योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-14

तावदागत एवाशु कुतोऽपि परिदृश्यते ।
घनान्ध्यतिमिराकाङ्क्षी मुने मरणकौशिकः ॥ १४ ॥

tāvadāgata evāśu kuto'pi paridṛśyate ,
ghanāndhyatimirākāṅkṣī mune maraṇakauśikaḥ 14

14. tāvat āgataḥ eva āśu kutaḥ api paridṛśyate
ghanāndhya-timira-ākaṅkṣī mune maraṇa-kauśikaḥ

14. mune tāvat kutaḥ api ghanāndhya-timira-ākaṅkṣī
maraṇa-kauśikaḥ eva āśu āgataḥ paridṛśyate

14. O sage, at that very moment, the owl of death, desirous of dense, blinding darkness, swiftly appears from somewhere.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - at that very moment, meanwhile (so long, so much, then, meanwhile, at that time)

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come, approached

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, from some cause

• अपि (api) - from somewhere (when combined with 'kutaḥ') (also, even, perhaps, (with kutaḥ) from somewhere)

• परिदृश्यते (paridṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

• घनान्ध्य-तिमिर-आकङ्क्षी (ghanāndhya-timira-ākaṅkṣī) - craving dense, blinding darkness (desiring dense darkness, craving dense blinding darkness)

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• मरण-कौशिकः (maraṇa-kauśikaḥ) - owl of death, the death-owl

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - at that very moment, meanwhile (so long, so much, then, meanwhile, at that time)

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, obtained, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as an adjective, indicating state of having arrived.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of an adjective.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, from some cause

(indeclinable)

Derived from the interrogative pronoun kim.

अपि (api) - from somewhere (when combined with 'kutaḥ') (also, even, perhaps, (with kutaḥ) from somewhere)

(indeclinable)

परिदृश्यते (paridṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Prefix: pari

Root: dṛś (class 1)

घनान्ध्य-तिमिर-आकङ्क्षी (ghanāndhya-timira-ākaṅkṣī) - craving dense, blinding darkness (desiring dense darkness, craving dense blinding darkness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghanāndhyatimirākaṅkṣin

ghanāndhyatimirākaṅkṣin - desiring dense darkness, craving intense obscurity

Agent Noun

Compound adjective, formed from ghana (dense), andhya (blindness/darkness), timira (darkness), and ākaṅkṣin (desiring).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi/Tatpurusha (ghana+andhya+timira+ākaṅkṣin)

• ghana – dense, thick, solid, dark, deep
  adjective
• andhya – blindness, darkness
  noun (neuter)
• timira – darkness, gloom, eye-disease causing dimness
  noun (neuter)
• ākaṅkṣin – desiring, longing for, wishing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root kaṅkṣ (to desire) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kaṅkṣ (class 1)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, saint

मरण-कौशिकः (maraṇa-kauśikaḥ) - owl of death, the death-owl

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maraṇakauśika

maraṇakauśika - the owl of death

Compound type : Tatpurusha (maraṇa+kauśika)

• maraṇa – death, dying, the act of dying
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  Derived from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• kauśika – an owl, a weaver, a descendant of Kuśika
  noun (masculine)