योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-45, verse-7

हसत्युच्चैः पदारूढमात्मानभवलोकयन् ।
एतावन्तमहं कालं कृपणः कोऽभवं त्विति ॥ ७ ॥

hasatyuccaiḥ padārūḍhamātmānabhavalokayan ,
etāvantamahaṃ kālaṃ kṛpaṇaḥ ko'bhavaṃ tviti 7

7. hasati uccaiḥ pada ārūḍham ātmānam avalokayan
etāvantam aham kālam kṛpaṇaḥ kaḥ abhavam tu iti

7. uccaiḥ hasati pada ārūḍham ātmānam avalokayan
aham etāvantam kālam kṛpaṇaḥ kaḥ abhavam tu iti

7. Observing his self (ātman) having attained a high state, he laughs loudly, thinking, 'For such a long time, what a pitiable person I truly was!'

Words meanings summery:

• हसति (hasati) - laughs, smiles

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, upwards

• पद (pada) - step, foot, position, state, word

• आरूढम् (ārūḍham) - ascended, mounted, reached (state)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self (ātman) (self, soul)

• अवलोकयन् (avalokayan) - observing, perceiving, looking at

• एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - this much, so long, of such extent

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कालम् (kālam) - time, period

• कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - miserable, pitiable, wretched, poor

• कः (kaḥ) - who? what? (often rhetorical)

• अभवम् (abhavam) - I was, I became

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (quotation marker)

Words meanings and morphology

हसति (hasati) - laughs, smiles

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root: has (class 1)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, upwards

(indeclinable)

derived from ud-ci

पद (pada) - step, foot, position, state, word

(noun)

neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, position, state, word, path

Note: Forms part of compound 'padārūḍham'.

आरूढम् (ārūḍham) - ascended, mounted, reached (state)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārūḍha

ārūḍha - mounted, ascended, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

from ā-ruh

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmānam'. Forms part of compound 'padārūḍham'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self (ātman) (self, soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)

Note: Object of 'avalokayan'.

अवलोकयन् (avalokayan) - observing, perceiving, looking at

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avalokayat

avalokayat - observing, perceiving, looking at

Present Active Participle

from ava-lok

Prefix: ava

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Refers to the implied subject 'he'.

एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - this much, so long, of such extent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etāvat

etāvat - this much, so much, of this extent, so long

from etat + vat

Note: Qualifies 'kālam'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Subject of 'abhavam'.

कालम् (kālam) - time, period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration

Note: Adverbial accusative, indicating duration.

कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - miserable, pitiable, wretched, poor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - miserable, pitiable, wretched, poor, stingy

Note: Predicative adjective for 'aham'.

कः (kaḥ) - who? what? (often rhetorical)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Note: Rhetorical question particle.

अभवम् (abhavam) - I was, I became

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active Indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Denotes the end of a quotation or thought.