योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-41, verse-25

वदन्ती मूर्ध्नि पस्पर्श तं करेण सरस्वती ।
अथ हार्दं तमो मायापद्मस्य क्षयमाययौ ॥ २५ ॥

vadantī mūrdhni pasparśa taṃ kareṇa sarasvatī ,
atha hārdaṃ tamo māyāpadmasya kṣayamāyayau 25

25. vadantī mūrdhni pasparśa tam kareṇa sarasvatī
atha hārdam tamaḥ māyā-padmasya kṣayam āyayau

25. sarasvatī vadantī kareṇa tam mūrdhni pasparśa.
atha hārdam māyā-padmasya tamaḥ kṣayam āyayau.

25. Sarasvati, speaking, touched him on the head with her hand. Then, the deep-seated darkness of the illusory lotus (māyāpadma) reached its destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• वदन्ती (vadantī) - speaking (speaking, saying)

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head (on the head, in the head, at the top)

• पस्पर्श (pasparśa) - touched

• तम् (tam) - him (the king) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• करेण (kareṇa) - with her hand (by hand, with the hand)

• सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvati (Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, music))

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• हार्दम् (hārdam) - deep-seated (pertaining to the heart, deep-seated, heartfelt)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, ignorance, inertia)

• माया-पद्मस्य (māyā-padmasya) - of the illusory lotus (māyāpadma) (of the lotus of illusion, of the illusory lotus)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction (destruction, decay, end, loss)

• आययौ (āyayau) - attained (destruction) (attained, went to, approached)

Words meanings and morphology

वदन्ती (vadantī) - speaking (speaking, saying)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vadant

vadant - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

Root vad (to speak) + śatṛ (suffix for present active participle).

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies sarasvatī.

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head (on the head, in the head, at the top)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

Note: Location of the action of touching.

पस्पर्श (pasparśa) - touched

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of spṛś

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Root spṛś (to touch) in 3rd person singular perfect active.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the first clause.

तम् (tam) - him (the king) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of pasparśa.

करेण (kareṇa) - with her hand (by hand, with the hand)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Instrument of the action of touching.

सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvati (Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge, speech, music))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati (goddess), river, speech, knowledge

Note: Subject of pasparśa.

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the next event.

हार्दम् (hārdam) - deep-seated (pertaining to the heart, deep-seated, heartfelt)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hārda

hārda - relating to the heart, cordial, deep-seated

Derived from hṛd (heart).

Note: Qualifies tamaḥ.

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, ignorance, inertia)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, gloom, one of the three guṇas

Root: tam (class 4)

Note: Subject of āyayau.

माया-पद्मस्य (māyā-padmasya) - of the illusory lotus (māyāpadma) (of the lotus of illusion, of the illusory lotus)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of māyā-padma

māyā-padma - lotus of illusion

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (māyā+padma)

• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion, magic, art
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mā (class 2)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Possessive, referring to tamaḥ.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction (destruction, decay, end, loss)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, end, loss, decline

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Object of āyayau (to attain destruction).

आययौ (āyayau) - attained (destruction) (attained, went to, approached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of ā-i

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Root i (to go) with prefix ā in 3rd person singular perfect active.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the second clause.