योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-17

चिन्तापिशाचोपहता विवेकेन्दूदयं विना ।
तमसेव निरालोका याति यौवनयामिनी ॥ १७ ॥

cintāpiśācopahatā vivekendūdayaṃ vinā ,
tamaseva nirālokā yāti yauvanayāminī 17

17. cintāpiśācopahatā vivekendūdayam vinā
tamasā iva nirālokā yāti yauvanayāminī

17. cintāpiśācopahatā yauvanayāminī
vivekendūdayam vinā tamasā iva nirālokā yāti

17. Afflicted by the demon of anxiety, the night of youth (yauvanayāminī) passes without the rise of the moon of discrimination (viveka), remaining without light, just like a night shrouded in darkness (tamas).

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तापिशाचोपहता (cintāpiśācopahatā) - afflicted by the demon of anxiety

• विवेकेन्दूदयम् (vivekendūdayam) - the rising of the moon of (spiritual) discrimination (viveka) (the rising of the moon of discrimination)

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (tamas) (by darkness, by gloom)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• निरालोका (nirālokā) - without light (without light, dark, devoid of sight)

• याति (yāti) - passes (goes, passes, moves)

• यौवनयामिनी (yauvanayāminī) - the night of youth

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तापिशाचोपहता (cintāpiśācopahatā) - afflicted by the demon of anxiety

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintāpiśācopahata

cintāpiśācopahata - afflicted by the demon of anxiety

Compound. Cintā-piśāca (demon of anxiety) is a tatpuruṣa. Upahata (afflicted by) is a Past Passive Participle.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa-compounded-with-ppp (cintā+piśāca+upahata)

• cintā – thought, worry, anxiety, reflection
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)
• piśāca – demon, goblin, ghoul
  noun (masculine)
• upahata – struck, afflicted, oppressed, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix upa-
  Prefix: upa
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'yauvanayāminī'.

विवेकेन्दूदयम् (vivekendūdayam) - the rising of the moon of (spiritual) discrimination (viveka) (the rising of the moon of discrimination)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vivekendūdaya

vivekendūdaya - the rising of the moon of discrimination

Compound. Vivekendu (moon of discrimination) is a karmadhāraya or rūpaka. Vivekendūdaya is a ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viveka+indu+udaya)

• viveka – discrimination, discernment, spiritual discretion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• indu – moon, drop
  noun (masculine)
• udaya – rise, ascent, prosperity, beginning
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'vinā'.

विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the accusative case ('vivekendūdayam').

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (tamas) (by darkness, by gloom)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia (guṇa)

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

निरालोका (nirālokā) - without light (without light, dark, devoid of sight)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirāloka

nirāloka - without light, dark, devoid of sight

Compound: nis- (without) + āloka (light, sight)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (or bahuvrīhi) (nis+āloka)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence
• āloka – light, sight, seeing
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'yauvanayāminī'.

याति (yāti) - passes (goes, passes, moves)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present active

Root: yā (class 2)

यौवनयामिनी (yauvanayāminī) - the night of youth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yauvanayāminī

yauvanayāminī - the night of youth

Tatpuruṣa compound (rūpaka/metaphorical)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (yauvana+yāminī)

• yauvana – youth, youthfulness
  noun (neuter)
• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'yāti'.