योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-15

कुचकोटरसंसुप्तं विस्मृत्य जननी सुतम् ।
यथा रोदिति पुत्रार्थं तथात्मार्थमयं जनः ॥ १५ ॥

kucakoṭarasaṃsuptaṃ vismṛtya jananī sutam ,
yathā roditi putrārthaṃ tathātmārthamayaṃ janaḥ 15

15. kucakoṭarasaṃsuptam vismṛtya jananī sutam yathā
roditi putrārtham tathā ātma-artham ayam janaḥ

15. yathā jananī kucakoṭarasaṃsuptam sutam vismṛtya putrārtham roditi,
tathā ayam janaḥ ātma-artham (roditi)

15. Just as a mother, having forgotten her son sleeping soundly in the hollow of her breast, cries out for her child, similarly, this person (jana) laments for the true self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• कुचकोटरसंसुप्तम् (kucakoṭarasaṁsuptam) - sleeping soundly in the hollow of the breast

• विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - having forgotten, having neglected

• जननी (jananī) - mother, producer, creatress

• सुतम् (sutam) - son, child

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• रोदिति (roditi) - cries, weeps, laments

• पुत्रार्थम् (putrārtham) - for her child (for the sake of a son, for a son)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

• आत्म-अर्थम् (ātma-artham) - for the true self (ātman) (for the sake of the self, for the self's purpose)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this, this one)

• जनः (janaḥ) - this person (person, man, folk)

Words meanings and morphology

कुचकोटरसंसुप्तम् (kucakoṭarasaṁsuptam) - sleeping soundly in the hollow of the breast

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kucakoṭarasaṃsupta

kucakoṭarasaṁsupta - sleeping soundly in the hollow of the breast

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kuca+koṭara+saṃsupta)

• kuca – breast
  noun (masculine)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, interior
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsupta – soundly asleep, deeply sleeping
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root svap (to sleep) with upasarga sam and suffix kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: svap (class 2)

विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - having forgotten, having neglected

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root smṛ (to remember) with upasarga vi and suffix lyap

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

जननी (jananī) - mother, producer, creatress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, producer, creatress

From root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

सुतम् (sutam) - son, child

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle (loosely)

Often derived from root sū (to bear, produce) with kta suffix

Root: sū (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

रोदिति (roditi) - cries, weeps, laments

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of rud

Root: rud (class 2)

पुत्रार्थम् (putrārtham) - for her child (for the sake of a son, for a son)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (putra+artha)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

आत्म-अर्थम् (ātma-artham) - for the true self (ātman) (for the sake of the self, for the self's purpose)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (ātman+artha)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जनः (janaḥ) - this person (person, man, folk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)