योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-24, verse-20

इन्द्रियाणि निकृन्तन्ति न जाने किं भविष्यति ।
शास्त्रदृष्टिरपि प्राज्ञैर्नाश्रिता तरणाय या ॥ २० ॥

indriyāṇi nikṛntanti na jāne kiṃ bhaviṣyati ,
śāstradṛṣṭirapi prājñairnāśritā taraṇāya yā 20

20. indriyāṇi nikṛntanti na jāne kim bhaviṣyati
śāstra-dṛṣṭiḥ api prājñaiḥ na āśritā taraṇāya yā

20. indriyāṇi nikṛntanti kim bhaviṣyati na jāne yā
śāstra-dṛṣṭiḥ taraṇāya api prājñaiḥ na āśritā

20. The senses (indriya) are tearing me apart; I do not know what will happen. Even the wise have not resorted to that scriptural insight (śāstradṛṣṭi) which is meant for crossing over (saṃsāra) to liberation.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the sense organs or their functions (senses, sense organs, powers (of the senses))

• निकृन्तन्ति (nikṛntanti) - they (the senses) are causing destruction or disturbance (they cut, they tear, they destroy, they injure)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• जाने (jāne) - I know (I know, I understand)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, who, which)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will occur (will be, will happen, will become)

• शास्त्र-दृष्टिः (śāstra-dṛṣṭiḥ) - the wisdom or perspective gained from scriptures (scriptural vision, insight from scriptures, traditional view)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• प्राज्ञैः (prājñaiḥ) - even by those who are considered wise (by the wise, by the knowing, by the intelligent)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• आश्रिता (āśritā) - taken recourse to, adopted (resorted to, taken refuge in, adopted, depended upon)

• तरणाय (taraṇāya) - for the purpose of attaining liberation (mokṣa) or crossing the ocean of saṃsāra (for crossing over, for passing, for saving, for liberation)

• या (yā) - which (which, what (relative pronoun))

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the sense organs or their functions (senses, sense organs, powers (of the senses))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - pertaining to Indra, sense, sense organ, faculty

From `Indra`.

Note: Subject of `nikṛntanti`.

निकृन्तन्ति (nikṛntanti) - they (the senses) are causing destruction or disturbance (they cut, they tear, they destroy, they injure)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

From root `kṛt` with prefix `ni`.

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: `kṛt` (6th class) becomes `kṛnt` in present tense.

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates `jāne`.

जाने (jāne) - I know (I know, I understand)

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

Root `jñā` (9th class).

Root: jñā (class 9)

किम् (kim) - what (what, who, which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as the object of `jāne` (what will happen).

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will occur (will be, will happen, will become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Active Indicative

From root `bhū` (1st class).

Root: bhū (class 1)

शास्त्र-दृष्टिः (śāstra-dṛṣṭiḥ) - the wisdom or perspective gained from scriptures (scriptural vision, insight from scriptures, traditional view)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śāstra-dṛṣṭi

śāstra-dṛṣṭi - scriptural vision, insight from scriptures

Feminine nominative singular.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śāstra+dṛṣṭi)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, treatise, rule
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• dṛṣṭi – vision, sight, view, insight
  noun (feminine)
  From root `dṛś` (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

प्राज्ञैः (prājñaiḥ) - even by those who are considered wise (by the wise, by the knowing, by the intelligent)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prājña

prājña - wise, knowing, intelligent, skillful

From `prajñā` (wisdom).

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agent in a passive construction (`āśritā`).

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

आश्रिता (āśritā) - taken recourse to, adopted (resorted to, taken refuge in, adopted, depended upon)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, adopted, dependent on, supported

Past Passive Participle

From root `śri` (to resort to, serve) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

तरणाय (taraṇāya) - for the purpose of attaining liberation (mokṣa) or crossing the ocean of saṃsāra (for crossing over, for passing, for saving, for liberation)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of taraṇa

taraṇa - crossing over, passage, saving, liberating

From root `tṛ` (to cross).

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates purpose.

या (yā) - which (which, what (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Feminine nominative singular form.

Note: Refers to `śāstra-dṛṣṭiḥ`.