योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-37

सहस्रविनिकृत्ताङ्गाद्बिसतन्तुलवादपि ।
दुर्लक्ष्या विद्यमानापि गतिः सूक्ष्मतराऽनयोः ॥ ३७ ॥

sahasravinikṛttāṅgādbisatantulavādapi ,
durlakṣyā vidyamānāpi gatiḥ sūkṣmatarā'nayoḥ 37

37. sahasravinikṛttāṅgāt bisatantulavāt api
durlakṣyā vidyamānā api gatiḥ sūkṣmatarā anayoḥ

37. anayoḥ gatiḥ vidyamānā api sahasravinikṛttāṅgāt
bisatantulavāt api sūkṣmatarā durlakṣyā

37. Even though existing, the movement (gatiḥ) of these two [prāṇa and apāna] is exceedingly subtle and difficult to perceive, more so than even a limb cut into a thousand pieces or a mere fragment of a lotus fiber.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्रविनिकृत्ताङ्गात् (sahasravinikṛttāṅgāt) - from a limb cut into a thousand pieces

• बिसतन्तुलवात् (bisatantulavāt) - from a fragment of a lotus fiber

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, indeed

• दुर्लक्ष्या (durlakṣyā) - difficult to perceive, hard to observe

• विद्यमाना (vidyamānā) - existing, being present

• अपि (api) - even though (even, also, too, indeed)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, course, progress, state

• सूक्ष्मतरा (sūkṣmatarā) - subtler, more minute, very subtle

• अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two [prāṇa and apāna] (of these two, between these two)

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्रविनिकृत्ताङ्गात् (sahasravinikṛttāṅgāt) - from a limb cut into a thousand pieces

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sahasravinikṛttāṅga

sahasravinikṛttāṅga - a limb cut into a thousand pieces

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sahasra+vinikṛtta+aṅga)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• vinikṛtta – cut off, severed, divided
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛt' (to cut) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni'.
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• aṅga – limb, body part, member
  noun (neuter)

बिसतन्तुलवात् (bisatantulavāt) - from a fragment of a lotus fiber

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bisatantulava

bisatantulava - a fragment or particle of a lotus fiber

Compound type : tatpurusha (bisatantu+lava)

• bisatantu – lotus fiber
  noun (masculine)
• lava – fragment, particle, piece; act of cutting
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'lū' (to cut).
  Root: lū (class 9)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, indeed

(indeclinable)

दुर्लक्ष्या (durlakṣyā) - difficult to perceive, hard to observe

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durlakṣya

durlakṣya - difficult to perceive, hard to observe, inconspicuous

Gerundive

Derived from root 'lakṣ' (to perceive) with prefix 'dur'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dur+lakṣya)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
• lakṣya – perceptible, observable, target
  adjective (feminine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'lakṣ' (to perceive).
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)

विद्यमाना (vidyamānā) - existing, being present

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyamāna

vidyamāna - existing, being present, existent

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'vid' (to be, exist) with the present participle suffix -māna.

Root: vid (class 4)

अपि (api) - even though (even, also, too, indeed)

(indeclinable)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, course, progress, state

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, going, course, path, state, condition

Root: gam (class 1)

सूक्ष्मतरा (sūkṣmatarā) - subtler, more minute, very subtle

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūkṣmatara

sūkṣmatara - subtler, more subtle, very minute (comparative degree of sūkṣma)

Comparative suffix -tara added to 'sūkṣma'.

अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two [prāṇa and apāna] (of these two, between these two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these, of them