योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-15

तदरण्यं मयातीतमतिकृच्छ्रेण खेदिना ।
विवेकिनेव संसारो मध्यशून्यतताकृति ॥ १५ ॥

tadaraṇyaṃ mayātītamatikṛcchreṇa khedinā ,
vivekineva saṃsāro madhyaśūnyatatākṛti 15

15. tat araṇyam mayā atītam atikṛcchreṇa khedinā
vivekinā iva saṃsāraḥ madhyaśūnyatākṛti

15. khedinā mayā atikṛcchreṇa tat araṇyam atītam.
vivekinā saṃsāraḥ madhyaśūnyatākṛti iva.

15. I, weary and suffering greatly, passed through that forest. It was like how the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra) appears to a discerning person, with its core nature being emptiness.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (forest) (that, then, therefore)

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - the forest (forest, wilderness)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अतीतम् (atītam) - was passed, was crossed (crossed, passed, gone beyond)

• अतिकृच्छ्रेण (atikṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with great difficulty, with extreme hardship)

• खेदिना (khedinā) - by me, who was distressed/weary (by the weary one, by the distressed one)

• विवेकिना (vivekinā) - by a discerning person (by a discerning person, by a discriminative one)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (cycle of rebirth, worldly existence, transmigration)

• मध्यशून्यताकृति (madhyaśūnyatākṛti) - with its middle being empty/void in nature (having the form/nature of emptiness in the middle)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (forest) (that, then, therefore)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, such, he, she, it

Note: Here in apposition to 'araṇyam', referring to the forest.

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - the forest (forest, wilderness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, uninhabited place

Note: Object of the verb 'atītam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in a passive-like construction with past passive participle 'atītam'.

अतीतम् (atītam) - was passed, was crossed (crossed, passed, gone beyond)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of atīta

atīta - passed, gone by, crossed, elapsed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √i (to go) with prefix ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Past passive participle agreeing with 'araṇyam'.

अतिकृच्छ्रेण (atikṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with great difficulty, with extreme hardship)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of atikṛcchra

atikṛcchra - very difficult, extremely arduous; great difficulty, severe hardship

Compound: ati (very) + kṛcchra (difficult)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ati+kṛcchra)

• ati – over, beyond, excessively, very
  indeclinable
• kṛcchra – difficult, painful, troublesome; difficulty, pain, trouble
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Denotes the means or manner of crossing.

खेदिना (khedinā) - by me, who was distressed/weary (by the weary one, by the distressed one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of khedin

khedin - fatigued, weary, distressed, sorrowful

Agent noun from √khid (to be distressed) + -in(i)

Root: khid (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mayā', describing the state of the agent.

विवेकिना (vivekinā) - by a discerning person (by a discerning person, by a discriminative one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vivekin

vivekin - discriminative, discerning, judicious; a discerning person

From 'viveka' (discrimination) + -in(i)

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

Note: Used in a simile, 'like by a discerning person'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (cycle of rebirth, worldly existence, transmigration)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence, succession

From sam-√sṛ (to flow together, go through)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the simile.

मध्यशून्यताकृति (madhyaśūnyatākṛti) - with its middle being empty/void in nature (having the form/nature of emptiness in the middle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyaśūnyatākṛti

madhyaśūnyatākṛti - having the nature of emptiness in the middle, having a middle that is void

Compound: madhya (middle) + śūnyatā (emptiness) + ākṛti (form/nature)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (madhya+śūnyatā+ākṛti)

• madhya – middle, central, interior; the middle
  noun (neuter)
• śūnyatā – emptiness, voidness, nothingness
  noun (feminine)
  From śūnya (empty) + -tā (abstract suffix)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (feminine)
  From ā-√kṛ (to make, form)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃsāraḥ'.