योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-9

लवणस्य तथा दत्त्वा तामापदमनुत्तमाम् ।
किं गतश्चञ्चलारम्भः कश्चासावैन्द्रजालिकः ॥ ९ ॥

lavaṇasya tathā dattvā tāmāpadamanuttamām ,
kiṃ gataścañcalārambhaḥ kaścāsāvaindrajālikaḥ 9

9. lavaṇasya tathā dattvā tām āpadam anuttamām kim
gataḥ cañcalārambhaḥ kaḥ ca asau aindrajālikaḥ

9. tathā lavaṇasya tām anuttamām āpadam dattvā
cañcalārambhaḥ kim gataḥ ca asau aindrajālikaḥ kaḥ

9. And having thus inflicted that unsurpassed calamity upon Lavaṇa, what became of that fickle-minded one? And who was that magician?

Words meanings summery:

• लवणस्य (lavaṇasya) - of King Lavaṇa (a specific character in the story) (of Lavaṇa)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given, having bestowed

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine accusative singular)

• आपदम् (āpadam) - calamity, misfortune, distress

• अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed, incomparable (feminine accusative singular)

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, become, passed

• चञ्चलारम्भः (cañcalārambhaḥ) - one whose undertakings are unsteady/fickle

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• च (ca) - and

• असौ (asau) - that (person/thing)

• ऐन्द्रजालिकः (aindrajālikaḥ) - magician, juggler

Words meanings and morphology

लवणस्य (lavaṇasya) - of King Lavaṇa (a specific character in the story) (of Lavaṇa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lavaṇa

lavaṇa - name of a king, salt

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given, having bestowed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive of root DĀ (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

आपदम् (āpadam) - calamity, misfortune, distress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed, incomparable (feminine accusative singular)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, incomparable, best

Negation of 'uttama'

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+uttama)

• an – not, non
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, principal
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ut

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb here.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, become, passed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root GAM (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Here acts as predicate adjective to cañcalārambhaḥ

चञ्चलारम्भः (cañcalārambhaḥ) - one whose undertakings are unsteady/fickle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cañcalārambha

cañcalārambha - one whose undertakings are unsteady, fickle-minded

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cañcala+ārambha)

• cañcala – fickle, unsteady, tremulous
  adjective (masculine)
• ārambha – beginning, undertaking, enterprise
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who? which? what?

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that (person/thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Here referring to the magician.

ऐन्द्रजालिकः (aindrajālikaḥ) - magician, juggler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aindrajālika

aindrajālika - magician, juggler, illusionist

Derived from 'indra-jāla' (Indra's net, magic illusion) + 'ika' suffix