योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-18

संसारकदलीस्तम्भाद्विना संकल्पपल्लवम् ।
मृदुनोऽपि दृषत्क्रूरान्न किंचिल्लभतेऽन्तरम् ॥ १८ ॥

saṃsārakadalīstambhādvinā saṃkalpapallavam ,
mṛduno'pi dṛṣatkrūrānna kiṃcillabhate'ntaram 18

18. saṃsāra-kadalī-stambhāt vinā saṅkalpa-pallavam
mṛduno api dṛṣat-krūrāt na kiñcit labhate antaram

18. saṃsāra-kadalī-stambhāt vinā saṅkalpa-pallavam
mṛduno api dṛṣat-krūrāt na kiñcit antaram labhate

18. From the banana stem of the cycle of existence (saṃsāra-kadalī-stambhāt), without the sprout of intention (saṅkalpa-pallavam), one finds no distinction (antaram), whether it is soft (mṛduno'pi) or as hard as a rock (dṛṣat-krūrāt).

Words meanings summery:

• संसार-कदली-स्तम्भात् (saṁsāra-kadalī-stambhāt) - from the banana stem of (the cycle of) existence

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• सङ्कल्प-पल्लवम् (saṅkalpa-pallavam) - the sprout of intention/resolve/desire

• मृदुनो (mṛduno) - from the soft (thing)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• दृषत्-क्रूरात् (dṛṣat-krūrāt) - from that which is hard like a rock, from the cruel rock

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - nothing (anything, something; nothing (with 'na'))

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, finds

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - difference, interior, interval

Words meanings and morphology

संसार-कदली-स्तम्भात् (saṁsāra-kadalī-stambhāt) - from the banana stem of (the cycle of) existence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra-kadalī-stambha

saṁsāra-kadalī-stambha - banana stem of (the cycle of) existence (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+kadalī+stambha)

• saṃsāra – cycle of existence, transmigration, worldly life
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛ (to flow) with prefix saṃ-.
  Prefix: saṃ
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• kadalī – banana plant, banana
  noun (feminine)
• stambha – stem, trunk, pillar, post
  noun (masculine)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्प-पल्लवम् (saṅkalpa-pallavam) - the sprout of intention/resolve/desire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa-pallava

saṅkalpa-pallava - sprout of resolve, leaf of intention

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+pallava)

• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, desire, mental conception
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to be able, to arrange) with prefix saṃ-.
  Prefix: saṃ
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• pallava – sprout, shoot, new leaf
  noun (masculine)

मृदुनो (mṛduno) - from the soft (thing)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, tender, mild, gentle

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

दृषत्-क्रूरात् (dṛṣat-krūrāt) - from that which is hard like a rock, from the cruel rock

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dṛṣat-krūra

dṛṣat-krūra - hard as a rock, cruel as a stone

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛṣat+krūra)

• dṛṣat – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• krūra – hard, cruel, fierce, severe
  adjective (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - nothing (anything, something; nothing (with 'na'))

(indeclinable)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gets, finds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of labh

Present middle indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice.

Root: labh (class 1)

अन्तरम् (antaram) - difference, interior, interval

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - difference, interval, space between, interior, inner; other