योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-62, verse-28

शुष्कसागरगम्भीरे गजः खाते पपात ह ।
तमोघनघने शून्ये संसार इव जीवकः ॥ २८ ॥

śuṣkasāgaragambhīre gajaḥ khāte papāta ha ,
tamoghanaghane śūnye saṃsāra iva jīvakaḥ 28

28. śuṣkasāgaragambhīre gajaḥ khāte papāta ha
tamoghanaghane śūnye saṃsāraḥ iva jīvakaḥ

28. gajaḥ śuṣkasāgaragambhīre khāte ha papāta
jīvakaḥ tamoghanaghane śūnye saṃsāraḥ iva

28. The elephant indeed fell into a pit as deep as a dry ocean. Similarly, a living being (jīvaka) falls into a void dense with thick darkness, a state comparable to the cycle of existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्कसागरगम्भीरे (śuṣkasāgaragambhīre) - as deep as a dry ocean (in a pit deep like a dry ocean)

• गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

• खाते (khāte) - in a pit (in a pit, in a ditch, in a cavity)

• पपात (papāta) - fell (fell, descended, dropped)

• ह (ha) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, oh!)

• तमोघनघने (tamoghanaghane) - in a void dense with thick darkness (in a dense mass of darkness, in a place densely dark)

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in a void (in the void, in the empty space)

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (transmigration, cycle of existence, worldly life)

• इव (iva) - comparable to (like, as, as if)

• जीवकः (jīvakaḥ) - living being (jīvaka) (living being, soul, creature)

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्कसागरगम्भीरे (śuṣkasāgaragambhīre) - as deep as a dry ocean (in a pit deep like a dry ocean)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuṣkasāgaragambhīra

śuṣkasāgaragambhīra - deep like a dry ocean

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (śuṣka+sāgara+gambhīra)

• śuṣka – dry, dried up, withered
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of √śuṣ (to dry).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• gambhīra – deep, profound, serious
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies khāte.

गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

Note: Subject of papāta.

खाते (khāte) - in a pit (in a pit, in a ditch, in a cavity)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of khāta

khāta - pit, ditch, cavity, excavated

past passive participle (used as noun)

Past passive participle of √khan (to dig), used as a noun.

Root: khan (class 1)

Note: Denotes location.

पपात (papāta) - fell (fell, descended, dropped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (reduplicated root).

Root: pat (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, oh!)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तमोघनघने (tamoghanaghane) - in a void dense with thick darkness (in a dense mass of darkness, in a place densely dark)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamoghanaghana

tamoghanaghana - dense mass of darkness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tamas+ghana+ghana)

• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, cloud, mass
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies śūnye.

शून्ये (śūnye) - in a void (in the void, in the empty space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, null

Root: śū (class 5)

Note: Denotes location.

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (transmigration, cycle of existence, worldly life)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of existence, worldly life, wandering through different states of existence

Derived from √sṛ (to flow, go) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Used in comparison with iva.

इव (iva) - comparable to (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

जीवकः (jīvakaḥ) - living being (jīvaka) (living being, soul, creature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvaka

jīvaka - living being, soul, creature, life

Derived from √jīv (to live) with suffix -aka.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'falls'.