योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-2

अनवरतप्रवाहपतितोऽयमविद्यानदीनिवहः
शास्त्रसज्जनसंपर्कादृते न तरितुं शक्यते ॥ २ ॥

anavaratapravāhapatito'yamavidyānadīnivahaḥ
śāstrasajjanasaṃparkādṛte na tarituṃ śakyate 2

2. anavaratapravāhapatitaḥ ayam avidyānadīnīvahaḥ
śāstrasajjanasaṃparkāt ṛte na taritum śakyate

2. ayam anavaratapravāhapatitaḥ avidyānadīnīvahaḥ
śāstrasajjanasaṃparkāt ṛte na taritum śakyate

2. This ceaseless current, which is the flood of the river of ignorance (avidyā) into which one is plunged, cannot be crossed without the association (saṃparka) of scriptures and good people (sajjana).

Words meanings summery:

• अनवरतप्रवाहपतितः (anavaratapravāhapatitaḥ) - one who has fallen into a ceaseless stream

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• अविद्यानदीनीवहः (avidyānadīnīvahaḥ) - the flood/current of the river of ignorance (avidyā)

• शास्त्रसज्जनसंपर्कात् (śāstrasajjanasaṁparkāt) - from the association with scriptures and good people

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

• न (na) - not

• तरितुम् (taritum) - to cross, to overcome

• शक्यते (śakyate) - can be, is able (passive voice)

Words meanings and morphology

अनवरतप्रवाहपतितः (anavaratapravāhapatitaḥ) - one who has fallen into a ceaseless stream

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anavaratapravāhapatita

anavaratapravāhapatita - fallen into a ceaseless stream/flow

Tatpuruṣa compound: anavarata (ceaseless) + pravāha (stream) + patita (fallen)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anavarata+pravāha+patita)

• anavarata – ceaseless, uninterrupted, continuous
  adjective (neuter)
  Negation of 'avarata' (stopped) with 'na'
• pravāha – stream, flow, current
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vah' (to carry) with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• patita – fallen, descended, plunged
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'pat' (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ayam' and 'avidyānadīnīvahaḥ'

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अविद्यानदीनीवहः (avidyānadīnīvahaḥ) - the flood/current of the river of ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avidyānadīnīvaha

avidyānadīnīvaha - the flood of the river of ignorance (avidyā)

Tatpuruṣa compound: avidyā (ignorance) + nadī (river) + nīvaha (current)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avidyā+nadī+nīvaha)

• avidyā – ignorance, non-knowledge (avidyā)
  noun (feminine)
  Negation of 'vidyā' (knowledge) with 'na'
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• nīvaha – current, stream, flood, multitude
  noun (masculine)

शास्त्रसज्जनसंपर्कात् (śāstrasajjanasaṁparkāt) - from the association with scriptures and good people

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śāstrasajjanasaṃparka

śāstrasajjanasaṁparka - contact/association with scriptures and good people

Compound of 'śāstra' (scripture), 'sajjana' (good people), and 'saṃparka' (association)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (śāstra+sajjana+saṃparka)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule
  noun (neuter)
• sajjana – good person, virtuous person
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'sat' (good) + 'jana' (person)
• saṃparka – contact, association, connection (saṃparka)
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pṛc' (to touch) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pṛc (class 7)

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तरितुम् (taritum) - to cross, to overcome

(verbal derivative)

शक्यते (śakyate) - can be, is able (passive voice)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)