योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-16

व्योमस्थकन्दुकभ्रान्तपिपीलिकवदाकुलम् ।
अद्यापि संस्थिता राजन्न च खेदं व्रजन्ति ते ॥ १६ ॥

vyomasthakandukabhrāntapipīlikavadākulam ,
adyāpi saṃsthitā rājanna ca khedaṃ vrajanti te 16

16. vyomasthakandukabhrāntapipīlikavat ākulam adya
api saṃsthitāḥ rājan na ca khedam vrajanti te

16. rājan te vyomasthakandukabhrāntapipīlikavat
ākulam adya api saṃsthitāḥ ca khedam na vrajanti

16. O King, even now they remain agitated, like ants confused on a ball in space, yet they do not experience weariness.

Words meanings summery:

• व्योमस्थकन्दुकभ्रान्तपिपीलिकवत् (vyomasthakandukabhrāntapipīlikavat) - like ants confused on a ball in space

• आकुलम् (ākulam) - agitated (like the ants) (agitated, confused, bewildered, distressed)

• अद्य (adya) - even now, at present (today, now, at present)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing 'now') (even, also, too)

• संस्थिताः (saṁsthitāḥ) - remain (referring to 'they') (standing, remaining, situated, established)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - yet, and (connects the two clauses) (and, also, moreover)

• खेदम् (khedam) - weariness, fatigue (weariness, fatigue, distress, sorrow)

• व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they experience (weariness) (they go, they move, they proceed, they experience)

• ते (te) - they

Words meanings and morphology

व्योमस्थकन्दुकभ्रान्तपिपीलिकवत् (vyomasthakandukabhrāntapipīlikavat) - like ants confused on a ball in space

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (vyoma+stha+kanduka+bhrānta+pipīlika+vat)

• vyoma – sky, space, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, dwelling in
  adjective
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• kanduka – ball
  noun (masculine)
• bhrānta – confused, bewildered, deluded, wandering
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhrām (to wander, to be confused)
  Root: bhrām (class 4)
• pipīlika – ant
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as
  indeclinable
  Suffix vat indicating similarity.

Note: This is a complex compound behaving as an adverbial phrase.

आकुलम् (ākulam) - agitated (like the ants) (agitated, confused, bewildered, distressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākula

ākula - agitated, confused, bewildered, distressed

From ā- (upasarga) + root kul (to collect, to heap).

Prefix: ā

Root: kul

Note: Adverbial usage of the neuter accusative singular or predicate adjective agreeing with an implied neuter subject.

अद्य (adya) - even now, at present (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing 'now') (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संस्थिताः (saṁsthitāḥ) - remain (referring to 'they') (standing, remaining, situated, established)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - standing, remaining, situated, established

Past Passive Participle

From sam- (upasarga) + root sthā (to stand).

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective for te.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - yet, and (connects the two clauses) (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

खेदम् (khedam) - weariness, fatigue (weariness, fatigue, distress, sorrow)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kheda

kheda - weariness, fatigue, distress, sorrow

From root khid (to be distressed).

Root: khid (class 6)

Note: Object of vrajanti.

व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they experience (weariness) (they go, they move, they proceed, they experience)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vraj

Present active indicative

3rd plural present active.

Root: vraj (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Note: Subject of vrajanti.