योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-6, verse-27

किंत्वबोधवशादस्याः परां कृपणतां गता ।
श्वाससंततयो ह्यज्ञाल्लोहकारदृतेर्यथा ॥ २७ ॥

kiṃtvabodhavaśādasyāḥ parāṃ kṛpaṇatāṃ gatā ,
śvāsasaṃtatayo hyajñāllohakāradṛteryathā 27

27. kintu abodhavaśāt asyāḥ parām kṛpaṇatām gatāḥ
śvāsasantatayaḥ hi ajñāt lohakāradṛteḥ yathā

27. kintu abodhavaśāt asyāḥ śvāsasantatayaḥ parām
kṛpaṇatām gatāḥ hi ajñāt lohakāradṛteḥ yathā

27. However, due to the sway of non-knowledge (abodha), the continuous vital functions of this (individual) have fallen into an extreme state of wretchedness, just like the bellows operated by an ignorant person.

Words meanings summery:

• किन्तु (kintu) - but, however, on the contrary

• अबोधवशात् (abodhavaśāt) - due to the power of ignorance, under the sway of non-knowledge

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (individual, referring to the mind/jīva) (of this one, of her)

• पराम् (parām) - extreme, highest, ultimate

• कृपणताम् (kṛpaṇatām) - wretchedness, pitiable state, misery

• गताः (gatāḥ) - have fallen into (a state) (attained, gone, reached, fallen into)

• श्वाससन्ततयः (śvāsasantatayaḥ) - continuous vital processes (life's functions) (continuous breaths, series of breaths, vital functions)

• हि (hi) - indeed, just as (connecting the comparison) (indeed, surely, because)

• अज्ञात् (ajñāt) - from an ignorant person (from an ignorant person, due to ignorance)

• लोहकारदृतेः (lohakāradṛteḥ) - of a blacksmith's bellows

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

किन्तु (kintu) - but, however, on the contrary

(indeclinable)

अबोधवशात् (abodhavaśāt) - due to the power of ignorance, under the sway of non-knowledge

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abodhavaśa

abodhavaśa - the power or control of non-knowledge/ignorance

Compound type : tatpurusha (abodha+vaśa)

• abodha – non-knowledge, ignorance
  noun (masculine)
  negation of bodha (knowledge)
  Prefix: a
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vaśa – power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (individual, referring to the mind/jīva) (of this one, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to a feminine entity implied by the context, perhaps buddhi or jīva.

पराम् (parām) - extreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - highest, supreme, ultimate, extreme

Note: Agrees with kṛpaṇatām.

कृपणताम् (kṛpaṇatām) - wretchedness, pitiable state, misery

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛpaṇatā

kṛpaṇatā - wretchedness, pitiable state, misery, meanness

derived from kṛpaṇa (wretched) + suffix -tā (fem. abstract noun)

Note: Object of gatāḥ.

गताः (gatāḥ) - have fallen into (a state) (attained, gone, reached, fallen into)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gata

gata - gone, attained, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śvāsasantatayaḥ.

श्वाससन्ततयः (śvāsasantatayaḥ) - continuous vital processes (life's functions) (continuous breaths, series of breaths, vital functions)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śvāsasantati

śvāsasantati - continuity of breath, continuous breathing, vital functions

Compound type : tatpurusha (śvāsa+santati)

• śvāsa – breath, breathing, vital air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• santati – continuity, series, flow, offspring
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

हि (hi) - indeed, just as (connecting the comparison) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

अज्ञात् (ajñāt) - from an ignorant person (from an ignorant person, due to ignorance)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, foolish, unacquainted with

negation of jña (knowing)

Prefix: a

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Expresses source or agent.

लोहकारदृतेः (lohakāradṛteḥ) - of a blacksmith's bellows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lohakāradṛti

lohakāradṛti - blacksmith's bellows

Compound type : tatpurusha (lohakāra+dṛti)

• lohakāra – blacksmith, iron worker
  noun (masculine)
  loha (iron) + kāra (maker)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• dṛti – bellows, leather bag, waterskin
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)