योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-32

दुःस्पन्दसंविदा शैलकोटरे क्रिययानया ।
जीवितं क्षिपयन्किं त्वं शिलाकीटवदास्थितः ॥ ३२ ॥

duḥspandasaṃvidā śailakoṭare kriyayānayā ,
jīvitaṃ kṣipayankiṃ tvaṃ śilākīṭavadāsthitaḥ 32

32. duḥspandasaṃvidā śailakoṭare kriyayā anayā |
jīvitam kṣipayan kim tvam śilākīṭavat āsthitaḥ ||

32. tvam duḥspandasaṃvidā anayā kriyayā śailakoṭare jīvitam kṣipayan,
śilākīṭavat kim āsthitaḥ?

32. Why are you, with your sluggish consciousness, staying in a mountain cave like a worm in a rock, merely passing your life with this activity?

Words meanings summery:

• दुःस्पन्दसंविदा (duḥspandasaṁvidā) - with a consciousness that moves with difficulty, with sluggish consciousness

• शैलकोटरे (śailakoṭare) - in a mountain cave

• क्रियया (kriyayā) - by action, by activity

• अनया (anayā) - by this

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• क्षिपयन् (kṣipayan) - wasting, spending, throwing away

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, interrogative particle

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• शिलाकीटवत् (śilākīṭavat) - like a stone-worm

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - situated, staying, dwelling

Words meanings and morphology

दुःस्पन्दसंविदा (duḥspandasaṁvidā) - with a consciousness that moves with difficulty, with sluggish consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of duḥspandasaṃvid

duḥspandasaṁvid - sluggish consciousness, consciousness that moves with difficulty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duḥ+spanda+saṃvid)

• duḥ – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• spanda – vibration, movement, throbbing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• saṃvid – knowledge, consciousness, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root vid (to know) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

शैलकोटरे (śailakoṭare) - in a mountain cave

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śailakoṭara

śailakoṭara - mountain cave, hollow of a rock

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+koṭara)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, cave
  noun (neuter)

क्रियया (kriyayā) - by action, by activity

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, rite, performance

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अनया (anayā) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

क्षिपयन् (kṣipayan) - wasting, spending, throwing away

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣipayan

kṣipayan - throwing, casting, spending, wasting

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root kṣip (to throw, cast)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

शिलाकीटवत् (śilākīṭavat) - like a stone-worm

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat added to the compound śilākīṭa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+kīṭa)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• kīṭa – worm, insect
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Possessive/similarity suffix

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - situated, staying, dwelling

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - placed, seated, standing, situated, resting on

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)