योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-91, verse-34

पादाहतिं गतं मार्गे तिलकत्वं वधूमुखे ।
खद्योतेन मया लब्धं पश्यावस्थासु चापलम् ॥ ३४ ॥

pādāhatiṃ gataṃ mārge tilakatvaṃ vadhūmukhe ,
khadyotena mayā labdhaṃ paśyāvasthāsu cāpalam 34

34. pādāhatim gatam mārge tilakatvam vadhūmukhe
khadyotena mayā labdham paśya avasthāsu cāpalam

34. paśya avasthāsu cāpalam! mayā khadyotena labdham
pādāhatim gatam mārge tilakatvam vadhūmukhe

34. Behold the fickleness (cāpalam) in [my] circumstances (avasthāsu)! By me, a mere firefly (khadyota), such fickleness has been realized, becoming both a foot-strike (pādāhati) on the path and a tilaka mark on a bride's face.

Words meanings summery:

• पादाहतिम् (pādāhatim) - the state of being trodden upon (foot-strike, kick)

• गतम् (gatam) - having become, having attained (the state of) (gone, reached, attained)

• मार्गे (mārge) - on the path, on the road

• तिलकत्वम् (tilakatvam) - the state of being a tilaka mark

• वधूमुखे (vadhūmukhe) - on the face of a bride/young woman

• खद्योतेन (khadyotena) - by me, a mere firefly (implying insignificance) (by a firefly)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• लब्धम् (labdham) - realized, experienced (obtained, gained, acquired)

• पश्य (paśya) - behold! see! look!

• अवस्थासु (avasthāsu) - in these diverse states or conditions (in situations, in circumstances, in states)

• चापलम् (cāpalam) - (my own) changeable nature or fortune (fickleness (cāpalam), unsteadiness, swiftness, lightness, levity)

Words meanings and morphology

पादाहतिम् (pādāhatim) - the state of being trodden upon (foot-strike, kick)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pādāhati

pādāhati - foot-strike, kick, trampling

action noun

From pāda (foot) + āhati (strike).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāda+āhati)

• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)
• āhati – strike, blow, impulse
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  From ā-√han (to strike).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Acts as the object of gatam in the sense of 'having attained the state of'.

गतम् (gatam) - having become, having attained (the state of) (gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, obtained, past

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

मार्गे (mārge) - on the path, on the road

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, street

From √mṛg (to hunt, trace).

Root: mṛg (class 1)

तिलकत्वम् (tilakatvam) - the state of being a tilaka mark

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tilakatva

tilakatva - the state, nature, or quality of being a tilaka (a mark on the forehead)

Derived from tilaka (mark) with suffix tva.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tilaka+tva)

• tilaka – ornamental mark on the forehead, auspicious mark
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, state of being
  suffix (neuter)
  Neuter suffix.

Note: Acts as a predicate nominative describing cāpalam.

वधूमुखे (vadhūmukhe) - on the face of a bride/young woman

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vadhūmukha

vadhūmukha - face of a bride, face of a young woman

vadhū (bride) + mukha (face).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadhū+mukha)

• vadhū – bride, young woman, wife
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative of place where the tilaka is.

खद्योतेन (khadyotena) - by me, a mere firefly (implying insignificance) (by a firefly)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of khadyota

khadyota - firefly, glow-worm

kha (sky/space) + dyota (shining).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+dyota)

• kha – sky, space, air, zero
  noun (neuter)
• dyota – shining, illuminating
  adjective (masculine)
  action noun
  From root √dyut (to shine).
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Agent of labdham.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

लब्धम् (labdham) - realized, experienced (obtained, gained, acquired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of labdha

labdha - obtained, gained, received, acquired

Past Passive Participle

From root √labh (to obtain, gain).

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Main past participle, modified by the instrumental agent mayā.

पश्य (paśya) - behold! see! look!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of paśya

Imperative

Second person singular imperative from root √dṛś (to see), with present stem paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अवस्थासु (avasthāsu) - in these diverse states or conditions (in situations, in circumstances, in states)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of avasthā

avasthā - state, condition, circumstance, situation

action noun

From ava-√sthā (to stand, be in a state).

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

चापलम् (cāpalam) - (my own) changeable nature or fortune (fickleness (cāpalam), unsteadiness, swiftness, lightness, levity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāpala

cāpala - fickleness (cāpalam), unsteadiness, swiftness, levity, agility

From capala (fickle, swift).

Note: Object of paśya, and predicate of labdham (which agrees with it).