योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-61

क्वेव कस्य कथं नाम कुत आश्वासना मुने ।
अद्य श्वो वाऽऽपदं पापो मृत्युर्मूर्ध्नि नियच्छति ॥ ६१ ॥

kveva kasya kathaṃ nāma kuta āśvāsanā mune ,
adya śvo vā''padaṃ pāpo mṛtyurmūrdhni niyacchati 61

61. kva iva kasya katham nāma kutaḥ āśvāsanā mune adya
śvaḥ vā āpadam pāpaḥ mṛtyuḥ mūrdhni niyacchati

61. mune kva iva kasya katham nāma kutaḥ vā āśvāsanā (asti)?
pāpaḥ mṛtyuḥ adya śvaḥ vā mūrdhni āpadam niyacchati

61. O sage! Where, to whom, how, or from where is there any assurance? For cruel death (mṛtyu) places calamity upon one's head either today or tomorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed (particle)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? to whom?

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, forsooth (an emphatic particle)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?

• आश्वासना (āśvāsanā) - assurance, consolation, comfort

• मुने (mune) - O sage! O ascetic!

• अद्य (adya) - today

• श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• आपदम् (āpadam) - calamity, misfortune, distress

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - evil, wicked, sinful, cruel

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head, at the top, over

• नियच्छति (niyacchati) - places, inflicts, grants, restrains

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed (particle)

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose? to whom?

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what? which? who?

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, forsooth (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?

(indeclinable)

आश्वासना (āśvāsanā) - assurance, consolation, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśvāsanā

āśvāsanā - assurance, consolation, comfort, encouragement

verbal noun

formed from ā + śvas + ṇic + ana

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage! O ascetic!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, inspired person

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

आपदम् (āpadam) - calamity, misfortune, distress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, adversity, distress

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

पापः (pāpaḥ) - evil, wicked, sinful, cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sinful, bad, cruel

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head, at the top, over

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, skull, top, summit

नियच्छति (niyacchati) - places, inflicts, grants, restrains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of niyacch

formed from ni + yam

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)