योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-101, verse-9

अनन्तमाद्यममृतं चैतत्कमललोचन ।
कथं नासादितमभूत्पूर्वमात्मपदं मया ॥ ९ ॥

anantamādyamamṛtaṃ caitatkamalalocana ,
kathaṃ nāsāditamabhūtpūrvamātmapadaṃ mayā 9

9. anantam ādyam amṛtam ca etat kamalalocana
katham na āsāditam abhūt pūrvam ātmapadam mayā

9. kamalalocana mayā pūrvam etat anantam ādyam
amṛtam ātmapadam katham na āsāditam abhūt

9. O lotus-eyed one, how is it that I did not attain this infinite, primal, and immortal state of the self (ātman) previously?

Words meanings summery:

• अनन्तम् (anantam) - endless, infinite, unbounded

• आद्यम् (ādyam) - primal, original, first, earliest

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - the immortal state (immortal, deathless; nectar; liberation)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• कमललोचन (kamalalocana) - O lotus-eyed one

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• न (na) - not, no

• आसादितम् (āsāditam) - attained, reached, acquired

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previously

• आत्मपदम् (ātmapadam) - the state of the self (ātman), liberation (mokṣa), the highest abode

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

अनन्तम् (anantam) - endless, infinite, unbounded

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless; the infinite; the serpent Śeṣa

Note: Agrees with ātmapadam.

आद्यम् (ādyam) - primal, original, first, earliest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ādya

ādya - first, initial, primal, original

Note: Agrees with ātmapadam.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - the immortal state (immortal, deathless; nectar; liberation)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, undying; nectar of immortality; liberation

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `mṛ` (to die) with negative prefix `a-`.

Prefix: a

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with ātmapadam.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Agrees with ātmapadam.

कमललोचन (kamalalocana) - O lotus-eyed one

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kamalalocana

kamalalocana - lotus-eyed; an epithet for Vishnu or Krishna

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kamala+locana)

• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc (class 10)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आसादितम् (āsāditam) - attained, reached, acquired

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsādita

āsādita - attained, reached, approached, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `sad` (to sit) with prefix `ā-`.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ātmapadam in a passive construction.

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (aorist) (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Aorist form.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

आत्मपदम् (ātmapadam) - the state of the self (ātman), liberation (mokṣa), the highest abode

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātmapada

ātmapada - the state or abode of the self (ātman); liberation (mokṣa)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ātman+pada)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, place, state, abode, position
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Subject of the passive construction 'āsāditam abhūt'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in a passive construction.