योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-42

परिसक्तमतेर्देहान्सिकताः पत्युरम्भसाम् ।
कः शक्तः परिसंख्यातुं त्रसरेणुगणं यथा ॥ ४२ ॥

parisaktamaterdehānsikatāḥ patyurambhasām ,
kaḥ śaktaḥ parisaṃkhyātuṃ trasareṇugaṇaṃ yathā 42

42. parisaktamateḥ dehān sikatāḥ patyuḥ ambhasām
kaḥ śaktaḥ parisaṃkhyātum trasareṇugaṇam yathā

42. kaḥ śaktaḥ parisaktamateḥ dehān
parisaṃkhyātum [asti]? [kaḥ śaktaḥ
parisaṃkhyātum] ambhasām patyuḥ sikatāḥ
yathā trasareṇugaṇam [parisaṃkhyātum]?

42. Who is capable of fully enumerating the bodies (which cycle through existence) of those whose minds are deeply attached? It is as impossible as counting the grains of sand of the lord of waters (the ocean) or the multitude of dust motes (trasareṇugaṇa) in a sunbeam.

Words meanings summery:

• परिसक्तमतेः (parisaktamateḥ) - of one whose mind is thoroughly attached

• देहान् (dehān) - bodies

• सिकताः (sikatāḥ) - sands, grains of sand

• पत्युः (patyuḥ) - of the lord, of the master

• अम्भसाम् (ambhasām) - of the waters

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, strong

• परिसंख्यातुम् (parisaṁkhyātum) - to count completely, to enumerate fully

• त्रसरेणुगणम् (trasareṇugaṇam) - the multitude of dust motes, a collection of flying atoms

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

परिसक्तमतेः (parisaktamateḥ) - of one whose mind is thoroughly attached

(adjective)

Genitive, singular of parisaktamati

parisaktamati - one whose mind is completely attached

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parisakta+mati)

• parisakta – completely attached, clung to
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root sañj (to attach) with prefix pari-
  Prefix: pari
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man

देहान् (dehān) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 1)

सिकताः (sikatāḥ) - sands, grains of sand

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sikatā

sikatā - sand, gravel

Root: sic

पत्युः (patyuḥ) - of the lord, of the master

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

Root: pā (class 2)

अम्भसाम् (ambhasām) - of the waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of ambhas

ambhas - water

Root: amb

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, strong, powerful

Past Passive Participle

derived from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

परिसंख्यातुम् (parisaṁkhyātum) - to count completely, to enumerate fully

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

infinitive form of verb parisaṃkhyā (prefix pari- + sam- + root khyā)

Prefixes: pari+sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

त्रसरेणुगणम् (trasareṇugaṇam) - the multitude of dust motes, a collection of flying atoms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trasareṇugaṇa

trasareṇugaṇa - a multitude of flying atoms or dust motes (visible in a sunbeam)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trasareṇu+gaṇa)

• trasareṇu – dust mote, flying atom
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tras (class 1)
• gaṇa – multitude, host, group, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gaṇ (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)