योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-30, verse-88

सर्वतः शङ्कते भीता प्राणात्ययमुपागता ।
क्षीणतोयेव शफरी विवर्तनपरायणा ॥ ८८ ॥

sarvataḥ śaṅkate bhītā prāṇātyayamupāgatā ,
kṣīṇatoyeva śapharī vivartanaparāyaṇā 88

88. sarvataḥ śaṅkate bhītā prāṇa-atyayam upāgatā
| kṣīṇa-toyā iva śapharī vivartana-parāyaṇā

88. bhītā prāṇa-atyayam upāgatā sarvataḥ śaṅkate
kṣīṇa-toyā śapharī iva vivartana-parāyaṇā

88. Terrified and facing mortal danger, it fears everything. Like a small fish in depleted water, it is solely engaged in desperate struggle.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere (from all sides, everywhere, completely)

• शङ्कते (śaṅkate) - fears (fears, suspects, doubts)

• भीता (bhītā) - terrified (afraid, fearful, terrified)

• प्राण-अत्ययम् (prāṇa-atyayam) - mortal danger (destruction of life, mortal danger)

• उपागता (upāgatā) - having approached, facing (approached, attained, reached)

• क्षीण-तोया (kṣīṇa-toyā) - in depleted water (as part of the simile) (having depleted water, waterless)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• शफरी (śapharī) - a small fish (a small fish, minnow, carp)

• विवर्तन-परायणा (vivartana-parāyaṇā) - solely engaged in desperate struggle (intent on struggling, devoted to turning about)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere (from all sides, everywhere, completely)

(indeclinable)

formed with `tasi` suffix from `sarva`

Note: Adverbial use.

शङ्कते (śaṅkate) - fears (fears, suspects, doubts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śaṅk

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: `ātmanepada` form.

भीता (bhītā) - terrified (afraid, fearful, terrified)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - afraid, fearful, terrified

Past Passive Participle

from root `bhī`

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Modifies the implied feminine subject.

प्राण-अत्ययम् (prāṇa-atyayam) - mortal danger (destruction of life, mortal danger)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāṇātyaya

prāṇātyaya - loss/destruction of life, mortal danger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+atyaya)

• prāṇa – breath, life-force, vital air
  noun (masculine)
• atyaya – destruction, passing away, expiration, transgression
  noun (masculine)
  from `ati-i`
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of `upāgatā`.

उपागता (upāgatā) - having approached, facing (approached, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, attained, arrived, reached

Past Passive Participle

from root `gam` with prefix `upa` and `ā`

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied feminine subject.

क्षीण-तोया (kṣīṇa-toyā) - in depleted water (as part of the simile) (having depleted water, waterless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣīṇatoyā

kṣīṇatoyā - having little water, whose water is dried up

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+toya)

• kṣīṇa – depleted, wasted, destroyed, emaciated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root `kṣī`
  Root: kṣī (class 1)
• toya – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `śapharī`.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

शफरी (śapharī) - a small fish (a small fish, minnow, carp)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śapharī

śapharī - a small fish, minnow, carp

Note: The subject of the simile.

विवर्तन-परायणा (vivartana-parāyaṇā) - solely engaged in desperate struggle (intent on struggling, devoted to turning about)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vivartanaparāyaṇā

vivartanaparāyaṇā - intent on turning, devoted to wriggling/struggle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vivartana+parāyaṇa)

• vivartana – turning about, revolving, wriggling, struggle
  noun (neuter)
  from root `vṛt` with prefix `vi`
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• parāyaṇa – chief aim, refuge, devoted to, intent on
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies the implied feminine subject, also applies to `śapharī` in the simile.