योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-67

शेते किंश्याममैत्र्येव दूरे करपरिच्युता ।
स्वरूपसदृशं मित्रं कस्मै नाम न रोचते ॥ ६७ ॥

śete kiṃśyāmamaitryeva dūre karaparicyutā ,
svarūpasadṛśaṃ mitraṃ kasmai nāma na rocate 67

67. śete kiṃśyāmamaitryā iva dūre karaparicyutā |
svarūpasadṛśam mitram kasmai nāma na rocate ||

67. karaparicyutā (sūcī) dūre kiṃśyāmamaitryā iva śete.
kasmai nāma svarūpasadṛśam mitram na rocate?

67. Having slipped from the hand, it lies far away, as if in the company of a black crow-pheasant. For whom, indeed, is a friend similar to one's own nature not pleasing?

Words meanings summery:

• शेते (śete) - it lies (implied subject: needle) (lies, rests, sleeps)

• किंश्याममैत्र्या (kiṁśyāmamaitryā) - as if in the company/friendship of a black crow-pheasant (implying neglect or unsuitable company) (by the friendship of a crow-pheasant, as if with the friendship of something dark)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• दूरे (dūre) - far away (far, at a distance, remotely)

• करपरिच्युता (karaparicyutā) - having fallen from the hand (fallen from the hand, slipped from the hand)

• स्वरूपसदृशम् (svarūpasadṛśam) - a friend that matches one's own nature or kind (resembling one's own nature/form)

• मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, ally)

• कस्मै (kasmai) - to whom (as an interrogative) (to whom, for whom)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, by name, forsooth)

• न (na) - not (not, nor)

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing (to) (is pleasing, shines, is agreeable, likes)

Words meanings and morphology

शेते (śete) - it lies (implied subject: needle) (lies, rests, sleeps)

(verb)

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

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Verb for the implied feminine subject.

किंश्याममैत्र्या (kiṁśyāmamaitryā) - as if in the company/friendship of a black crow-pheasant (implying neglect or unsuitable company) (by the friendship of a crow-pheasant, as if with the friendship of something dark)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kiṃśyāmamaitrī

kiṁśyāmamaitrī - friendship with a crow-pheasant, a dark/lowly companionship

`kiṃśyāma` (black crow-pheasant) + `maitrī` (friendship)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kiṃśyāma+maitrī)

• kiṃśyāma – black crow-pheasant, a kind of cuckoo
  noun (masculine)
  `kim` (what/despised) + `śyāma` (dark/black). Often refers to the bird 'Centropus sinensis'.
• maitrī – friendship, amity, benevolence
  noun (feminine)
  From `mitra` (friend)

Note: Used with `iva`.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

दूरे (dūre) - far away (far, at a distance, remotely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

करपरिच्युता (karaparicyutā) - having fallen from the hand (fallen from the hand, slipped from the hand)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karaparicyuta

karaparicyuta - fallen from the hand, slipped from the hand

Past Passive Participle (compound)

`kara` (hand) + `paricyuta` (fallen from)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kara+paricyuta)

• kara – hand, ray, tax
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• paricyuta – fallen from, slipped from, abandoned
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `pari` (around/off) + root `cyu` (to fall)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (needle).

स्वरूपसदृशम् (svarūpasadṛśam) - a friend that matches one's own nature or kind (resembling one's own nature/form)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svarūpasadṛśa

svarūpasadṛśa - resembling one's own nature/form, similar in character

`sva` (own) + `rūpa` (form) + `sadṛśa` (similar)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svarūpa+sadṛśa)

• svarūpa – one's own form, true nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (neuter)
  `sva` (own) + `rūpa` (form)
• sadṛśa – similar, like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  `sa` (with) + `dṛś` (to see) - one who looks alike
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `mitram`.

मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, ally)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally; (personified as a deity)

Root: mid

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

कस्मै (kasmai) - to whom (as an interrogative) (to whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which; (as interrogative particle)

Note: Dative case with `rocate`.

नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, by name, forsooth)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adds emphasis to the rhetorical question.

न (na) - not (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing (to) (is pleasing, shines, is agreeable, likes)

(verb)

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

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Verb for the rhetorical question.