योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-101, verse-7

ते तस्माच्छून्यनगरान्निर्गता वितताननाः ।
गगनादिव संश्लिष्टा बुधशुक्रशनैश्चराः ॥ ७ ॥

te tasmācchūnyanagarānnirgatā vitatānanāḥ ,
gaganādiva saṃśliṣṭā budhaśukraśanaiścarāḥ 7

7. te tasmāt śūnyanagarāt nirgatāḥ vitatānanāḥ
gaganāt iva saṃśliṣṭāḥ budhaśukraśanaiścarāḥ

7. te tasmāt śūnyanagarāt nirgatāḥ vitatānanāḥ
gaganāt iva saṃśliṣṭāḥ budhaśukraśanaiścarāḥ

7. They departed from that empty city, their faces drawn wide [in distress], appearing like Mercury, Venus, and Saturn joined together in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they (the characters) (they)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (from that, therefore)

• शून्यनगरात् (śūnyanagarāt) - from the deserted city (from the empty city)

• निर्गताः (nirgatāḥ) - having departed (departed, gone out, exited)

• वितताननाः (vitatānanāḥ) - with faces drawn wide (in distress) (with expanded faces, broad-faced)

• गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from space)

• इव (iva) - as if, like (like, as if, as it were)

• संश्लिष्टाः (saṁśliṣṭāḥ) - joined together (joined, clung together, combined)

• बुधशुक्रशनैश्चराः (budhaśukraśanaiścarāḥ) - the planets Mercury, Venus, and Saturn (Mercury, Venus, and Saturn)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they (the characters) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शून्यनगरात् (śūnyanagarāt) - from the deserted city (from the empty city)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śūnyanagara

śūnyanagara - empty city, deserted town

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śūnya+nagara)

• śūnya – empty, void, deserted, zero
  adjective
  From root śū (to swell) or śvi (to increase)
  Root: śū
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

निर्गताः (nirgatāḥ) - having departed (departed, gone out, exited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirgata

nirgata - gone out, departed, issued from, emerged

Past Passive Participle

From root gam with prefix nir

Prefix: nir

Root: gam (class 1)

वितताननाः (vitatānanāḥ) - with faces drawn wide (in distress) (with expanded faces, broad-faced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vitatānana

vitatānana - with a spread-out face, wide-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vitata+ānana)

• vitata – spread out, extended, wide, stretched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tan with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: an (class 2)

गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from space)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, heaven

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

संश्लिष्टाः (saṁśliṣṭāḥ) - joined together (joined, clung together, combined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃśliṣṭa

saṁśliṣṭa - clung together, joined, united, adhering

Past Passive Participle

From root śliṣ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

बुधशुक्रशनैश्चराः (budhaśukraśanaiścarāḥ) - the planets Mercury, Venus, and Saturn (Mercury, Venus, and Saturn)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of budhaśukraśanaiścara

budhaśukraśanaiścara - Mercury, Venus, and Saturn

Dvandva compound of planetary names

Compound type : dvandva (budha+śukra+śanaiścara)

• budha – Mercury (planet), wise, intelligent
  proper noun (masculine)
  From root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• śukra – Venus (planet), bright, white, pure
  proper noun (masculine)
  From root śuc (to shine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• śanaiścara – Saturn (planet), moving slowly
  proper noun (masculine)
  Compound: śanaiḥ (slowly) + cara (mover)
  Root: car (class 1)