योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-35

देह स्थितिरियं यामो वयमात्मीयमास्पदम् ।
प्रयोजनानां जन्तूनामहो नु विषमा गतिः ॥ ३५ ॥

deha sthitiriyaṃ yāmo vayamātmīyamāspadam ,
prayojanānāṃ jantūnāmaho nu viṣamā gatiḥ 35

35. deha sthitiḥ iyam yāmaḥ vayam ātmīyam āspadam
prayojanānām jantūnām aho nu viṣamā gatiḥ

35. iyam deha sthitiḥ asti vayam ātmīyam āspadam yāmaḥ
aho nu jantūnām prayojanānām gatiḥ viṣamā asti

35. This is the body's condition; we proceed to our own abode. Oh, indeed, how perverse is the fate (gati) of living beings' purposes!

Words meanings summery:

• देह (deha) - body

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• यामः (yāmaḥ) - we go, we proceed

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• आत्मीयम् (ātmīyam) - one's own, pertaining to the self

• आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode, place, seat

• प्रयोजनानाम् (prayojanānām) - of purposes, of aims

• जन्तूनाम् (jantūnām) - of living beings, of creatures

• अहो (aho) - Oh! Ah! (exclamation)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly

• विषमा (viṣamā) - difficult, uneven, perverse

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - course, path, fate, movement

Words meanings and morphology

देह (deha) - body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Note: First member of the compound 'deha-sthitiḥ'.

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, state, condition, stability

From root sthā (to stand) + ktin suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Second member of the compound 'deha-sthitiḥ'.

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

यामः (yāmaḥ) - we go, we proceed

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I

आत्मीयम् (ātmīyam) - one's own, pertaining to the self

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmīya

ātmīya - one's own, peculiar to oneself, intimate, relating to the self (ātman)

Derived from 'ātman' with suffix -īya

आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode, place, seat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āspada

āspada - place, abode, seat, object

प्रयोजनानाम् (prayojanānām) - of purposes, of aims

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of prayojana

prayojana - purpose, aim, object, motive

From root yuj (to join) with upasargas pra- (forth) + -oj (related to meaning 'to unite, apply')

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

जन्तूनाम् (jantūnām) - of living beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man

From root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

अहो (aho) - Oh! Ah! (exclamation)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly

(indeclinable)

विषमा (viṣamā) - difficult, uneven, perverse

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, unequal, difficult, perverse, adverse

Compound of vi- (denoting separation/opposition) + sama (even, equal)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - course, path, fate, movement

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, state, condition, destiny, fate

From root gam (to go) + ktin suffix

Root: gam (class 1)