योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-30, verse-85

परं वैषम्यमायाति संकटात्संकटं गता ।
दुःखाद्दुःखं निपतिता विपदो विपदि स्थिता ॥ ८५ ॥

paraṃ vaiṣamyamāyāti saṃkaṭātsaṃkaṭaṃ gatā ,
duḥkhādduḥkhaṃ nipatitā vipado vipadi sthitā 85

85. param vaiṣamyam āyāti saṅkaṭāt saṅkaṭam gatā |
duḥkhāt duḥkham nipatitā vipadaḥ vipadi sthitā

85. saṅkaṭāt saṅkaṭam gatā param vaiṣamyam āyāti
duḥkhāt duḥkham nipatitā vipadaḥ vipadi sthitā

85. Moving from one crisis to another, a situation reaches extreme adversity. Plunging from sorrow to sorrow, it remains stuck in misfortune after misfortune.

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - extreme (ultimate, supreme, highest, extreme)

• वैषम्यम् (vaiṣamyam) - adversity (unevenness, inequality, difficulty, adversity)

• आयाति (āyāti) - reaches (comes, approaches, reaches, attains)

• सङ्कटात् (saṅkaṭāt) - from crisis (from distress, from danger, from crisis)

• सङ्कटम् (saṅkaṭam) - to crisis (to distress, to danger, to crisis)

• गता (gatā) - having moved (gone, having gone, attained, reached)

• दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from sorrow (from sorrow, from suffering)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - to sorrow (to sorrow, to suffering)

• निपतिता (nipatitā) - having fallen (fallen down, plunged, descended)

• विपदः (vipadaḥ) - from misfortune (from misfortune, of misfortune, misfortunes)

• विपदि (vipadi) - in misfortune (in misfortune, in calamity)

• स्थिता (sthitā) - remaining situated (stood, situated, remained, abiding)

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - extreme (ultimate, supreme, highest, extreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, subsequent, other

वैषम्यम् (vaiṣamyam) - adversity (unevenness, inequality, difficulty, adversity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiṣamya

vaiṣamya - unevenness, inequality, difficulty, adversity

derived from `viṣama` (uneven) + `ṣya` (abstract suffix)

आयाति (āyāti) - reaches (comes, approaches, reaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

सङ्कटात् (saṅkaṭāt) - from crisis (from distress, from danger, from crisis)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṅkaṭa

saṅkaṭa - distress, difficulty, danger, crisis

सङ्कटम् (saṅkaṭam) - to crisis (to distress, to danger, to crisis)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṅkaṭa

saṅkaṭa - distress, difficulty, danger, crisis

गता (gatā) - having moved (gone, having gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, past

Past Passive Participle

from root `gam`

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied feminine subject.

दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from sorrow (from sorrow, from suffering)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, misery

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - to sorrow (to sorrow, to suffering)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, misery

निपतिता (nipatitā) - having fallen (fallen down, plunged, descended)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen down, descended, prostrated

Past Passive Participle

from root `pat` with prefix `ni`

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied feminine subject.

विपदः (vipadaḥ) - from misfortune (from misfortune, of misfortune, misfortunes)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vipad

vipad - misfortune, calamity, adversity, danger

Note: Refers to the origin or context of being `sthitā` (situated).

विपदि (vipadi) - in misfortune (in misfortune, in calamity)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vipad

vipad - misfortune, calamity, adversity, danger

Note: Denotes the location or state of remaining.

स्थिता (sthitā) - remaining situated (stood, situated, remained, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

from root `sthā`

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied feminine subject.