योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-16

प्रतिबिम्बं पुराणीव पुरःप्राणसरिद्रये ।
अरूढान्यपि चोह्यन्ते रूढान्यपि च नैव च ॥ १६ ॥

pratibimbaṃ purāṇīva puraḥprāṇasaridraye ,
arūḍhānyapi cohyante rūḍhānyapi ca naiva ca 16

16. pratibimbam purāṇī iva puraḥ prāṇasarid-dvaye
arūḍhāni api ca uhyante rūḍhāni api ca na eva ca

16. purāṇī iva pratibimbam puraḥ prāṇasarid-dvaye
arūḍhāni api uhyante ca rūḍhāni api ca na eva ca

16. Just as ancient reflections are perceived, in the two streams of the life-force (prāṇa) that manifest before us, even those [impressions] not yet firmly established are carried along. But even those that *are* firmly established are not carried along in the same transient manner.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिबिम्बम् (pratibimbam) - reflection, image, shadow

• पुराणी (purāṇī) - ancient, old, traditional

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• पुरः (puraḥ) - in front, before, previously

• प्राणसरिद्-द्वये (prāṇasarid-dvaye) - in the two rivers of life-force (prāṇa)

• अरूढानि (arūḍhāni) - impressions not yet firmly established (unestablished, not rooted, not risen)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and

• उह्यन्ते (uhyante) - are carried, are borne, are conveyed

• रूढानि (rūḍhāni) - impressions firmly established (established, rooted, grown)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिबिम्बम् (pratibimbam) - reflection, image, shadow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratibimba

pratibimba - reflection, image, shadow, counterpart

From prati- + √bimb (from bimba 'disc, sphere')

Prefix: prati

Root: bimb

Note: Here functioning as subject of the clause implicitly.

पुराणी (purāṇī) - ancient, old, traditional

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, traditional; an ancient tale or legend

From purā 'formerly, in old times' + suffix -ana

Note: Modifying an implied noun like 'impressions' or 'things'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

पुरः (puraḥ) - in front, before, previously

(indeclinable)

प्राणसरिद्-द्वये (prāṇasarid-dvaye) - in the two rivers of life-force (prāṇa)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of prāṇasarid-dvaya

prāṇasarid-dvaya - a pair of life-force rivers

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāṇa+sarit+dvaya)

• prāṇa – life-force, vital breath, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• sarit – river, stream, current
  noun (feminine)
  From √sṛ 'to flow'
  Root: sṛ
• dvaya – pair, couple, two, duality
  noun (neuter)
  From dvi 'two' + suffix -aya

अरूढानि (arūḍhāni) - impressions not yet firmly established (unestablished, not rooted, not risen)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of arūḍha

arūḍha - unmounted, not ascended, not grown, not rooted, not established

Past Passive Participle

Negated form of rūḍha (from root √ruh 'to rise, grow'); a-privative prefix

Root: ruh

Note: Functions as a substantive here, referring to 'things' or 'impressions'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उह्यन्ते (uhyante) - are carried, are borne, are conveyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √vah

Passive form of root vah

Root: vah (class 1)

रूढानि (rūḍhāni) - impressions firmly established (established, rooted, grown)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rūḍha

rūḍha - mounted, ascended, grown, rooted, established, conventional

Past Passive Participle

From root √ruh 'to rise, grow'

Root: ruh

Note: Functions as a substantive here.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)