योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-6

कः प्राणमारुतः क्षोभं जनयत्याशयस्थितः ।
प्रवेशनिर्गममयं कथं वा वद मे प्रभो ॥ ६ ॥

kaḥ prāṇamārutaḥ kṣobhaṃ janayatyāśayasthitaḥ ,
praveśanirgamamayaṃ kathaṃ vā vada me prabho 6

6. kaḥ prāṇamārutaḥ kṣobham janayati āśayasthitaḥ
praveśanirgamamayam katham vā vada me prabho

6. prabho me vada āśayasthitaḥ kaḥ prāṇamārutaḥ
kṣobham janayati vā katham praveśanirgamamayam asti

6. O Lord (prabho), tell me: what vital breath (prāṇa) and wind (māruta) cause agitation when residing in the mind? Or how is this characterized by entry and exit?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what)

• प्राणमारुतः (prāṇamārutaḥ) - the life-force (prāṇa) and wind (māruta) in the body (vital breath and wind, life-wind)

• क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - agitation, disturbance (of the mind/body) (agitation, disturbance, tremor)

• जनयति (janayati) - causes, produces (causes, produces, generates)

• आशयस्थितः (āśayasthitaḥ) - residing in the mind (or its inner repository) (situated in the mind/heart/abode)

• प्रवेशनिर्गममयम् (praveśanirgamamayam) - characterized by the process of entering and exiting (consisting of entry and exit, characterized by ingress and egress)

• कथम् (katham) - how (does this happen) (how, in what manner)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• वद (vada) - tell, explain (tell, speak)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O Master)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, qualifying prāṇamārutaḥ.

प्राणमारुतः (prāṇamārutaḥ) - the life-force (prāṇa) and wind (māruta) in the body (vital breath and wind, life-wind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇamāruta

prāṇamāruta - vital breath and wind

dvandva or tatpurusha compound

Compound type : dvandva (prāṇa+māruta)

• prāṇa – vital breath, life-force
  noun (masculine)
  from pra + an + ac
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• māruta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  from marut + aṇ

Note: Subject of janayati.

क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - agitation, disturbance (of the mind/body) (agitation, disturbance, tremor)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣobha

kṣobha - agitation, disturbance

from kṣubh + ghañ

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Object of janayati.

जनयति (janayati) - causes, produces (causes, produces, generates)

(verb)

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

causal

from jan + ṇic (causal)

Root: jan (class 4)

आशयस्थितः (āśayasthitaḥ) - residing in the mind (or its inner repository) (situated in the mind/heart/abode)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśayasthita

āśayasthita - situated in the mind/heart/abode

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (āśaya+sthita)

• āśaya – resting place, mind, intention, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  from ā + śī + ac
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)
• sthita – situated, standing, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sthā + kta
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies prāṇamārutaḥ.

प्रवेशनिर्गममयम् (praveśanirgamamayam) - characterized by the process of entering and exiting (consisting of entry and exit, characterized by ingress and egress)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of praveśanirgamamaya

praveśanirgamamaya - consisting of entry and exit

compound ending in -maya (consisting of)

Compound type : tatpurusha or dvandva with -maya (praveśa+nirgama+maya)

• praveśa – entry, ingress
  noun (masculine)
  from pra + viś + ghañ
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)
• nirgama – exit, egress, departure
  noun (masculine)
  from nir + gam + ac
  Prefix: nir
  Root: gam (class 1)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  derived with pratyaya -maya

Note: Refers to the 'kṣobha' or the 'process'.

कथम् (katham) - how (does this happen) (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects alternative questions.

वद (vada) - tell, explain (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Command to the Lord.

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty

from pra + bhū + u

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Addressed to the divine/teacher.