योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-104, verse-45

बभूवुः केवलं तत्र निःस्पन्दसितचामराः ।
चामरिण्यो हि शर्वर्यः स्तम्भितेन्दुकरा इव ॥ ४५ ॥

babhūvuḥ kevalaṃ tatra niḥspandasitacāmarāḥ ,
cāmariṇyo hi śarvaryaḥ stambhitendukarā iva 45

45. babhūvuḥ kevalam tatra niḥspanda-sita-cāmarāḥ
cāmariṇyaḥ hi śarvaryaḥ stambhita-indu-karāḥ iva

45. tatra kevalam niḥspanda-sita-cāmarāḥ babhūvuḥ hi
cāmariṇyaḥ stambhita-indu-karāḥ śarvaryaḥ iva

45. There were only motionless white chowries there. Indeed, the chowrie-bearers were like nights whose moonbeams had been frozen.

Words meanings summery:

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - there were (they were, they existed, they became)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only (only, merely, exclusively)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• निःस्पन्द-सित-चामराः (niḥspanda-sita-cāmarāḥ) - motionless white chowries (motionless white yak-tail whisks)

• चामरिण्यः (cāmariṇyaḥ) - the chowrie-bearers (female chowrie-bearers)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• शर्वर्यः (śarvaryaḥ) - nights

• स्तम्भित-इन्दु-कराः (stambhita-indu-karāḥ) - (like nights) whose moonbeams had been frozen (those whose moon-rays are frozen/stopped)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - there were (they were, they existed, they became)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Irregular perfect formation, liṭ lakāra.

Root: bhū (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - only (only, merely, exclusively)

(indeclinable)

As an adverb, kevalam.

Note: Adverbial use.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from demonstrative tad + suffix tra.

निःस्पन्द-सित-चामराः (niḥspanda-sita-cāmarāḥ) - motionless white chowries (motionless white yak-tail whisks)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niḥspanda-sita-cāmara

niḥspanda-sita-cāmara - a yak-tail whisk that is motionless and white

Tatpurusha compound (descriptive).

Compound type : Karmadharaya (niḥspanda+sita+cāmara)

• niḥspanda – motionless, still, unmoving
  adjective (masculine)
  From nis (out) + spanda (movement).
  Prefix: nis
  Root: spand (class 1)
• sita – white, pale
  adjective (masculine)
  From root śvet (to be white) or si (to bind, in some contexts). Here, 'white'.
• cāmara – yak-tail whisk, fan
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of babhūvuḥ (implied).

चामरिण्यः (cāmariṇyaḥ) - the chowrie-bearers (female chowrie-bearers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cāmariṇī

cāmariṇī - female attendant carrying a yak-tail whisk (cāmara)

Feminine noun derived from cāmara (yak-tail whisk) + ini suffix.

Note: Subject of implied babhūvuḥ (were).

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

शर्वर्यः (śarvaryaḥ) - nights

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śarvarī

śarvarī - night

ī-ending feminine noun.

Note: Part of the simile: 'like nights'.

स्तम्भित-इन्दु-कराः (stambhita-indu-karāḥ) - (like nights) whose moonbeams had been frozen (those whose moon-rays are frozen/stopped)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of stambhita-indu-kara

stambhita-indu-kara - having frozen/stopped moon-rays

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (stambhita+indu+kara)

• stambhita – frozen, stopped, paralyzed, stiffened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root stambh (to stop, to stiffen).
  Root: stambh (class 1)
• indu – moon, drop
  noun (masculine)
  u-ending masculine noun.
• kara – hand, ray, tax, doer
  noun (masculine)
  a-ending masculine noun.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective describing śarvaryaḥ.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.