योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-70, verse-7

तेनेयं वासना ब्रह्मन्क्षयं गन्तुं समुद्यता ।
क्वेव पद्माकराशोषे गन्धलेखावतिष्ठताम् ॥ ७ ॥

teneyaṃ vāsanā brahmankṣayaṃ gantuṃ samudyatā ,
kveva padmākarāśoṣe gandhalekhāvatiṣṭhatām 7

7. tena iyam vāsanā brahman kṣayam gantum samudyatā |
kva iva padmākarāśoṣe gandhalekhā avatiṣṭhatām ||

7. tena brahman iyam vāsanā kṣayam gantum samudyatā
padmākarāśoṣe kva iva gandhalekhā avatiṣṭhatām

7. Therefore, O Brahman, this latent tendency (vāsanā) is prepared to reach its end (kṣaya). How indeed could a mere trace of fragrance (gandhalekhā) remain when a lotus pond (padmākara) has completely dried up?

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, therefore, by him)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to `vāsanā`) (this (feminine))

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent tendency (vāsanā) (latent tendency, impression, desire, predisposition)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (addressing a wise person or the ultimate reality) (O Brahman (vocative), O Supreme Reality, O priest)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - its end (kṣaya) (destruction, end, loss, waste)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to reach (to go, to move, to attain)

• समुद्यता (samudyatā) - is prepared (ready, prepared, undertaken, striving)

• क्व (kva) - how (where, how, in what place)

• इव (iva) - indeed (emphatic in rhetorical question) (like, as if, as it were)

• पद्माकराशोषे (padmākarāśoṣe) - when a lotus pond (padmākara) has completely dried up (in the drying up of a lotus pond)

• गन्धलेखा (gandhalekhā) - a mere trace of fragrance (gandhalekhā) (a trace of fragrance, a faint scent)

• अवतिष्ठताम् (avatiṣṭhatām) - could it remain (let it remain, it should remain, let it stand)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - therefore (by that, therefore, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इयम् (iyam) - this (referring to `vāsanā`) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

वासना (vāsanā) - latent tendency (vāsanā) (latent tendency, impression, desire, predisposition)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent tendency, impression, desire, predisposition

From root `vas` (to dwell, to perfume).

Root: vas (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (addressing a wise person or the ultimate reality) (O Brahman (vocative), O Supreme Reality, O priest)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, ultimate principle, priest, sacred word

Root: bṛh (class 1)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - its end (kṣaya) (destruction, end, loss, waste)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, end, loss, decay, waste

From root `kṣi` (to perish).

Root: kṣi (class 5)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to reach (to go, to move, to attain)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of gam

Infinitive

Infinitive form from root `gam`.

Root: gam (class 1)

समुद्यता (samudyatā) - is prepared (ready, prepared, undertaken, striving)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samudyata

samudyata - ready, prepared, undertaken, striving

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from `sam-ud-yam` (to make ready, to strive).

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: yam (class 1)

क्व (kva) - how (where, how, in what place)

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - indeed (emphatic in rhetorical question) (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

पद्माकराशोषे (padmākarāśoṣe) - when a lotus pond (padmākara) has completely dried up (in the drying up of a lotus pond)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of padmākarāśoṣa

padmākarāśoṣa - the complete drying up of a lotus pond

Compound of `padmākara` (lotus pond) and `āśoṣa` (complete drying up).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (padmākara+āśoṣa)

• padmākara – lotus pond, reservoir of lotuses
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of `padma` (lotus) and `ākara` (mine, receptacle, reservoir).
• āśoṣa – complete drying up, desiccation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `ā-śuṣ` (to dry up).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)

गन्धलेखा (gandhalekhā) - a mere trace of fragrance (gandhalekhā) (a trace of fragrance, a faint scent)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gandhalekhā

gandhalekhā - a trace/line of fragrance

Compound of `gandha` (fragrance) and `lekhā` (line, trace).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (gandha+lekhā)

• gandha – smell, fragrance, perfume
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, trace, writing
  noun (feminine)
  Root: likh (class 6)

अवतिष्ठताम् (avatiṣṭhatām) - could it remain (let it remain, it should remain, let it stand)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (loṭ) of avasthā

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)