योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-23

हा गृहाकाश नष्टं त्वं हा क्व यातमसि क्षणात् ।
हा हा भग्नमसि स्वच्छमित्येवैतच्छुशोच सः ॥ २३ ॥

hā gṛhākāśa naṣṭaṃ tvaṃ hā kva yātamasi kṣaṇāt ,
hā hā bhagnamasi svacchamityevaitacchuśoca saḥ 23

23. hā gṛha-ākāśa naṣṭam tvam hā kva yātam asi kṣaṇāt
hā hā bhagnam asi svaccham iti eva etat śuśoca saḥ

23. hā gṛha-ākāśa tvam naṣṭam hā kṣaṇāt kva yātam asi
hā hā svaccham bhagnam asi iti eva etat saḥ śuśoca

23. Alas, O house-space! You are lost! Alas, where have you gone in an instant? Alas, alas, you pristine (svaccha) space, you are broken!' Thus, he lamented over this.

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

• गृह-आकाश (gṛha-ākāśa) - O house-space, O space within the house

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, perished

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

• क्व (kva) - where? whither?

• यातम् (yātam) - gone, departed

• असि (asi) - you are

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in an instant, from a moment

• हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

• हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

• भग्नम् (bhagnam) - broken, shattered

• असि (asi) - you are

• स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - pure, clear, pristine

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• एतत् (etat) - this, over this

• शुशोच (śuśoca) - he lamented, he grieved

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamation of lament.

गृह-आकाश (gṛha-ākāśa) - O house-space, O space within the house

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gṛha-ākāśa

gṛha-ākāśa - house-space, space within a house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛha+ākāśa)

• gṛha – house, home
  noun (masculine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

Note: The object of lamentation.

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost, destroyed, perished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, perished, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'naś' (to perish, to be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'tvam' (referring to ākāśa).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to the house-space.

हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamation of lament.

क्व (kva) - where? whither?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb of place.

यातम् (yātam) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, traversed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective with 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula.

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in an instant, from a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - instant, moment, leisure

Note: Expresses "in an instant" or "from a moment".

हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamation of lament.

हा (hā) - alas, ah, oh

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamation of lament.

भग्नम् (bhagnam) - broken, shattered

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhañj' (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'tvam' (referring to ākāśa).

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula.

स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - pure, clear, pristine

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svaccha

svaccha - pure, clear, pristine, transparent

Note: Qualifies 'gṛha-ākāśa' (understood neuter form here).

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the direct lament.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding statement.

एतत् (etat) - this, over this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Object of lamentation.

शुशोच (śuśoca) - he lamented, he grieved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of śuc

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: śuc (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: The subject, referring to the foolish person.