योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-11

त्रिलोकीनाभिनलिनीमत्तेभा दानवा अपि ।
देववद्दैन्यमायाताः किमसाध्यमहो विधेः ॥ ११ ॥

trilokīnābhinalinīmattebhā dānavā api ,
devavaddainyamāyātāḥ kimasādhyamaho vidheḥ 11

11. trilokīnābhinanalīnīmattebhāḥ dānavāḥ api | devavat
dainyam āyātāḥ kim asādhyam aho vidheḥ || 11 ||

11. trilokīnābhinanalīnīmattebhāḥ dānavāḥ api
devavat dainyam āyātāḥ aho vidheḥ kim asādhyam 11

11. Even the demons (dānava), who were like rutting elephants to the lotus-pond that is the navel of the three worlds, have now fallen into wretchedness (dainyam) just like the gods. Oh, what is impossible for fate (vidhi)?

11. אפילו הַדָאנַוָות, שהיו כמו פילי פרא בבריכת הנילופרים של שלושת העולמות, שקעו בשפל כפי שקרה לאלים בעבר. אהה, מה אינו אפשרי עבור הגורל?

Words meanings summery:

• त्रिलोकीनाभिननलीनीमत्तेभाः (trilokīnābhinanalīnīmattebhāḥ) - who were like rutting elephants to the lotus-pond which is the navel of the three worlds

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons, sons of Danu

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• देववत् (devavat) - like the gods, god-like

• दैन्यम् (dainyam) - wretchedness, misery, helplessness

• आयाताः (āyātāḥ) - have reached, have attained, have come into

• किम् (kim) - what, how

• असाध्यम् (asādhyam) - impossible, unachievable

• अहो (aho) - oh! ah!

• विधेः (vidheḥ) - of fate, of destiny, of the ordainer

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिलोकीनाभिननलीनीमत्तेभाः (trilokīnābhinanalīnīmattebhāḥ) - who were like rutting elephants to the lotus-pond which is the navel of the three worlds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trilokīnābhinanalīnīmattebha

trilokīnābhinanalīnīmattebha - rutting elephant for the lotus pond of the navel of the three worlds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (trilokī+nābhi+nalinī+matta+ibha)

• trilokī – the three worlds (heaven, earth, netherworld)
  noun (feminine)
• nābhi – navel, center, hub
  noun (feminine)
• nalinī – lotus pond, collection of lotuses
  noun (feminine)
• matta – intoxicated, rutting, furious, proud
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root mad (to be mad/intoxicated) + kta
  Root: mad (class 4)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `dānavāḥ`

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons, sons of Danu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - demon, a descendant of Danu (a primordial goddess)

Note: Subject of the sentence

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes `dānavāḥ`

देववत् (devavat) - like the gods, god-like

(indeclinable)

`vat` suffix meaning 'like'

Note: Comparison

दैन्यम् (dainyam) - wretchedness, misery, helplessness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dainya

dainya - wretchedness, misery, helplessness, pity

Derived from `dīna` (wretched)

Note: Object of `āyātāḥ` (come into/attain)

आयाताः (āyātāḥ) - have reached, have attained, have come into

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āyāta

āyāta - come, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Root gam (to go) with prefix ā + kta

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `dānavāḥ`

किम् (kim) - what, how

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle

असाध्यम् (asādhyam) - impossible, unachievable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asādhya

asādhya - impossible, incurable, difficult to accomplish

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle (Negated)

`a` (negation) + `sādhya` (to be accomplished)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sādhya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• sādhya – to be accomplished, practicable, curable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Root sādh (to accomplish) + ṇya
  Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective for `kim` (understood as "what is impossible...")

अहो (aho) - oh! ah!

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamatory particle

विधेः (vidheḥ) - of fate, of destiny, of the ordainer

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - fate, destiny, rule, injunction, creator, ordainer

Root dhā (to place) with vi prefix

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Possessive, "for fate" or "of fate"

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