योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-8, verse-9

आगत्यागत्य पतति विवेककरिणीं क्वचित् ।
विधूयते धूतरजाः प्रसक्तिं पुनरेति च ॥ ९ ॥

āgatyāgatya patati vivekakariṇīṃ kvacit ,
vidhūyate dhūtarajāḥ prasaktiṃ punareti ca 9

9. āgatya āgatya patati vivekakarīṇīm kvacit
vidhūyate dhūtarajāḥ prasaktim punaḥ eti ca

9. kvacit āgatya āgatya vivekakarīṇīm patati
dhūtarajāḥ vidhūyate punaḥ ca prasaktim eti

9. Repeatedly, one comes and sometimes settles upon the elephant of discrimination (viveka). (Then), the one whose impurities have been shaken off is dismissed, and (the mind) returns again to attachment (prasakti).

Words meanings summery:

• आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, repeatedly coming

• आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, repeatedly coming

• पतति (patati) - falls, lands, settles

• विवेककरीणीम् (vivekakarīṇīm) - onto discrimination (personified as a female elephant) (onto the female elephant of discrimination)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, at some time, somewhere

• विधूयते (vidhūyate) - is shaken off, is cast away, is dispelled, is removed

• धूतरजाः (dhūtarajāḥ) - one who is cleansed of impurities (whose dust has been shaken off, purified, cleansed of impurities)

• प्रसक्तिम् (prasaktim) - attachment, inclination, involvement, connection

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

• एति (eti) - comes, goes, attains, returns

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, repeatedly coming

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root gam with prefix ā, suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used twice in the verse for emphasis: 'repeatedly coming'.

आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, repeatedly coming

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root gam with prefix ā, suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used twice in the verse for emphasis: 'repeatedly coming'.

पतति (patati) - falls, lands, settles

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

present active

3rd person singular present active

Root: pat (class 1)

विवेककरीणीम् (vivekakarīṇīm) - onto discrimination (personified as a female elephant) (onto the female elephant of discrimination)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vivekakarīṇī

vivekakarīṇī - female elephant of discrimination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viveka+karīṇī)

• viveka – discrimination, discernment, judgment
  noun (masculine)
• karīṇī – female elephant
  noun (feminine)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, at some time, somewhere

(indeclinable)

विधूयते (vidhūyate) - is shaken off, is cast away, is dispelled, is removed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vidhū

present passive

root dhū with prefix vi, 3rd person singular present passive

Prefix: vi

Root: dhū (class 5)

धूतरजाः (dhūtarajāḥ) - one who is cleansed of impurities (whose dust has been shaken off, purified, cleansed of impurities)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūtarajas

dhūtarajas - one whose dust is shaken off, cleansed of impurities

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhūta+rajas)

• dhūta – shaken, moved, removed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dhū (to shake)
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• rajas – dust, impurity, passion
  noun (neuter)

प्रसक्तिम् (prasaktim) - attachment, inclination, involvement, connection

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prasakti

prasakti - attachment, inclination, preoccupation, involvement

from root sañj with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: It is the object of the verb 'eti' (returns to).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - comes, goes, attains, returns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

present active

3rd person singular present active

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)