योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-26

भृशं स्फुरति नीहारे शाम्यत्यालोक आगते ।
दुर्लङ्घयेषु पदं धत्ते चिन्ता चपलबर्हिणी ॥ २६ ॥

bhṛśaṃ sphurati nīhāre śāmyatyāloka āgate ,
durlaṅghayeṣu padaṃ dhatte cintā capalabarhiṇī 26

26. bhṛśam sphurati nīhāre śāmyati āloka āgate
durlaṅghyeṣu padam dhatte cintā capalabarhiṇī

26. Like a restless peahen, anxiety (cintā) intensely flutters in the mist and subsides when light appears. It also takes hold in things that are difficult to overcome.

Words meanings summery:

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely, greatly, excessively

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - throbs, flutters, quivers

• नीहारे (nīhāre) - in the mist, in the fog

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, calms down, is pacified

• आलोक (āloka) - light, clarity (light, vision, appearance)

• आगते (āgate) - appeared (having come, arrived, appeared)

• दुर्लङ्घ्येषु (durlaṅghyeṣu) - in what is difficult to overcome, in impassable things/places

• पदम् (padam) - foot, step, place, position

• धत्ते (dhatte) - places, puts, assumes

• चिन्ता (cintā) - anxiety (cintā) (anxiety, worry, thought)

• चपलबर्हिणी (capalabarhiṇī) - restless peahen, fickle peahen

Words meanings and morphology

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely, greatly, excessively

(indeclinable)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - throbs, flutters, quivers

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root sphur, 6th class, Parasmaipada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: sphur (class 6)

नीहारे (nīhāre) - in the mist, in the fog

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog, hoar-frost

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, calms down, is pacified

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root śam, 4th class, Parasmaipada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: śam (class 4)

आलोक (āloka) - light, clarity (light, vision, appearance)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - light, vision, sight, appearance

From root lok (to see) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'when light has appeared'.

आगते (āgate) - appeared (having come, arrived, appeared)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefix ā + kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'when light has appeared'.

दुर्लङ्घ्येषु (durlaṅghyeṣu) - in what is difficult to overcome, in impassable things/places

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of durlaṅghya

durlaṅghya - difficult to transgress, hard to overcome, impassable

Gerundive

From root laṅgh (to transgress) with prefix dur + ṇyat suffix

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (dur+laṅghya)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  prefix
• laṅghya – to be transgressed, to be passed over, to be overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root laṅgh (to transgress)
  Root: laṅgh (class 1)

पदम् (padam) - foot, step, place, position

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, pace, position, place

Root: pad (class 4)

धत्ते (dhatte) - places, puts, assumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhā

Present Indicative

Root dhā, 3rd class, Ātmanepada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: dhā (class 3)

चिन्ता (cintā) - anxiety (cintā) (anxiety, worry, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, anxiety, worry

From root cit (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 10)

चपलबर्हिणी (capalabarhiṇī) - restless peahen, fickle peahen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of capalabarhiṇī

capalabarhiṇī - a restless or fickle peahen

Compound type : karmadhāraya (capala+barhiṇī)

• capala – fickle, restless, unsteady, trembling
  adjective (feminine)
• barhiṇī – peahen
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of barhiṇ (peacock)