योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-3

चिन्तयामास हा कष्टं किमहं सूचिता गता ।
सूक्ष्मास्मि हतशक्तिश्च अपि ग्रासो न माति च ॥ ३ ॥

cintayāmāsa hā kaṣṭaṃ kimahaṃ sūcitā gatā ,
sūkṣmāsmi hataśaktiśca api grāso na māti ca 3

3. cintayāmāsa hā kaṣṭam kim aham sūcitā gatā
sūkṣmā asmi hataśaktiḥ ca api grāsaḥ na māti ca

3. hā kaṣṭam! aham kim sūcitā gatā? (aham) sūkṣmā asmi ca hataśaktiḥ (asmi),
ca api grāsaḥ na māti.

3. She pondered: 'Alas, what a misfortune! How have I become so acutely sharp (in my cravings)? I am tiny, my strength is diminished, and even a single morsel fails to satisfy.'

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - she pondered (she thought, she pondered)

• हा (hā) - alas (alas, oh)

• कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - what a predicament/misfortune (misery, difficulty, pain)

• किम् (kim) - how (how, what)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सूचिता (sūcitā) - (have I) become pointed/sharp (like a needle in craving) (indicated, shown, become like a needle, pointed)

• गता (gatā) - become, reached the state of (gone, attained, become)

• सूक्ष्मा (sūkṣmā) - tiny, minute (referring to her physical form) (subtle, minute, tiny)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• हतशक्तिः (hataśaktiḥ) - my strength is diminished, powerless (having lost power/strength, powerless)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• ग्रासः (grāsaḥ) - a single morsel (mouthful, morsel, food)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• माति (māti) - satisfies, is contained (fits, is contained, measures, satisfies)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - she pondered (she thought, she pondered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of cintay

Perfect Active (causative stem)

Causative stem of root cit + Perfect, 3rd person, singular, active voice.

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: The root `cit` (to perceive) forms a 10th class verb `cintay`.

हा (hā) - alas (alas, oh)

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamatory particle.

कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - what a predicament/misfortune (misery, difficulty, pain)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṣṭa

kaṣṭa - misery, pain, difficulty, misfortune

Note: Used as an exclamation.

किम् (kim) - how (how, what)

(pronoun)

singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

Note: Interrogative adverb.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: First person singular pronoun.

सूचिता (sūcitā) - (have I) become pointed/sharp (like a needle in craving) (indicated, shown, become like a needle, pointed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūcita

sūcita - indicated, shown, made known, pointed, resembling a needle

Past Passive Participle

from root sūc 'to point out, to indicate' + kta pratyaya

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: In context of `tṛṣṇāsūcī`, it refers to becoming insatiable, like the sharp point of a needle.

गता (gatā) - become, reached the state of (gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, passed, become, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from root gam 'to go' + kta pratyaya

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound meaning with `sūcitā`: 'gone to the state of being pointed'.

सूक्ष्मा (sūkṣmā) - tiny, minute (referring to her physical form) (subtle, minute, tiny)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - fine, subtle, minute, small, delicate

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'I'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

root as, Present, 1st person, singular, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula verb.

हतशक्तिः (hataśaktiḥ) - my strength is diminished, powerless (having lost power/strength, powerless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hataśakti

hataśakti - whose strength is destroyed, powerless, weak

Bahuvrīhi compound: hata (destroyed) + śakti (power).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+śakti)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root han + kta pratyaya
  Root: han (class 2)
• śakti – power, strength, energy (śakti)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'I'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the following word.

ग्रासः (grāsaḥ) - a single morsel (mouthful, morsel, food)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grāsa

grāsa - a mouthful, a morsel, food, seizing

from root gras 'to swallow'

Root: gras (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `māti`.

माति (māti) - satisfies, is contained (fits, is contained, measures, satisfies)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of mā

Present Active

root mā, Present, 3rd person, singular, active voice. Class 2.

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Here implies 'is sufficient' or 'can be contained (to provide satisfaction)'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction, connecting the clauses 'I am minute, powerless' and 'a morsel does not satisfy'.