योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-17

अद्य ये महतां मूर्ध्नि ते दिनैर्निपतन्त्यधः ।
हतचित्तमहत्तायां कैषा विश्वस्तता वत ॥ १७ ॥

adya ye mahatāṃ mūrdhni te dinairnipatantyadhaḥ ,
hatacittamahattāyāṃ kaiṣā viśvastatā vata 17

17. adya ye mahatām mūrdhni te dinaiḥ nipatanti adhaḥ
hata-citta-mahattāyām kā eṣā viśvastatā vata

17. adya ye mahatām mūrdhni (sthāpitāḥ santi) te dinaiḥ adhaḥ
nipatanti (hi) hata-citta-mahattāyām eṣā kā viśvastatā vata

17. Those who are at the pinnacle of power today will fall low within days. Alas, what is this confidence (viśvastatā) when the greatness (mahattā) of the mind (citta) is destroyed?

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• महताम् (mahatām) - of the great, of the prominent, of the powerful

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - at the pinnacle of power (on the head, at the top, at the pinnacle)

• ते (te) - they

• दिनैः (dinaiḥ) - by days, within days, in a few days

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, down, low

• हत-चित्त-महत्तायाम् (hata-citta-mahattāyām) - when the mind's greatness (citta-mahattā) is diminished or lost (in the state where the mind's greatness is destroyed)

• का (kā) - what, which

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• विश्वस्तता (viśvastatā) - confidence, trust, assurance

• वत (vata) - alas!, oh!, indeed, surely

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yat

yat - which, who, what, that

महताम् (mahatām) - of the great, of the prominent, of the powerful

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, powerful

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - at the pinnacle of power (on the head, at the top, at the pinnacle)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit, pinnacle

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दिनैः (dinaiḥ) - by days, within days, in a few days

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dina

dina - day

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nipat

present active

root pat (1st class) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, down, low

(indeclinable)

हत-चित्त-महत्तायाम् (hata-citta-mahattāyām) - when the mind's greatness (citta-mahattā) is diminished or lost (in the state where the mind's greatness is destroyed)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of hata-citta-mahattā

hata-citta-mahattā - the state of having destroyed greatness of mind

compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hata+citta+mahattā)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, lost
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• citta – mind, thought, consciousness, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mahattā – greatness, eminence, importance
  noun (feminine)
  from mahat + tā (abstract suffix)

का (kā) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

विश्वस्तता (viśvastatā) - confidence, trust, assurance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśvastatā

viśvastatā - confidence, trustworthiness, security

from viśvasta + tā (abstract suffix)

वत (vata) - alas!, oh!, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)