योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-17, verse-14

आपादमस्तकमहं मातापितृविनिर्मितः ।
इत्येको निश्चयो राम बन्धायासद्विलोकनात् ॥ १४ ॥

āpādamastakamahaṃ mātāpitṛvinirmitaḥ ,
ityeko niścayo rāma bandhāyāsadvilokanāt 14

14. āpādamastakam aham mātāpitṛvinirmitaḥ iti
ekaḥ niścayaḥ rāma bandhāya asat vilokanāt

14. rāma aham āpādamastakam mātāpitṛvinirmitaḥ
iti ekaḥ niścayaḥ asat vilokanāt bandhāya

14. O Rāma, one firm resolve is, 'I am created by my mother and father from foot to head.' This [resolve arises] from perceiving the unreal (asat), and leads to bondage.

Words meanings summery:

• आपादमस्तकम् (āpādamastakam) - from foot to head, completely

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मातापितृविनिर्मितः (mātāpitṛvinirmitaḥ) - created by mother and father

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm resolve, certainty, decision

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• बन्धाय (bandhāya) - for bondage, for fettering

• असत् (asat) - the unreal, non-being

• विलोकनात् (vilokanāt) - from perceiving, from seeing, due to seeing

Words meanings and morphology

आपादमस्तकम् (āpādamastakam) - from foot to head, completely

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+pāda+mastaka)

• ā – up to, until, completely (prefix)
  indeclinable
• pāda – foot
  noun (masculine)
• mastaka – head
  noun (neuter)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मातापितृविनिर्मितः (mātāpitṛvinirmitaḥ) - created by mother and father

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātāpitṛvinirmita

mātāpitṛvinirmita - created by mother and father

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mātāpitṛ+vinirmita)

• mātāpitṛ – mother and father, parents
  noun (masculine)
• vinirmita – created, constructed, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: vi+nis
  Root: mā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm resolve, certainty, decision

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - firm resolve, certainty, decision, ascertainment

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma, pleasing, delightful

बन्धाय (bandhāya) - for bondage, for fettering

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment

असत् (asat) - the unreal, non-being

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, untrue, non-being, unreality

Note: object of perception

विलोकनात् (vilokanāt) - from perceiving, from seeing, due to seeing

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vilokana

vilokana - seeing, looking, perception

Action Noun

Prefix: vi

Root: lok (class 1)