योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-105, verse-20

ऐन्द्रजालिकमालोक्य प्रोवाचाथ हसन्निव ।
बभुं हिंसात्मकं दृष्ट्वा सर्परूपीव तक्षकः ॥ २० ॥

aindrajālikamālokya provācātha hasanniva ,
babhuṃ hiṃsātmakaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarparūpīva takṣakaḥ 20

20. aindrajālikam ālokya provāca atha hasan iva
babhum hiṃsātmakam dṛṣṭvā sarparūpī iva takṣakaḥ

20. atha aindrajālikam ālokya hasan iva provāca
hiṃsātmakam babhum dṛṣṭvā sarparūpī takṣakaḥ iva

20. Then, upon seeing the magician, he spoke as if smiling. He was like Takṣaka, in his serpent form, upon seeing a violent ape.

Words meanings summery:

• ऐन्द्रजालिकम् (aindrajālikam) - the magician (magician, conjurer, illusionist)

• आलोक्य (ālokya) - upon seeing (having seen, having perceived, after seeing)

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - he spoke (he said, he spoke)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon (then, now, thereupon, therefore)

• हसन् (hasan) - smiling (laughing, smiling)

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

• बभुम् (babhum) - ape (ape, monkey, reddish-brown (as adjective))

• हिंसात्मकम् (hiṁsātmakam) - violent, destructive (violent, destructive, cruel, having a nature of harm)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - upon seeing (having seen, after seeing)

• सर्परूपी (sarparūpī) - in serpent form (having the form of a serpent, serpent-shaped)

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

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (a king of serpents/Nāgas))

Words meanings and morphology

ऐन्द्रजालिकम् (aindrajālikam) - the magician (magician, conjurer, illusionist)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aindrajālika

aindrajālika - magician, conjurer, one skilled in illusion (indrajāla)

Derived from 'indrajāla' (Indra's net, illusion) with the suffix '-ika'.

Note: Object of 'ālokya'.

आलोक्य (ālokya) - upon seeing (having seen, having perceived, after seeing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root 'lok' (to see) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

प्रोवाच (provāca) - he spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of provāca

perfect tense

Root 'vac' (class 2) with prefix 'pra', perfect active 3rd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon (then, now, thereupon, therefore)

(indeclinable)

हसन् (hasan) - smiling (laughing, smiling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hasat

hasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'has' (to laugh, to smile), masculine nominative singular.

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'provāca'.

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

(indeclinable)

बभुम् (babhum) - ape (ape, monkey, reddish-brown (as adjective))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of babhu

babhu - ape, monkey; reddish-brown (as adj.)

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā' in the simile.

हिंसात्मकम् (hiṁsātmakam) - violent, destructive (violent, destructive, cruel, having a nature of harm)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hiṃsātmaka

hiṁsātmaka - violent, destructive, cruel, having harm as its nature (ātman)

Compound of 'hiṃsā' (harm, violence) and 'ātmaka' (having the nature of).

Compound type : tatpurusha (hiṃsā+ātmaka)

• hiṃsā – harm, injury, violence
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'hiṃs' (to injure).
  Root: hiṃs (class 1)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'ātman' (self, nature).

Note: Qualifies 'babhum'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - upon seeing (having seen, after seeing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्परूपी (sarparūpī) - in serpent form (having the form of a serpent, serpent-shaped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarparūpin

sarparūpin - having the form of a serpent, serpent-shaped

Compound of 'sarpa' (serpent) and 'rūpin' (having form). Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarpa+rūpin)

• sarpa – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sṛp' (to creep).
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• rūpin – having form, beautiful, having the nature of
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'rūpa' (form) with suffix '-in'.

Note: Qualifies 'takṣakaḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (a king of serpents/Nāgas))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (a celebrated king of serpents, son of Kadrū and Kaśyapa, known for his fierceness)

Note: Subject of the simile, indicating the speaker's intense reaction.