योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-14

तपः करोमि परममखिन्नेनैव चेतसा ।
तपसैव महोग्रेण यद्दुरापं तदाप्यते ॥ १४ ॥

tapaḥ karomi paramamakhinnenaiva cetasā ,
tapasaiva mahogreṇa yaddurāpaṃ tadāpyate 14

14. tapaḥ karomi paramam akhinnena eva cetasā
tapasā eva mahogreṇa yat durāpam tat āpyate

14. akhinnena eva cetasā paramam tapaḥ karomi
eva mahogreṇa tapasā yat durāpam tat āpyate

14. I perform supreme asceticism (tapas) with an unflagging mind. By means of such extremely severe asceticism (tapas) alone, whatever is difficult to achieve can be obtained.

Words meanings summery:

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, asceticism, penance, heat

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• अखिन्नेन (akhinnena) - with unwearied, with untired

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by mind, with the mind

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• महोग्रेण (mahogreṇa) - by the very fierce, by the extremely severe

• यत् (yat) - what, which, that which

• दुरापम् (durāpam) - difficult to obtain, hard to reach

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• आप्यते (āpyate) - is obtained, is attained

Words meanings and morphology

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, asceticism, penance, heat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, penance, religious austerity, heat

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Sandhi with following k-sound.

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Active Indicative

8th class verb

Root: kṛ (class 8)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate

superlative of para

Note: Adjectival agreement with tapaḥ.

अखिन्नेन (akhinnena) - with unwearied, with untired

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of akhinna

akhinna - unwearied, untired, unflagging

Negative prefix (a) + past passive participle (khinna) from root khid

Compound type : karmadhāraya (a+khinna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• khinna – wearied, tired, exhausted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root khid
  Root: khid (class 6)

Note: Adjectival agreement with cetasā.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

चेतसा (cetasā) - by mind, with the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, heart, intelligence

Root: cit (class 1)

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, penance, religious austerity, heat

Root: tap (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

महोग्रेण (mahogreṇa) - by the very fierce, by the extremely severe

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahogra

mahogra - very fierce, extremely severe, terrible

compound of mahā (great) and ugra (fierce)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ugra)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ugra – fierce, terrible, severe, potent
  adjective

Note: Adjectival agreement with tapasā.

यत् (yat) - what, which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - what, which, that which

Note: Refers to durāpam.

दुरापम् (durāpam) - difficult to obtain, hard to reach

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durāpa

durāpa - difficult to obtain, hard to reach

Compound of dur (difficult) and āpa (obtainable, from root āp)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+āpa)

• dur – difficult, bad, hard
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating difficulty
• āpa – obtainable, reachable
  adjective
  from root āp (to obtain)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Acts as a noun phrase "that which is difficult to obtain".

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative to 'yat'.

आप्यते (āpyate) - is obtained, is attained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of āp

Present Passive Indicative

5th class verb

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)