योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-51, verse-3

यावन्म्लायति नो कायलतिका कालभास्वता ।
भूतलेऽपतितां तावदेनामुद्धृत्य धारय ॥ ३ ॥

yāvanmlāyati no kāyalatikā kālabhāsvatā ,
bhūtale'patitāṃ tāvadenāmuddhṛtya dhāraya 3

3. yāvat mlāyati no kāyalatikā kālabhāsvatā
bhūtale apatitām tāvat enām uddhṛtya dhāraya

3. yāvat kāyalatikā kālabhāsvatā no mlāyati
bhūtale apatitām tāvat enām uddhṛtya dhāraya

3. As long as this vine-like body (kāya-latikā) has not withered under the sun of time (kāla-bhāsvat), and before it falls to the earth, uplift and sustain it.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

• म्लायति (mlāyati) - withers, fades, languishes

• नो (no) - not, nor

• कायलतिका (kāyalatikā) - the creeper-like body, vine-like body

• कालभास्वता (kālabhāsvatā) - by the sun of time

• भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground, on the earth

• अपतिताम् (apatitām) - not fallen, unfallen

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, until then, to that extent

• एनाम् (enām) - this (feminine accusative)

• उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having lifted up, having extracted, having saved/rescued

• धारय (dhāraya) - hold, support, maintain, sustain

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

(indeclinable)

म्लायति (mlāyati) - withers, fades, languishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present of mlai

Present tense

Present third person singular active voice

Root: mlai (class 1)

नो (no) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

कायलतिका (kāyalatikā) - the creeper-like body, vine-like body

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāyalatikā

kāyalatikā - creeper-like body (metaphor for the body)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāya+latikā)

• kāya – body, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)
• latikā – small creeper, vine, tendril
  noun (feminine)

कालभास्वता (kālabhāsvatā) - by the sun of time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kālabhāsvat

kālabhāsvat - the sun of time (time personified as the sun)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāla+bhāsvat)

• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
• bhāsvat – brilliant, shining, splendid; the sun
  adjective (masculine)

भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - the surface of the earth, ground, terrestrial region

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+tala)

• bhūta – earth, ground; being, creature
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, plain, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

अपतिताम् (apatitām) - not fallen, unfallen

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apatita

apatita - not fallen, not dropped, upright

Past Passive Participle with negation

Negated past passive participle of root 'pat'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+patita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• patita – fallen, dropped, degraded
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'pat' (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'enām' (referring to 'kāyalatikā').

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, until then, to that extent

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds with 'yāvat'.

एनाम् (enām) - this (feminine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ena

ena - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'kāyalatikā'.

उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having lifted up, having extracted, having saved/rescued

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tya after prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

धारय (dhāraya) - hold, support, maintain, sustain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative of dhṛ

Imperative mood (causative stem)

Imperative second person singular active voice, from causative stem 'dhārayati'

Root: dhṛ (class 1)