योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-32, verse-26

क्व किलात्यन्तदुर्वृत्ता दानवा दलिताद्रयः ।
क्व पाश्चात्यमहाजन्मलभ्या भक्तिर्जनार्दने ॥ २६ ॥

kva kilātyantadurvṛttā dānavā dalitādrayaḥ ,
kva pāścātyamahājanmalabhyā bhaktirjanārdane 26

26. kva kila atyantadurvṛttāḥ dānavāḥ dalitādrayaḥ
kva pāścātyamahājanmalabhyā bhaktiḥ janārdane

26. kva kila atyantadurvṛttāḥ dānavāḥ dalitādrayaḥ
kva pāścātyamahājanmalabhyā bhaktiḥ janārdane

26. What a contrast between the exceedingly wicked demons, who crushed mountains, and the devotion (bhakti) to Janārdana, which is obtainable only through a great birth in a later age!

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - how disparate, what a contrast (where, how, of what kind)

• किल (kila) - indeed, really (emphasizing the stark difference) (indeed, surely, as if, it is said)

• अत्यन्तदुर्वृत्ताः (atyantadurvṛttāḥ) - exceedingly wicked, very ill-behaved

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons, sons of Danu

• दलिताद्रयः (dalitādrayaḥ) - those who crushed mountains, mountain-crushers

• क्व (kva) - how disparate, what a contrast (where, how, of what kind)

• पाश्चात्यमहाजन्मलभ्या (pāścātyamahājanmalabhyā) - obtainable through a great birth in a later age/life

• भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) - devotion, adoration, love (bhakti)

• जनार्दने (janārdane) - to Janardana (an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa), remover of suffering from people

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - how disparate, what a contrast (where, how, of what kind)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a rhetorical interrogative particle indicating impossibility of comparison.

किल (kila) - indeed, really (emphasizing the stark difference) (indeed, surely, as if, it is said)

(indeclinable)

अत्यन्तदुर्वृत्ताः (atyantadurvṛttāḥ) - exceedingly wicked, very ill-behaved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atyantadurvṛtta

atyantadurvṛtta - exceedingly wicked, very ill-behaved

Compound type : karmadhāraya (atyanta+durvṛtta)

• atyanta – exceedingly, extremely
  adjective
• durvṛtta – ill-behaved, wicked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from `dur-vṛt` (to behave badly)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons, sons of Danu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - demon, son of Danu

दलिताद्रयः (dalitādrayaḥ) - those who crushed mountains, mountain-crushers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dalitādri

dalitādri - mountain-crusher, one who has crushed mountains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dalita+adri)

• dalita – crushed, broken, split
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `dal` (to split, burst)
  Root: dal (class 1)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)

क्व (kva) - how disparate, what a contrast (where, how, of what kind)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a rhetorical interrogative particle indicating impossibility of comparison.

पाश्चात्यमहाजन्मलभ्या (pāścātyamahājanmalabhyā) - obtainable through a great birth in a later age/life

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāścātyamahājanmalabhya

pāścātyamahājanmalabhya - obtainable through a great birth in a later age/life

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pāścātya+mahājanma+labhya)

• pāścātya – later, posterior, of a later time
  adjective
• mahājanma – great birth, high birth
  noun (neuter)
• labhya – obtainable, to be obtained, possible to obtain
  participle
  Gerundive
  Derived from root `labh` (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: This adjective refers to `bhaktiḥ`.

भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) - devotion, adoration, love (bhakti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhakti

bhakti - devotion, adoration, love

verbal noun

Derived from root `bhaj` (to worship, serve)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

जनार्दने (janārdane) - to Janardana (an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa), remover of suffering from people

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - Janardana, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa

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