योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-68

आपतत्सु यथाकालं यथादेशं यथाक्रमम् ।
सुखदुःखेषु न क्षोभमेति भूभृदृतुष्विव ॥ ६८ ॥

āpatatsu yathākālaṃ yathādeśaṃ yathākramam ,
sukhaduḥkheṣu na kṣobhameti bhūbhṛdṛtuṣviva 68

68. āpatatsu yathākālam yathādeśam yathākramam
sukhaduḥkheṣu na kṣobham eti bhūbhṛt ṛtuṣu iva

68. yathākālam yathādeśam yathākramam āpatatsu
sukhaduḥkheṣu kṣobham na eti bhūbhṛt ṛtuṣu iva

68. When pleasures and pains arrive according to time, place, and proper sequence, one does not experience agitation, just as a mountain (bhūbhṛt) remains steady through the changing seasons.

Words meanings summery:

• आपतत्सु (āpatatsu) - when pleasures and pains (sukhaduḥkheṣu) arrive (when they befall, when they arrive)

• यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - according to time, at the right time

• यथादेशम् (yathādeśam) - according to place, as appropriate to the place

• यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - according to order, in due course, in proper sequence

• सुखदुःखेषु (sukhaduḥkheṣu) - in pleasures and pains, in happiness and sorrow

• न (na) - not, no

• क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

• एति (eti) - experiences, feels (goes, comes, experiences, attains)

• भूभृत् (bhūbhṛt) - mountain (mountain, king (lit. earth-bearer))

• ऋतुषु (ṛtuṣu) - in seasons

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

आपतत्सु (āpatatsu) - when pleasures and pains (sukhaduḥkheṣu) arrive (when they befall, when they arrive)

(participle)

Locative, plural of āpatat

āpatat - befalling, arriving, falling upon

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall) with upasarga 'ā', suffix 'śatṛ'

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sukhaduḥkheṣu'.

यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - according to time, at the right time

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

यथादेशम् (yathādeśam) - according to place, as appropriate to the place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - according to order, in due course, in proper sequence

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

सुखदुःखेषु (sukhaduḥkheṣu) - in pleasures and pains, in happiness and sorrow

(compound)

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative of circumstance.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'eti'.

क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣobha

kṣobha - agitation, disturbance, trembling, emotion

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - experiences, feels (goes, comes, experiences, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Indicative

Root 'i', Class 2 (eti)

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The main verb.

भूभृत् (bhūbhṛt) - mountain (mountain, king (lit. earth-bearer))

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+bhṛt)

• bhū – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• bhṛt – bearing, carrying, supporting
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Part of the simile.

ऋतुषु (ṛtuṣu) - in seasons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of ṛtu

ṛtu - season, proper time

Note: Locative of time/circumstance.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.