योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-28

मृगकृत्तिपरीधानो मृगकृत्तिनिजाम्बरम् ।
मामुवाच पिता ब्रह्मा सुहंसः सारसं यथा ॥ २८ ॥

mṛgakṛttiparīdhāno mṛgakṛttinijāmbaram ,
māmuvāca pitā brahmā suhaṃsaḥ sārasaṃ yathā 28

28. mṛgakṛttiparīdhānaḥ mṛgakṛttinija ambaram
mām uvāca pitā brahmā suhaṃsaḥ sārasam yathā

28. pitā brahmā mṛgakṛttiparīdhānaḥ suhaṃsaḥ
mām mṛgakṛttinijāmbaram uvāca yathā sārasam

28. Father Brahma, who wore a deer-skin as his garment and whose vehicle is a swan, spoke to me, who also had a deer-skin as my own garment, just as a swan speaks to a lotus-dweller.

Words meanings summery:

• मृगकृत्तिपरीधानः (mṛgakṛttiparīdhānaḥ) - wearing a deer-skin garment, clad in deer-skin

• मृगकृत्तिनिज (mṛgakṛttinija) - deer skin as one's own

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - garment (as part of the compound `mṛgakṛttinijāmbaram` which describes 'me') (garment, sky)

• माम् (mām) - to me

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• पिता (pitā) - father

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma

• सुहंसः (suhaṁsaḥ) - whose vehicle is a swan (referring to Brahma) (having a good/beautiful swan (vehicle); graceful like a swan)

• सारसम् (sārasam) - to a lotus-dweller (referring to the speaker/listener as compared to a swan) (to a lotus-dweller (e.g., a swan, duck, or crane); to a swan)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

मृगकृत्तिपरीधानः (mṛgakṛttiparīdhānaḥ) - wearing a deer-skin garment, clad in deer-skin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgakṛttiparīdhāna

mṛgakṛttiparīdhāna - wearing a deer-skin garment

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛgakṛtti+parīdhāna)

• mṛgakṛtti – deer skin
  noun (feminine)
• parīdhāna – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
  noun from root
  Derived from pari-dhā 'to put on'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: dhā (class 3)

मृगकृत्तिनिज (mṛgakṛttinija) - deer skin as one's own

(adjective)

neuter, singular of mṛgakṛttinija

mṛgakṛttinija - deer skin as one's own

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛgakṛtti+nija)

• mṛgakṛtti – deer skin
  noun (feminine)
• nija – one's own, innate
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Forms part of the compound 'mṛgakṛttinijāmbaram'.

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - garment (as part of the compound `mṛgakṛttinijāmbaram` which describes 'me') (garment, sky)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - garment, clothing, sky

Note: `mṛgakṛttinijāmbaram` as a whole is an adjective in the accusative singular, modifying `mām`.

माम् (mām) - to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator deity)

सुहंसः (suhaṁsaḥ) - whose vehicle is a swan (referring to Brahma) (having a good/beautiful swan (vehicle); graceful like a swan)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suhaṃsa

suhaṁsa - having a good/beautiful swan; good swan

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+haṃsa)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)

सारसम् (sārasam) - to a lotus-dweller (referring to the speaker/listener as compared to a swan) (to a lotus-dweller (e.g., a swan, duck, or crane); to a swan)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sārasa

sārasa - crane, water-bird, swan, lotus-dweller

यथा (yathā) - just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)