिनः ।
क्व मनोमोहदायिन्यो वितताः प्रकृतापदः ॥ २३ ॥

kva vayaṃ lokaparyāyakṛtāntapadavedinaḥ ,
kva manomohadāyinyo vitatāḥ prakṛtāpadaḥ 23

23. kva vayam loka-paryāya-kṛtānta-pada-vedinaḥ |
kva manaḥ-moha-dāyinyaḥ vitatāḥ prākṛtāpadaḥ ||

23. vayam loka-paryāya-kṛtānta-pada-vedinaḥ kva
manaḥ-moha-dāyinyaḥ vitatāḥ prākṛtāpadaḥ kva

23. How can we, who comprehend the ultimate state (mokṣa) of the cycles of existence (saṃsāra), be compared to the widespread, inherent calamities originating from nature (prakṛti) that cause mental delusion?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where? how? (rhetorical)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• लोक-पर्याय-कृतान्त-पद-वेदिनः (loka-paryāya-kṛtānta-pada-vedinaḥ) - those who understand the path to liberation (mokṣa) from the cycles of existence (saṃsāra) (those who know the ultimate state of the world's cycles)

• क्व (kva) - where? how? (rhetorical)

• मनः-मोह-दायिन्यः (manaḥ-moha-dāyinyaḥ) - those causing mental delusion

• वितताः (vitatāḥ) - widespread, extended

• प्राकृतापदः (prākṛtāpadaḥ) - calamities that are inherent to the nature (prakṛti) of existence (natural calamities, inherent dangers)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where? how? (rhetorical)

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me

लोक-पर्याय-कृतान्त-पद-वेदिनः (loka-paryāya-kṛtānta-pada-vedinaḥ) - those who understand the path to liberation (mokṣa) from the cycles of existence (saṃsāra) (those who know the ultimate state of the world's cycles)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka-paryāya-kṛtānta-pada-vedin

loka-paryāya-kṛtānta-pada-vedin - knower of the state of the end of the world-cycle

Agent noun

Compound adjective, where 'vedin' is formed with suffix '-in' from root 'vid'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+paryāya+kṛtānta+pada+vedin)

• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• paryāya – course, turn, cycle
  noun (masculine)
• kṛtānta – end, death, fate
  noun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, state, position, word
  noun (neuter)
• vedin – knowing, knower
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Formed with suffix '-in' from root 'vid'.
  Root: vid (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where? how? (rhetorical)

(indeclinable)

मनः-मोह-दायिन्यः (manaḥ-moha-dāyinyaḥ) - those causing mental delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of manaḥ-moha-dāyinī

manaḥ-moha-dāyinī - causing mental delusion

Agent noun

Compound adjective. 'dāyinī' is the feminine form of 'dāyin', formed with suffix '-in' from root 'dā'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+moha+dāyinī)

• manas – mind
  noun (neuter)
• moha – delusion, confusion
  noun (masculine)
• dāyinī – giving, bestowing (feminine)
  adjective/noun (feminine)
  Agent noun
  Feminine form of 'dāyin', from root 'dā'.
  Root: dā (class 3)

वितताः (vitatāḥ) - widespread, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vitata

vitata - spread out, extended

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'tan' with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

प्राकृतापदः (prākṛtāpadaḥ) - calamities that are inherent to the nature (prakṛti) of existence (natural calamities, inherent dangers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prākṛtāpada

prākṛtāpada - natural calamity

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prākṛta+āpad)

• prākṛta – natural, inherent, original
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Derived from 'prakṛti'.
• āpad – calamity, misfortune, danger
  noun (feminine)