योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-12, verse-14

न ममज्जुः क्वचिदपि संकटेषु महत्स्वपि ।
महदप्युपयातेषु कुलशलाः सरस्स्विव ॥ १४ ॥

na mamajjuḥ kvacidapi saṃkaṭeṣu mahatsvapi ,
mahadapyupayāteṣu kulaśalāḥ sarassviva 14

14. na mamajjuḥ kvacit api saṅkaṭeṣu mahatsu api
mahat api upayāteṣu kulaśailāḥ sarassu iva

14. kvacit api mahatsu api saṅkaṭeṣu na mamajjuḥ
sarassu mahat api upayāteṣu kulaśailāḥ iva

14. They never sank, even in the greatest of difficulties, just as principal mountains (kulaśailāḥ) do not sink even when immense waters approach the lakes.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• ममज्जुः (mamajjuḥ) - they sank, they plunged

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at all (somewhere, at some time, ever)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सङ्कटेषु (saṅkaṭeṣu) - in difficulties, in dangers, in distresses

• महत्सु (mahatsu) - even in great difficulties (in great ones, in large ones)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• महत् (mahat) - great (waters/events, implied) (great, large, vast)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उपयातेषु (upayāteṣu) - when immense (waters/events) have approached (when approached, when arrived)

• कुलशैलाः (kulaśailāḥ) - principal mountains (principal mountains, family mountains)

• सरस्सु (sarassu) - in lakes, in ponds

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ममज्जुः (mamajjuḥ) - they sank, they plunged

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of majj

Perfect Active

Root majj (class 6, Parasmaipada)

Root: majj (class 6)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at all (somewhere, at some time, ever)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सङ्कटेषु (saṅkaṭeṣu) - in difficulties, in dangers, in distresses

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of saṅkaṭa

saṅkaṭa - difficulty, distress, danger, narrow pass

महत्सु (mahatsu) - even in great difficulties (in great ones, in large ones)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Modifies 'saṅkaṭeṣu'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great (waters/events, implied) (great, large, vast)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, important

Note: Used here adjectivally, likely referring to implied plural 'waters' or 'events' when referring to 'upayāteṣu'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

उपयातेषु (upayāteṣu) - when immense (waters/events) have approached (when approached, when arrived)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, plural of upayāta

upayāta - approached, arrived, come near

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go) with prefix 'upa-'

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

कुलशैलाः (kulaśailāḥ) - principal mountains (principal mountains, family mountains)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kulaśaila

kulaśaila - principal mountain, family mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+śaila)

• kula – family, lineage, race, bank, shore
  noun (neuter)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)

सरस्सु (sarassu) - in lakes, in ponds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)