योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-24

यत्नाद्गृहीत्वा दहति भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते ।
लभ्यतेऽपि हि नान्विष्टा विद्युद्वदतिभङ्गुरा ॥ २४ ॥

yatnādgṛhītvā dahati bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate ,
labhyate'pi hi nānviṣṭā vidyudvadatibhaṅgurā 24

24. yatnāt gṛhītvā dahati bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate
labhyate api hi na anvīṣṭā vidyutvat atibhaṅgurā

24. yatnāt gṛhītvā dahati bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate
labhyate api hi na anvīṣṭā vidyutvat atibhaṅgurā

24. Even when grasped with effort, it burns; repeatedly appearing and then disappearing. Indeed, though not sought after, it is obtained, being extremely perishable like lightning.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort, by exertion

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

• दहति (dahati) - burns, afflicts, consumes

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become, existing

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become, existing

• प्रलीयते (pralīyate) - disappears, dissolves

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is gained

• अपि (api) - also, even

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• न (na) - not

• अन्वीष्टा (anvīṣṭā) - sought after, searched for

• विद्युत्वत् (vidyutvat) - like lightning, resembling lightning

• अतिभङ्गुरा (atibhaṅgurā) - extremely fragile, very perishable

Words meanings and morphology

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - with effort, by exertion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, care

root yat + na

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'with effort'.

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

root grah + ktvā

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates a preceding action.

दहति (dahati) - burns, afflicts, consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dah

Present Active

root dah, 3rd person singular

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: The implied feminine subject performs this action.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become, existing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

root bhū + ktvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: First instance of the repeated absolutive.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become, existing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

root bhū + ktvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Second instance of the repeated absolutive.

प्रलीयते (pralīyate) - disappears, dissolves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pralī

Present Middle

root lī + prefix pra, 3rd person singular middle voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: The implied feminine subject dissolves or disappears.

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is gained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present Passive/Middle

root labh, 3rd person singular middle voice.

Root: labh (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अन्वीष्टा (anvīṣṭā) - sought after, searched for

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anvīṣṭa

anvīṣṭa - sought, searched for, investigated

Past Passive Participle

root iṣ + prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the implied feminine subject.

विद्युत्वत् (vidyutvat) - like lightning, resembling lightning

(indeclinable)

vidyut + vat (suffix of similarity)

अतिभङ्गुरा (atibhaṅgurā) - extremely fragile, very perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atibhaṅgura

atibhaṅgura - very fragile, extremely perishable, very transient

From bhaṅgura (fragile) with intensive prefix ati.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ati+bhaṅgura)

• ati – excessively, extremely
  indeclinable
• bhaṅgura – fragile, perishable, unstable
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  root bhañj + ura
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies the implied feminine subject.