योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-98, verse-41

मदुक्तं नाभिनन्दन्ति केचिच्छवतनुं यथा ।
विनिपत्यान्धकूपेभ्यः केचित्तत्प्रोत्थिताः पुनः ॥ ४१ ॥

maduktaṃ nābhinandanti kecicchavatanuṃ yathā ,
vinipatyāndhakūpebhyaḥ kecittatprotthitāḥ punaḥ 41

41. maduktam na abhinandanti kecit śavatanum yathā |
vinipatya andhakūpebhyaḥ kecit tat protthitāḥ punaḥ ||

41. kecit maduktam śavatanum yathā na abhinandanti
kecit andhakūpebhyaḥ vinipatya tat punaḥ protthitāḥ

41. Some do not appreciate my words, remaining as unresponsive as a dead body. Others, having fallen into dark pits, have risen from them again.

Words meanings summery:

• मदुक्तम् (maduktam) - what is spoken by me, my words

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिनन्दन्ति (abhinandanti) - they appreciate, they rejoice in, they approve

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• शवतनुम् (śavatanum) - a dead body

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• विनिपत्य (vinipatya) - having fallen down, having plunged

• अन्धकूपेभ्यः (andhakūpebhyaḥ) - from wells of ignorance or suffering (from blind wells, from dark pits)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• तत् (tat) - from those blind wells/dark pits (from that, from those)

• प्रोत्थिताः (protthitāḥ) - risen up, emerged

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

Words meanings and morphology

मदुक्तम् (maduktam) - what is spoken by me, my words

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madukta

madukta - spoken by me, my utterance

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'mad' (mine/by me) + 'ukta' (spoken). 'ukta' is PPP of 'vac' (to speak).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+ukta)

• mad – my, mine
  pronoun
  Genitive singular of 'aham' (I)
• ukta – spoken, said
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root 'vac'
  Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिनन्दन्ति (abhinandanti) - they appreciate, they rejoice in, they approve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhinand

Present active indicative

Derived from root 'nad' (to sound, roar) with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: nad (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, which

'kecit' is derived from 'ka' (interrogative pronoun) + 'cid' (an indeclinable suffix for indefiniteness).

शवतनुम् (śavatanum) - a dead body

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śavatanu

śavatanu - dead body, corpse

Compound of 'śava' (dead) + 'tanu' (body).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śava+tanu)

• śava – dead body, corpse
  noun (neuter)
• tanu – body, form
  noun (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

विनिपत्य (vinipatya) - having fallen down, having plunged

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

अन्धकूपेभ्यः (andhakūpebhyaḥ) - from wells of ignorance or suffering (from blind wells, from dark pits)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of andhakūpa

andhakūpa - blind well, dark pit

Compound of 'andha' (blind, dark) + 'kūpa' (well, pit).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (andha+kūpa)

• andha – blind, dark
  adjective
• kūpa – well, pit
  noun (masculine)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, which

'kecit' is derived from 'ka' (interrogative pronoun) + 'cid' (an indeclinable suffix for indefiniteness).

तत् (tat) - from those blind wells/dark pits (from that, from those)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

प्रोत्थिताः (protthitāḥ) - risen up, emerged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of protthita

protthita - risen, ascended, emerged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefixes 'pra' and 'ut'.

Prefixes: pra+ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'kecit'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)