योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-29, verse-11

आपादमस्तको देहः कथं मे भवतु स्थिरः ।
ममेति तृष्णाकृपणा दीनतां ते समाययुः ॥ ११ ॥

āpādamastako dehaḥ kathaṃ me bhavatu sthiraḥ ,
mameti tṛṣṇākṛpaṇā dīnatāṃ te samāyayuḥ 11

11. āpādamastakaḥ dehaḥ katham me bhavatu sthiraḥ
| mama iti tṛṣṇākṛpaṇāḥ dīnatām te samāyayuḥ ||

11. āpādamastakaḥ dehaḥ me katham sthiraḥ bhavatu
mama iti tṛṣṇākṛpaṇāḥ te dīnatām samāyayuḥ

11. How can my body, from head to toe, be permanent? Pitiful individuals, bound by the possessive thought 'this is mine,' fell into wretchedness.

Words meanings summery:

• आपादमस्तकः (āpādamastakaḥ) - from foot to head, completely, entirely

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

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

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be, it should be

• स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - stable, firm, permanent, enduring

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, saying

• तृष्णाकृपणाः (tṛṣṇākṛpaṇāḥ) - pitiful due to craving, miserable because of desire

• दीनताम् (dīnatām) - wretchedness, misery, helplessness

• ते (te) - they

• समाययुः (samāyayuḥ) - they attained, they reached, they went to

Words meanings and morphology

आपादमस्तकः (āpādamastakaḥ) - from foot to head, completely, entirely

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (ā+pāda+mastaka)

• ā – up to, including, until
  indeclinable
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)
• mastaka – head, skull
  noun (neuter)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form, person

Root: dih (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be, it should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - stable, firm, permanent, enduring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthira

sthira - stable, firm, permanent, steady, resolute

Root: sthā (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, saying

(indeclinable)

तृष्णाकृपणाः (tṛṣṇākṛpaṇāḥ) - pitiful due to craving, miserable because of desire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛṣṇākṛpaṇa

tṛṣṇākṛpaṇa - pitiful through craving, wretched due to desire

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+kṛpaṇa)

• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire, longing
  noun (feminine)
• kṛpaṇa – pitiful, wretched, miserable, poor, stingy
  adjective (masculine)

दीनताम् (dīnatām) - wretchedness, misery, helplessness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīnatā

dīnatā - wretchedness, misery, humility, helplessness

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समाययुः (samāyayuḥ) - they attained, they reached, they went to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of samāyā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: yā (class 2)