योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-27

नासीत्कश्चित्परित्राता हन्ताऽवीचिवशोऽपि च ।
शक्नोति कः परित्रातुं कालेन कवलीकृतम् ॥ २७ ॥

nāsītkaścitparitrātā hantā'vīcivaśo'pi ca ,
śaknoti kaḥ paritrātuṃ kālena kavalīkṛtam 27

27. na āsīt kaścit paritrātā hanta avīcivasaḥ api
ca śaknoti kaḥ paritrātum kālena kavalīkṛtam

27. na kaścit paritrātā āsīt hanta avīcivasaḥ api
ca kaḥ śaknoti kālena kavalīkṛtam paritrātum

27. There was no protector (paritrātā) at all; alas, even one who was subject to the relentless (current of dissolution) could not protect. Indeed, who can save that which has been devoured by time (kāla)?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone, some

• परित्राता (paritrātā) - protector, savior, rescuer

• हन्त (hanta) - alas, oh, indeed

• अवीचिवसः (avīcivasaḥ) - subject to the relentless, under the sway of the uninterrupted

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able, can

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• परित्रातुम् (paritrātum) - to protect, to save

• कालेन (kālena) - by time

• कवलीकृतम् (kavalīkṛtam) - devoured, swallowed up

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

From √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone, some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - anyone, someone, some

From kim (who/what) + cit (indefinite particle)

परित्राता (paritrātā) - protector, savior, rescuer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paritrātṛ

paritrātṛ - protector, savior, rescuer

agent noun

From √trā (to protect) with prefix pari- and agent suffix -tṛ

Prefix: pari

Root: trā (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - alas, oh, indeed

(indeclinable)

अवीचिवसः (avīcivasaḥ) - subject to the relentless, under the sway of the uninterrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avīcivasa

avīcivasa - subject to the relentless/uninterrupted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avīci+vaśa)

• avīci – wave-less, uninterrupted, ceaseless (also a specific hell)
  adjective (feminine)
  a (not) + vīci (wave)
  Prefix: a
• vaśa – control, power, will, subjugation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 10)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शक्नोति (śaknoti) - is able, can

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person singular

From √śak (to be able), class 5 verb.

Root: śak (class 5)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

परित्रातुम् (paritrātum) - to protect, to save

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From √trā (to protect) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: trā (class 2)

कालेन (kālena) - by time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, destiny, death

कवलीकृतम् (kavalīkṛtam) - devoured, swallowed up

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kavalīkṛta

kavalīkṛta - devoured, swallowed, made into a mouthful

past passive participle

From kavala (mouthful) + īkṛ (to make) + past passive participle suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: object of paritrātum