योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-25

विद्यागृहगतो बालो परामेति कदर्थनाम् ।
आलान इव नागेन्द्रो विषवैषम्यभीषणाम् ॥ २५ ॥

vidyāgṛhagato bālo parāmeti kadarthanām ,
ālāna iva nāgendro viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇām 25

25. vidyāgṛhagataḥ bālaḥ parām eti kadarthanām
ālānaḥ iva nāgindraḥ viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇām

25. vidyāgṛhagataḥ bālaḥ parām kadarthanām eti,
nāgindraḥ ālānaḥ iva viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇām (kadarthanām).

25. A child, when going to a house of learning, faces extreme hardship, just like a lordly elephant (nāgā) at a tethering post faces a terrifying adversity, as severe as poison.

Words meanings summery:

• विद्यागृहगतः (vidyāgṛhagataḥ) - having gone to a house of learning, one who has entered school

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child

• पराम् (parām) - great, supreme, extreme

• एति (eti) - obtains, experiences, goes to

• कदर्थनाम् (kadarthanām) - humiliation, maltreatment, suffering, distress

• आलानः (ālānaḥ) - a tethering post (for elephants)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• नागिन्द्रः (nāgindraḥ) - a lordly elephant, a great elephant

• विषवैषम्यभीषणाम् (viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇām) - terrifying with the difficulty of poison, dreadful due to poisonous adversity

Words meanings and morphology

विद्यागृहगतः (vidyāgṛhagataḥ) - having gone to a house of learning, one who has entered school

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidyāgṛhagata

vidyāgṛhagata - gone to a school/house of learning

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vidyāgṛha+gata)

• vidyāgṛha – house of learning, school
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with suffix 'kta'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent

पराम् (parām) - great, supreme, extreme

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parā

parā - supreme, highest, ultimate, great

एति (eti) - obtains, experiences, goes to

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

कदर्थनाम् (kadarthanām) - humiliation, maltreatment, suffering, distress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kadarthanā

kadarthanā - humiliation, maltreatment, contempt, degradation

आलानः (ālānaḥ) - a tethering post (for elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ālāna

ālāna - a post for tying elephants, a tethering post

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

नागिन्द्रः (nāgindraḥ) - a lordly elephant, a great elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāgindra

nāgindra - chief of elephants, lordly elephant

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nāga+indra)

• nāga – elephant, snake
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, best
  noun (masculine)

विषवैषम्यभीषणाम् (viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇām) - terrifying with the difficulty of poison, dreadful due to poisonous adversity

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇā

viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇā - terrifying due to the difficulty/danger like poison

Compound type : Tatpurusha (viṣavaiṣamya+bhīṣaṇā)

• viṣavaiṣamya – poisonous difficulty/adversity, harmful unevenness
  noun (neuter)
• bhīṣaṇā – terrifying, dreadful, fearful
  adjective (feminine)
  From root 'bhīṣ' (to frighten) with suffix 'ana'.
  Root: bhīṣ