योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-33, verse-11

ताराजाल इवाम्भोदो व्यासो यत्र विराजते ।
तारौघ इव शीतांशुर्नारदोऽत्र विराजते ॥ ११ ॥

tārājāla ivāmbhodo vyāso yatra virājate ,
tāraugha iva śītāṃśurnārado'tra virājate 11

11. tārājāla iva ambhodaḥ vyāsaḥ yatra virājate
tārāugha iva śītāṃśuḥ nāradaḥ atra virājate

11. yatra vyāsaḥ tārājāla iva ambhodaḥ virājate,
atra nāradaḥ tārāugha iva śītāṃśuḥ virājate

11. Where Vyāsa shines brightly, resembling a cloud amidst a network of stars, there also Nārada shines brilliantly, like the moon among a multitude of stars.

Words meanings summery:

• ताराजाल (tārājāla) - network of stars, cluster of stars

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भोदः (ambhodaḥ) - cloud (literally, 'giving water')

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa (name of a sage)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• विराजते (virājate) - shines, appears splendid, presides, rules

• ताराउघ (tārāugha) - multitude of stars, host of stars

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शीतांशुः (śītāṁśuḥ) - moon (literally, 'cold-rayed')

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (name of a sage)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, there

• विराजते (virājate) - shines, appears splendid, presides, rules

Words meanings and morphology

ताराजाल (tārājāla) - network of stars, cluster of stars

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tārājāla

tārājāla - net of stars, cluster of stars

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tārā+jāla)

• tārā – star
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, network, web
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भोदः (ambhodaḥ) - cloud (literally, 'giving water')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambhoda

ambhoda - cloud

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ambhas+da)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, one who gives
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dA (to give) with suffix -a.
  Root: dA (class 3)

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahābhārata)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

विराजते (virājate) - shines, appears splendid, presides, rules

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

ताराउघ (tārāugha) - multitude of stars, host of stars

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tārāugha

tārāugha - multitude of stars, host of stars

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tārā+ogha)

• tārā – star
  noun (feminine)
• ogha – flood, multitude, stream, heap
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here in a simile, hence its case aligns with the noun being compared (moon).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शीतांशुः (śītāṁśuḥ) - moon (literally, 'cold-rayed')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śītāṃśu

śītāṁśu - moon (whose rays are cold)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śīta+aṃśu)

• śīta – cold, cool
  adjective (masculine)
• aṃśu – ray, beam of light
  noun (masculine)

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a divine sage, messenger of the gods)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, there

(indeclinable)

विराजते (virājate) - shines, appears splendid, presides, rules

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)