योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-117, verse-35

हेलया राजहंसेन यत्कृतं कलकूजितम् ।
न तद्वर्षशतेनापि जानात्याशिक्षितुं बकः ॥ ३५ ॥

helayā rājahaṃsena yatkṛtaṃ kalakūjitam ,
na tadvarṣaśatenāpi jānātyāśikṣituṃ bakaḥ 35

35. helayā rājahaṃsena yat kṛtam kalakūjitam na
tat varṣaśatena api jānāti āśikṣitum bakaḥ

35. helayā rājahaṃsena yat kalakūjitam kṛtam,
tat bakaḥ varṣaśatena api āśikṣitum na jānāti.

35. What melodious call (kalakūjitam) was effortlessly made by the royal swan (rājahaṃsa), that, even in a hundred years, a crane (baka) cannot learn or master.

Words meanings summery:

• हेलया (helayā) - with ease, playfully, contemptuously

• राजहंसेन (rājahaṁsena) - by the royal swan, by the flamingo

• यत् (yat) - Relative pronoun referring to kalakūjitam. (which, what)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

• कलकूजितम् (kalakūjitam) - melodious cooing, sweet sound

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - Refers back to yat kalakūjitam. (that)

• वर्षशतेन (varṣaśatena) - by a hundred years, in a hundred years

• अपि (api) - Emphasizes the difficulty: "even in a hundred years". (even, also, too)

• जानाति (jānāti) - Knows how to do something, has the ability. (he knows, he understands)

• आशिक्षितुम् (āśikṣitum) - to learn, to master, to practice

• बकः (bakaḥ) - crane, heron

Words meanings and morphology

हेलया (helayā) - with ease, playfully, contemptuously

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of helā

helā - sport, play, ease, contempt, disdain

Root: hel (class 1)

राजहंसेन (rājahaṁsena) - by the royal swan, by the flamingo

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājahaṃsa

rājahaṁsa - royal swan, flamingo, a superior swan

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+haṃsa)

• rājan – king, royal
  noun (masculine)
• haṃsa – swan, gander
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - Relative pronoun referring to kalakūjitam. (which, what)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

Note: Functions as the subject/object for kṛtam and kalakūjitam.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix kta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agreement with yat kalakūjitam.

कलकूजितम् (kalakūjitam) - melodious cooing, sweet sound

(noun)

neuter, singular of kalakūjita

kalakūjita - melodious cooing, sweet sound, agreeable chirping

From kala (sweet, soft) + kūjita (sound, cooing).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kala+kūjita)

• kala – soft, low, sweet
  adjective (masculine)
• kūjita – cooed, sounded (as noun: cooing, sound)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kūj (class 1)

Note: Acts as the object of kṛtam.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

Note: Negates the verb jānāti.

तत् (tat) - Refers back to yat kalakūjitam. (that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Coreferential with yat kalakūjitam.

वर्षशतेन (varṣaśatena) - by a hundred years, in a hundred years

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years, a century

Compound type : dvigu/tatpuruṣa (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Denotes the duration or means.

अपि (api) - Emphasizes the difficulty: "even in a hundred years". (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

जानाति (jānāti) - Knows how to do something, has the ability. (he knows, he understands)

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

From root jñā (to know), 9th class.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Governs the infinitive āśikṣitum.

आशिक्षितुम् (āśikṣitum) - to learn, to master, to practice

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Formed from root śikṣ (to learn) with prefix ā- and suffix -tum.

Prefix: ā

Root: śikṣ (class 1)

Note: Functions as the object of jānāti.

बकः (bakaḥ) - crane, heron

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baka

baka - crane, heron, a cheat, a rogue

Note: Subject of jānāti.