योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-15

योऽक्ष्णोः कनीनिकारश्मिजालप्रोतवपुः स्थितः ।
देव दर्शनरूपेण कथं सोऽत्र न दृश्यते ॥ १५ ॥

yo'kṣṇoḥ kanīnikāraśmijālaprotavapuḥ sthitaḥ ,
deva darśanarūpeṇa kathaṃ so'tra na dṛśyate 15

15. yaḥ akṣṇoḥ kanīnikā-raśmi-jāla-prota-vapuḥ sthitaḥ
deva darśana-rūpeṇa katham saḥ atra na dṛśyate

15. deva,
yaḥ akṣṇoḥ kanīnikā-raśmi-jāla-prota-vapuḥ sthitaḥ,
saḥ atra darśana-rūpeṇa katham na dṛśyate?

15. O God, how is it that He, whose form is imbued with the network of rays from the pupils of the eyes, and who is present as the very form of vision, is not perceived here?

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - He who (who, which)

• अक्ष्णोः (akṣṇoḥ) - of the eyes (dual)

• कनीनिका-रश्मि-जाल-प्रोत-वपुः (kanīnikā-raśmi-jāla-prota-vapuḥ) - whose body is imbued with the network of rays from the pupils

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - who is present (situated, existing, standing)

• देव (deva) - O God (god, deity)

• दर्शन-रूपेण (darśana-rūpeṇa) - as the very form of vision (in the form of sight/vision)

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

• सः (saḥ) - that one (God) (he, that (one))

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• न (na) - not, no

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - He who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अक्ष्णोः (akṣṇoḥ) - of the eyes (dual)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of akṣi

akṣi - eye

Note: Can also be locative dual.

कनीनिका-रश्मि-जाल-प्रोत-वपुः (kanīnikā-raśmi-jāla-prota-vapuḥ) - whose body is imbued with the network of rays from the pupils

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kanīnikā-raśmi-jāla-prota-vapus

kanīnikā-raśmi-jāla-prota-vapus - whose body is imbued/woven/pierced by the network of rays of the pupil

Bahuvrihi compound: kanīnikā-raśmi-jāle protaṃ vapus yasya saḥ (He whose form is woven/imbued by the network of pupil-rays)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kanīnikā+raśmi+jāla+prota+vapus)

• kanīnikā – pupil (of the eye)
  noun (feminine)
• raśmi – ray, beam of light
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, network, collection
  noun (neuter)
• prota – pierced, strung, woven, imbued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root prī (to fill) or prā (to pierce/fill) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: prā (class 1)
• vapus – body, form, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: The final 'ḥ' is from the 's' of vapus (vapuḥ)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - who is present (situated, existing, standing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

देव (deva) - O God (god, deity)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

Root: div (class 4)

दर्शन-रूपेण (darśana-rūpeṇa) - as the very form of vision (in the form of sight/vision)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of darśana-rūpa

darśana-rūpa - form of sight, appearance

Tatpurusha compound: darśanasya rūpam (the form of sight)

Compound type : tatpurusha (darśana+rūpa)

• darśana – seeing, vision, perception, doctrine
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that one (God) (he, that (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)