योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-61

कण्ठवस्त्रदलप्रोता वेधाक्ष्णा मुखमीक्षते ।
कथमेता भिनद्मीति तीक्ष्णानामेतदीप्सितम् ॥ ६१ ॥

kaṇṭhavastradalaprotā vedhākṣṇā mukhamīkṣate ,
kathametā bhinadmīti tīkṣṇānāmetadīpsitam 61

61. kaṇṭhavastradalaprotā vedhākṣṇā mukham īkṣate |
katham etāḥ bhinadmi iti tīkṣṇānām etat īpsitam ||

61. kaṇṭhavastradalaprotā vedhākṣṇā mukham īkṣate
iti katham etāḥ bhinadmi etat tīkṣṇānām īpsitam

61. A needle, strung through a piece of neck-cloth, observes the fabric's surface with its piercing eye (point). The thought, 'How shall I pierce these (fibers)?'— this is indeed the intention of the sharp ones (needles, or sharp-witted individuals).

Words meanings summery:

• कण्ठवस्त्रदलप्रोता (kaṇṭhavastradalaprotā) - a needle strung through a piece of neck-cloth (pierced/strung through a piece of neck-cloth)

• वेधाक्ष्णा (vedhākṣṇā) - with its piercing eye (point) (with a piercing eye)

• मुखम् (mukham) - the fabric's surface (face, mouth, surface, front)

• ईक्षते (īkṣate) - observes (looks, sees, observes)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• एताः (etāḥ) - these (fibers/threads) (these (feminine))

• भिनद्मि (bhinadmi) - I pierce (I pierce, I break, I split)

• इति (iti) - (thus thinking) (thus, so, denoting quotation)

• तीक्ष्णानाम् (tīkṣṇānām) - of the sharp ones (needles, or sharp-witted individuals) (of the sharp ones, of the fierce ones, of the cunning ones)

• एतत् (etat) - this (thought/intention) (this, that)

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, intention (desired, wished, intended)

Words meanings and morphology

कण्ठवस्त्रदलप्रोता (kaṇṭhavastradalaprotā) - a needle strung through a piece of neck-cloth (pierced/strung through a piece of neck-cloth)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaṇṭhavastradalaprota

kaṇṭhavastradalaprota - strung through a piece of neck-cloth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṇṭha+vastra+dala+prota)

• kaṇṭha – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)
• vastra – cloth, garment
  noun (neuter)
• dala – piece, fragment, leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• prota – strung, pierced, inserted
  participle
  past passive participle
  root ve (2P, to weave, pierce) with pra- prefix + kta suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: ve (class 2)

Note: Refers to an implied feminine noun like sūcī (needle).

वेधाक्ष्णा (vedhākṣṇā) - with its piercing eye (point) (with a piercing eye)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vedhākṣan

vedhākṣan - piercing eye

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vedha+akṣan)

• vedha – piercing, striking
  noun (masculine)
  from root vidh (6P)
  Root: vidh (class 6)
• akṣan – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the point of a needle.

मुखम् (mukham) - the fabric's surface (face, mouth, surface, front)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, surface, front, chief

ईक्षते (īkṣate) - observes (looks, sees, observes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of īkṣ

present tense, ātmanepada

root īkṣ (1A)

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

एताः (etāḥ) - these (fibers/threads) (these (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of etas

etas - this

भिनद्मि (bhinadmi) - I pierce (I pierce, I break, I split)

(verb)

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

present tense, parasmaipada

root bhid (7P)

Root: bhid (class 7)

इति (iti) - (thus thinking) (thus, so, denoting quotation)

(indeclinable)

तीक्ष्णानाम् (tīkṣṇānām) - of the sharp ones (needles, or sharp-witted individuals) (of the sharp ones, of the fierce ones, of the cunning ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pointed, fierce, cunning

Note: Used as a noun here.

एतत् (etat) - this (thought/intention) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, intention (desired, wished, intended)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, object of desire

past passive participle

desiderative of root āp (5P) + kta suffix

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used as noun.