योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-65

पुरुषस्य न या शक्ता सोढुमीक्षितुमप्यलम् ।
तया स्त्रियावरणया चित्रमन्धीकृतः पुमान् ॥ ६५ ॥

puruṣasya na yā śaktā soḍhumīkṣitumapyalam ,
tayā striyāvaraṇayā citramandhīkṛtaḥ pumān 65

65. puruṣasya na yā śaktā soḍhum īkṣitum api alam
tayā striyā āvaraṇayā citram andhīkṛtaḥ pumān

65. yā puruṣasya soḍhum īkṣitum api alam na śaktā,
tayā āvaraṇayā striyā pumān citram andhīkṛtaḥ

65. It is astonishing how the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) has been blinded by that enveloping [material nature (prakṛti)] — a feminine principle (strī) that is incapable of sustaining the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa), and indeed, not even able to fully perceive him.

Words meanings summery:

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (of the man, of the person, of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• या (yā) - who (referring to 'striyāvaraṇayā') (who, which, what)

• शक्ता (śaktā) - capable (capable, able, powerful)

• सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to sustain, to bear (to bear, to endure, to suffer)

• ईक्षितुम् (īkṣitum) - to perceive, to see (to see, to perceive, to observe)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, fully (with infinitive, indicating capability) (enough, sufficient, capable, fit, capable of)

• तया (tayā) - by that (prakṛti/stri) (by that (feminine))

• स्त्रिया (striyā) - by the feminine principle (material nature, prakṛti) (by the woman, by the female, by the feminine principle)

• आवरणया (āvaraṇayā) - by the enveloping [power] (by the covering, by the veiling, by the concealing)

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderfully, astonishingly (wonderful, strange, surprising, diverse)

• अन्धीकृतः (andhīkṛtaḥ) - has been blinded (blinded, made blind)

• पुमान् (pumān) - the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (man, male, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (of the man, of the person, of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - supreme cosmic person, spirit, man, male

Note: Object of the infinitives 'soḍhum' and 'īkṣitum'.

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - who (referring to 'striyāvaraṇayā') (who, which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Note: Subject of the relative clause.

शक्ता (śaktā) - capable (capable, able, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful, endowed with power

Past Passive Participle

From root √śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to sustain, to bear (to bear, to endure, to suffer)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root √sah (to bear, endure)

Root: sah (class 1)

ईक्षितुम् (īkṣitum) - to perceive, to see (to see, to perceive, to observe)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root √īkṣ (to see)

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, fully (with infinitive, indicating capability) (enough, sufficient, capable, fit, capable of)

(indeclinable)

तया (tayā) - by that (prakṛti/stri) (by that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

स्त्रिया (striyā) - by the feminine principle (material nature, prakṛti) (by the woman, by the female, by the feminine principle)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female, feminine principle, prakṛti

Note: The agent of blinding, here personified as a woman.

आवरणया (āvaraṇayā) - by the enveloping [power] (by the covering, by the veiling, by the concealing)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āvaraṇā

āvaraṇā - covering, veiling, concealing, screen, obstruction

From prefix 'ā-' + root √vṛ (to cover) + suffix -ana

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'striyā'.

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderfully, astonishingly (wonderful, strange, surprising, diverse)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often behaves as an adverb when ending in -am.

अन्धीकृतः (andhīkṛtaḥ) - has been blinded (blinded, made blind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of andhīkṛta

andhīkṛta - made blind, blinded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'andha' (blind) + kṛ 'to make'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'pumān'.

पुमान् (pumān) - the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (man, male, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puman

puman - man, male, person, spirit, puruṣa