योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-8

क्षिप्रमाकारशब्दाभ्यां मायया सन्मुखीभव ।
न किंचिद्दीर्घसूत्राणां सिद्ध्यत्यात्मक्षयादृते ॥ ८ ॥

kṣipramākāraśabdābhyāṃ māyayā sanmukhībhava ,
na kiṃciddīrghasūtrāṇāṃ siddhyatyātmakṣayādṛte 8

8. kṣipram ākāraśabdābhyām māyayā sanmukhībhava na
kiṃcit dīrghasūtrāṇām siddhyati ātmakṣayāt ṛte

8. kṣipram māyayā ākāraśabdābhyām sanmukhībhava.
dīrghasūtrāṇām ātmakṣayāt ṛte kiṃcit na siddhyati.

8. Quickly manifest yourself through illusion (māyā) with your form and voice. Nothing is ever accomplished for procrastinators without a loss of their vital energy (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• आकारशब्दाभ्याम् (ākāraśabdābhyām) - Refers to the physical manifestation (form) and audible expression (sound) of the entity. (by form and sound, by gesture and word)

• मायया (māyayā) - by illusion, through māyā

• सन्मुखीभव (sanmukhībhava) - appear, become present, come before

• न (na) - not

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - 'nothing at all' when combined with 'na'. (anything, something; with 'na', 'nothing')

• दीर्घसूत्राणाम् (dīrghasūtrāṇām) - for procrastinators, for those who delay

• सिद्ध्यति (siddhyati) - it succeeds, it is accomplished, it is perfected

• आत्मक्षयात् (ātmakṣayāt) - Here, ātman refers to one's vital energy or life itself, so 'without the waste of life/vital energy'. (from the loss of (ātman)/self-destruction, without the waste of vital energy)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

Words meanings and morphology

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Root: kṣip

Note: Accusative neuter singular used adverbially.

आकारशब्दाभ्याम् (ākāraśabdābhyām) - Refers to the physical manifestation (form) and audible expression (sound) of the entity. (by form and sound, by gesture and word)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of ākāraśabda

ākāraśabda - form and sound, gesture and word

Compound type : dvandva (ākāra+śabda)

• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, gesture
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṛ' with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ
• śabda – sound, word, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śabd

मायया (māyayā) - by illusion, through māyā

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, art, wisdom, supernatural power

Root: mā

सन्मुखीभव (sanmukhībhava) - appear, become present, come before

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sanmukhībhū

denominative

Compound verb from sat (good/present) + mukha (face) + bhū (to be/become). Sanmukhī is a form meaning 'face-to-face'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - 'nothing at all' when combined with 'na'. (anything, something; with 'na', 'nothing')

(indeclinable)

Compound of kim (what) and cit (an indeclinable particle).

Note: Here accusative singular neuter, object of siddhyati ('nothing' is accomplished).

दीर्घसूत्राणाम् (dīrghasūtrāṇām) - for procrastinators, for those who delay

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dīrghasūtra

dīrghasūtra - procrastinator, one who delays, long-drawn-out

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīrgha+sūtra)

• dīrgha – long, extensive
  adjective
• sūtra – thread, string, rule, aphorism, plan
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'siv' or 'sūtr'.
  Root: siv

सिद्ध्यति (siddhyati) - it succeeds, it is accomplished, it is perfected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sidh

Root in 4th class.

Root: sidh (class 4)

Note: Null subject (refers to 'anything').

आत्मक्षयात् (ātmakṣayāt) - Here, ātman refers to one's vital energy or life itself, so 'without the waste of life/vital energy'. (from the loss of (ātman)/self-destruction, without the waste of vital energy)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ātmakṣaya

ātmakṣaya - loss of self/life/vital energy, self-destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+kṣaya)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath, life
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, waste, decay
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṣi'.
  Root: kṣi

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing ablative or genitive.

Note: Governs the ablative case (ātmakṣayāt).