योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-17, verse-4

अहंतापुटकोड्डीनो ब्रह्मवीरबलेरितः ।
अहमित्यर्थपाषाणो न जाने क्वाशु गच्छति ॥ ४ ॥

ahaṃtāpuṭakoḍḍīno brahmavīrabaleritaḥ ,
ahamityarthapāṣāṇo na jāne kvāśu gacchati 4

4. ahaṃtāpuṭakooḍḍīnabrahmavīrabaleritaḥ aham
iti arthapāṣāṇaḥ na jāne kva āśu gacchati

4. ahaṃtāpuṭakooḍḍīnabrahmavīrabaleritaḥ aham
iti arthapāṣāṇaḥ kva āśu gacchati na jāne

4. Having flown out from the confinement of egoity (ahaṅkāra), propelled by the power of the heroic consciousness of Brahman (brahman), I do not know where the stone of 'I' consciousness quickly goes.

Words meanings summery:

• अहंतापुटकोओड्डीनब्रह्मवीरबलेरितः (ahaṁtāpuṭakooḍḍīnabrahmavīrabaleritaḥ) - propelled by the power of the heroic consciousness of Brahman (brahman), having flown out of the pouch of egoity (ahaṅkāra)

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation

• अर्थपाषाणः (arthapāṣāṇaḥ) - the stone of meaning, the stone that is the meaning

• न (na) - not, no

• जाने (jāne) - I know

• क्व (kva) - where?

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

Words meanings and morphology

अहंतापुटकोओड्डीनब्रह्मवीरबलेरितः (ahaṁtāpuṭakooḍḍīnabrahmavīrabaleritaḥ) - propelled by the power of the heroic consciousness of Brahman (brahman), having flown out of the pouch of egoity (ahaṅkāra)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃtāpuṭakooḍḍīnabrahmavīrabalerita

ahaṁtāpuṭakooḍḍīnabrahmavīrabalerita - one who is propelled by the power of the heroic Brahman, having flown out of the container of egoity

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ahaṃtā+puṭaka+uḍḍīna+brahman+vīra+bala+īrita)

• ahaṃtā – egoity, ego-sense, I-ness
  noun (feminine)
  from aham (I) + tā (abstract suffix)
• puṭaka – pouch, bag, container, hollow
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• uḍḍīna – flown up, having flown, soared
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ḍī (class 4)
• brahman – the Absolute, the Supreme Reality, universal consciousness (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• vīra – hero, brave, powerful
  noun (masculine)
• bala – power, strength, force
  noun (neuter)
• īrita – propelled, moved, uttered
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: īr (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

अर्थपाषाणः (arthapāṣāṇaḥ) - the stone of meaning, the stone that is the meaning

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arthapāṣāṇa

arthapāṣāṇa - a stone of meaning, a meaning-stone

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+pāṣāṇa)

• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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