योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-108, verse-25

अबलाहमनेनास्मि रात्रौ गहनकानने ।
त्वयि संध्याजपपरे किं करोमि वराकिका ॥ २५ ॥

abalāhamanenāsmi rātrau gahanakānane ,
tvayi saṃdhyājapapare kiṃ karomi varākikā 25

25. abalā aham anena asmi rātrau gahanakānane |
tvayi saṃdhyājapapare kim karomi varākikā ||

25. aham abalā varākikā anena asmi rātrau
gahanakānane tvayi saṃdhyājapapare kim karomi

25. I am a helpless woman (abalā) in this dense forest at night. With you absorbed in your evening prayers, what can I, a poor, helpless creature (varākikā), possibly do?

Words meanings summery:

• अबला (abalā) - helpless woman (helpless woman, weak woman)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अनेन (anena) - by this (situation/reason) (by this, by it)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night (at night, in the night)

• गहनकानने (gahanakānane) - in a dense forest

• त्वयि (tvayi) - with you (in a locative absolute construction) (in you, upon you, with you)

• संध्याजपपरे (saṁdhyājapapare) - intent on evening prayers (intent on evening prayer, devoted to twilight recitation)

• किम् (kim) - what (can I do)? (what? why? how?)

• करोमि (karomi) - I can do (I do, I make)

• वराकिका (varākikā) - poor, helpless creature (poor helpless woman, wretched creature)

Words meanings and morphology

अबला (abalā) - helpless woman (helpless woman, weak woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abalā

abalā - helpless woman, weak woman, woman

Compound: a (not) + bala (strong, power). Feminine form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+bala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: The female speaker.

अनेन (anena) - by this (situation/reason) (by this, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to an implied reason or context, 'by this state of being'. Masculine/neuter instrumental singular of 'idam'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night (at night, in the night)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

गहनकानने (gahanakānane) - in a dense forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gahanakānana

gahanakānana - dense forest, thicket

Compound: gahana (dense) + kānana (forest)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (gahana+kānana)

• gahana – dense, thick, impenetrable, deep
  adjective (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)

त्वयि (tvayi) - with you (in a locative absolute construction) (in you, upon you, with you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

संध्याजपपरे (saṁdhyājapapare) - intent on evening prayers (intent on evening prayer, devoted to twilight recitation)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃdhyājapapara

saṁdhyājapapara - intent on evening prayer, devoted to twilight recitation

Compound: saṃdhyā (twilight, evening) + japa (recitation) + para (intent on, devoted to)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃdhyā+japa+para)

• saṃdhyā – twilight, evening, junction of day and night, evening devotion
  noun (feminine)
• japa – muttering, whispering, incantation, recitation of mantra (mantra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jap (class 1)
• para – intent on, devoted to, supreme, beyond
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tvayi' in locative absolute construction.

किम् (kim) - what (can I do)? (what? why? how?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? why? how?

Note: Used interrogatively.

करोमि (karomi) - I can do (I do, I make)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वराकिका (varākikā) - poor, helpless creature (poor helpless woman, wretched creature)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varākikā

varākikā - poor helpless woman, wretched creature, unfortunate one

Diminutive/pejorative form of varāka.

Note: Self-deprecating term by the speaker, intensifying 'abalā'.