योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-80, verse-3

नयने रूपनिर्मग्ने क्षोभः क इव देहिनः ।
गर्दभे पल्वले मग्ने कैव सेनापतेः क्षतिः ॥ ३ ॥

nayane rūpanirmagne kṣobhaḥ ka iva dehinaḥ ,
gardabhe palvale magne kaiva senāpateḥ kṣatiḥ 3

3. nayane rūpanirmagne kṣobhaḥ kaḥ iva dehinaḥ
gardabhe palvale magne kā eva senāpateḥ kṣatiḥ

3. nayane rūpanirmagne (sati),
dehinaḥ kaḥ iva kṣobhaḥ (bhavati)? gardabhe palvale magne (sati),
senāpateḥ kā eva kṣatiḥ (bhavati)?

3. If the eyes are absorbed in forms, what agitation (kṣobha) is there for the embodied being? It is like asking what loss a commander suffers if a donkey drowns in a small pond.

Words meanings summery:

• नयने (nayane) - when the two eyes are... (in the eye; two eyes)

• रूपनिर्मग्ने (rūpanirmagne) - immersed in forms, absorbed in beauty

• क्षोभः (kṣobhaḥ) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

• कः (kaḥ) - what kind of, what sort of (implying 'no such') (who, what)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of the embodied being, to the embodied being

• गर्दभे (gardabhe) - in a donkey

• पल्वले (palvale) - in a small pond, in a puddle

• मग्ने (magne) - when a donkey is immersed/drowned (immersed, drowned)

• का (kā) - what kind of loss (implying 'no loss') (what, which)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• सेनापतेः (senāpateḥ) - of the commander of an army

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, damage, injury

Words meanings and morphology

नयने (nayane) - when the two eyes are... (in the eye; two eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of nayana

nayana - eye, leading, guiding

Derived from the root nī (to lead).

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Could also be locative singular, but context with rūpanirmagne (dual) suggests nominative/locative dual.

रूपनिर्मग्ने (rūpanirmagne) - immersed in forms, absorbed in beauty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of rūpanirmagna

rūpanirmagna - immersed in form, absorbed in beauty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rūpa+nirmagna)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• nirmagna – immersed, plunged, absorbed, drowned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root majj (to sink, immerse) with the prefix nir.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `nayane`. Can also be locative dual.

क्षोभः (kṣobhaḥ) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣobha

kṣobha - agitation, disturbance, commotion, perturbation

Derived from the root kṣubh (to be agitated).

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - what kind of, what sort of (implying 'no such') (who, what)

(interrogative pronoun)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of the embodied being, to the embodied being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied being, soul, living creature

Derived from deha (body) with the possessive suffix -in.

Note: Can also be dative singular.

गर्दभे (gardabhe) - in a donkey

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gardabha

gardabha - donkey, ass

पल्वले (palvale) - in a small pond, in a puddle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of palvala

palvala - small pond, puddle, marsh

मग्ने (magne) - when a donkey is immersed/drowned (immersed, drowned)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - immersed, plunged, sunk, drowned, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root majj (to sink, immerse).

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `gardabhe` and `palvale`.

का (kā) - what kind of loss (implying 'no loss') (what, which)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with `kṣatiḥ`.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

सेनापतेः (senāpateḥ) - of the commander of an army

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host, troop
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, owner, husband
  noun (masculine)

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, damage, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, damage, injury, destruction

Derived from the root kṣi (to destroy, decay).

Root: kṣi (class 1)