योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-39

क्वचिज्जना मार्दवसुन्दरेषु क्वचित्कठोरेषु च संचरन्ति ।
देशान्तरालेषु निरन्तरेषु वनान्तखण्डेष्विव कृष्णसाराः ॥ ३९ ॥

kvacijjanā mārdavasundareṣu kvacitkaṭhoreṣu ca saṃcaranti ,
deśāntarāleṣu nirantareṣu vanāntakhaṇḍeṣviva kṛṣṇasārāḥ 39

39. kvacit janāḥ mārdavasundareṣu kvacit kaṭhoreṣu ca saṃcaranti
deśāntarāleṣu nirantareṣu vanāntakhaṇḍeṣu iva kṛṣṇasārāḥ

39. janāḥ kvacit mārdavasundareṣu ca kvacit kaṭhoreṣu saṃcaranti
kṛṣṇasārāḥ iva nirantareṣu deśāntarāleṣu vanāntakhaṇḍeṣu

39. People sometimes move through gentle and beautiful environments, and sometimes through harsh ones, just like blackbucks roam through continuous intermediate regions and fragmented forest areas.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

• मार्दवसुन्दरेषु (mārdavasundareṣu) - in soft and beautiful (places/environments)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place

• कठोरेषु (kaṭhoreṣu) - in harsh (places/environments)

• च (ca) - and

• संचरन्ति (saṁcaranti) - they wander, they move about, they roam

• देशान्तरालेषु (deśāntarāleṣu) - in intermediate regions, in interspaces between lands

• निरन्तरेषु (nirantareṣu) - in continuous, in uninterrupted (regions)

• वनान्तखण्डेषु (vanāntakhaṇḍeṣu) - in forest fragments, in sections of forest

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• कृष्णसाराः (kṛṣṇasārāḥ) - blackbucks (antelopes)

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, folk

मार्दवसुन्दरेषु (mārdavasundareṣu) - in soft and beautiful (places/environments)

(adjective)

Locative, plural of mārdavasundara

mārdavasundara - soft and beautiful

Compound type : Karmadharaya (mārdava+sundara)

• mārdava – softness, gentleness, tenderness
  noun (neuter)
• sundara – beautiful, handsome, lovely
  adjective

Note: Implied masculine/neuter for 'deśeṣu' or 'sthāneṣu'

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place

(indeclinable)

कठोरेषु (kaṭhoreṣu) - in harsh (places/environments)

(adjective)

Locative, plural of kaṭhora

kaṭhora - hard, harsh, severe, rigid

Note: Implied masculine/neuter for 'deśeṣu' or 'sthāneṣu'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संचरन्ति (saṁcaranti) - they wander, they move about, they roam

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of saṃcar

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

देशान्तरालेषु (deśāntarāleṣu) - in intermediate regions, in interspaces between lands

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of deśāntarāla

deśāntarāla - interspace, intermediate region, interval between countries

Compound type : Tatpurusha (deśa+antarāla)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
• antarāla – interval, intermediate space
  noun (neuter)

निरन्तरेषु (nirantareṣu) - in continuous, in uninterrupted (regions)

(adjective)

Locative, plural of nirantara

nirantara - uninterrupted, continuous, dense, close

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (nis+antara)

• nis – without, devoid of
  prefix
• antara – interval, difference, within
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'deśāntarāleṣu'

वनान्तखण्डेषु (vanāntakhaṇḍeṣu) - in forest fragments, in sections of forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vanāntakhaṇḍa

vanāntakhaṇḍa - part/section of a forest

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vana+anta+khaṇḍa)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, edge, interior, proximity
  noun (masculine)
• khaṇḍa – piece, part, fragment, section
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

कृष्णसाराः (kṛṣṇasārāḥ) - blackbucks (antelopes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛṣṇasāra

kṛṣṇasāra - blackbuck (a species of antelope)

Compound type : Karmadharaya (kṛṣṇa+sāra)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective
• sāra – antelope, deer, essence
  noun (masculine)