योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-105, verse-6

कोऽयं प्रदेशः कस्येयं सभेति स नृपः शनैः ।
दध्वान मज्जदम्भोजकोशस्थ इव षट्पदः ॥ ६ ॥

ko'yaṃ pradeśaḥ kasyeyaṃ sabheti sa nṛpaḥ śanaiḥ ,
dadhvāna majjadambhojakośastha iva ṣaṭpadaḥ 6

6. kaḥ ayam pradeśaḥ kasya iyam sabhā iti saḥ nṛpaḥ
śanaiḥ dadhvāna majjadambhojakośasthaḥ iva ṣaṭpadaḥ

6. saḥ nṛpaḥ śanaiḥ kaḥ ayam pradeśaḥ kasya iyam sabhā
iti majjadambhojakośasthaḥ ṣaṭpadaḥ iva dadhvāna

6. 'What is this place? Whose assembly is this?' – thus, that king slowly murmured, like a bee (ṣaṭpada) dwelling in the calyx of a sinking lotus (ambhoja).

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this, this one)

• प्रदेशः (pradeśaḥ) - place (place, region, country)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose (whose, of whom, of what)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this, this one)

• सभा (sabhā) - assembly (assembly, meeting hall, court)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech) (thus, in this manner (marks a quotation))

• सः (saḥ) - that (king) (that, he)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king (king, ruler)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gently (slowly, gently, gradually)

• दध्वान (dadhvāna) - he murmured (he hummed, he sounded, he spoke softly)

• मज्जदम्भोजकोशस्थः (majjadambhojakośasthaḥ) - dwelling in the calyx of a sinking lotus (one standing/dwelling in the calyx of a sinking lotus)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (a bee (lit. six-footed))

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used in an interrogative sense.

अयम् (ayam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies 'pradeśaḥ'.

प्रदेशः (pradeśaḥ) - place (place, region, country)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradeśa

pradeśa - a place, region, country, locality

from pra- + diś (to point)

Prefix: pra

Root: diś (class 6)

कस्य (kasya) - whose (whose, of whom, of what)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Genitive case expressing possession.

इयम् (iyam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies 'sabhā'.

सभा (sabhā) - assembly (assembly, meeting hall, court)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - an assembly, a meeting hall, a court, a council

Note: Subject of the second question.

इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech) (thus, in this manner (marks a quotation))

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (king) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

compound of nṛ (man) and pa (protector)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver, drinking
  adjective (masculine)
  from pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'dadhvāna'.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gently (slowly, gently, gradually)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of instrumental plural of an unused noun 'śana'.

Note: Modifies 'dadhvāna'.

दध्वान (dadhvāna) - he murmured (he hummed, he sounded, he spoke softly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of dhvan

perfect tense (Lit)

3rd person singular, active voice, perfect tense. The form 'dadhvāna' is standard for 'dhvan'.

Root: dhvan (class 1)

मज्जदम्भोजकोशस्थः (majjadambhojakośasthaḥ) - dwelling in the calyx of a sinking lotus (one standing/dwelling in the calyx of a sinking lotus)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of majjadambhojakośastha

majjadambhojakośastha - situated within the calyx of a submerging or sinking lotus

Bahuvrīhi compound: majjat (sinking, present active participle) + ambhojakośa (lotus calyx) + stha (standing)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (majjat+ambhojakośa+stha)

• majjat – sinking, submerging, drowning
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from majj (to sink)
  Root: majj (class 1)
• ambhojakośa – lotus calyx, inner part of a lotus flower
  noun (masculine)
  compound of ambhoja (lotus) and kośa (sheath, calyx)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  from sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (a bee (lit. six-footed))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṣaṭpada

ṣaṭpada - six-footed; a bee

compound of ṣaṭ (six) and pada (foot)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṣaṭ+pada)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• pada – foot, step, word, ray
  noun (neuter)