योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-53, verse-44

संकल्पतन्तावखिला भावाः प्रोताः किलानघ ।
छिन्ने तन्तौ न जाने ते क्व यान्ति विशरारवः ॥ ४४ ॥

saṃkalpatantāvakhilā bhāvāḥ protāḥ kilānagha ,
chinne tantau na jāne te kva yānti viśarāravaḥ 44

44. saṃkalpatantau akhilāḥ bhāvāḥ protāḥ kila anagha
chinne tantau na jāne te kva yānti viśarāravaḥ

44. anagha kila akhilāḥ bhāvāḥ saṃkalpatantau protāḥ
tantau chinne te viśarāravaḥ kva yānti na jāne

44. O sinless one, indeed all states of being are strung on the thread of mental volition. When that thread is cut, I do not know where they, now scattered, will go.

Words meanings summery:

• संकल्पतन्तौ (saṁkalpatantau) - in the thread of mental volition

• अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all, entire

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - states of being, entities, existences

• प्रोताः (protāḥ) - strung, woven, permeated

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one! O faultless one!

• छिन्ने (chinne) - when cut, in the broken

• तन्तौ (tantau) - in the thread

• न (na) - not

• जाने (jāne) - I know

• ते (te) - they

• क्व (kva) - where?

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go

• विशरारवः (viśarāravaḥ) - scattered, dispersed

Words meanings and morphology

संकल्पतन्तौ (saṁkalpatantau) - in the thread of mental volition

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpatantu

saṁkalpatantu - the thread of mental volition/intention

Compound of saṃkalpa and tantu.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃkalpa+tantu)

• saṃkalpa – mental volition, intention, resolve, conception
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kḷp' (to imagine, form) with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• tantu – thread, string, fiber
  noun (masculine)

अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all, entire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akhila

akhila - all, whole, complete, entire

Negative compound of 'khila' (gap, deficiency).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation)
  indeclinable
• khila – gap, deficiency, waste land
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvāḥ'.

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - states of being, entities, existences

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state of being, existence, nature, emotion, sentiment

From root 'bhū' (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रोताः (protāḥ) - strung, woven, permeated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prota

prota - strung, threaded, woven, permeated

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'pra' + root 've' (to weave, string).

Prefix: pra

Root: ve (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvāḥ'.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one! O faultless one!

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, innocent

Negative compound of 'agha' (sin, fault).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+agha)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation)
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Address to the listener.

छिन्ने (chinne) - when cut, in the broken

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, broken, divided

Past Passive Participle

From root 'chid' (to cut, cleave).

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'tantau'.

तन्तौ (tantau) - in the thread

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, fiber

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'chinne'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'jāne'.

जाने (jāne) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'bhāvāḥ'.

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

यान्ति (yānti) - they go

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

विशरारवः (viśarāravaḥ) - scattered, dispersed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśarāru

viśarāru - scattering, dispersing, tending to scatter

Derived from root 'śṛ' (to break, crush) with prefix 'vi' and suffix 'āru'.

Prefix: vi

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.