योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-10

निष्पक्षिक्षारनीहारं निर्वृक्षमजलं महत् ।
संप्राप्तोऽहमपर्यन्तमरण्यं श्रान्तवाहनः ॥ १० ॥

niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāraṃ nirvṛkṣamajalaṃ mahat ,
saṃprāpto'hamaparyantamaraṇyaṃ śrāntavāhanaḥ 10

10. niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāram nirvṛkṣam ajalam mahat
samprāptaḥ aham aparyantam araṇyam śrāntavāhanaḥ

10. śrāntavāhanaḥ aham niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāram nirvṛkṣam ajalam mahat aparyantam araṇyam samprāptaḥ (asmi).

10. With my mount exhausted (śrāntavāhana), I reached that boundless (aparyanta) wilderness (araṇya), which was devoid of birds, filled with salty mists, treeless, waterless, and vast.

10. מדבר שממה עצום ולא נודע, ללא ציפורים, אפוף אד סלעי ומלוח, נטול עצים ומים, שבו התעייף סוסי לחלוטין.

Words meanings summery:

• निष्पक्षिक्षारनीहारम् (niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāram) - without birds, with saline mist

• निर्वृक्षम् (nirvṛkṣam) - treeless

• अजलम् (ajalam) - waterless

• महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large

• सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived at, reached, obtained

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपर्यन्तम् (aparyantam) - boundless, endless, limitless

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest, wilderness, desert

• श्रान्तवाहनः (śrāntavāhanaḥ) - with a tired mount/vehicle

Words meanings and morphology

निष्पक्षिक्षारनीहारम् (niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāram) - without birds, with saline mist

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāra

niṣpakṣikṣāranīhāra - devoid of birds and characterized by saline mist

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+pakṣin+kṣāra+nīhāra)

• nis – without, devoid of (prefix)
  indeclinable
• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
• kṣāra – saline, salty, brackish
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: kṣar (class 1)
• nīhāra – mist, fog, dew
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

निर्वृक्षम् (nirvṛkṣam) - treeless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirvṛkṣa

nirvṛkṣa - treeless, without trees

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+vṛkṣa)

• nis – without, devoid of (prefix)
  indeclinable
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

अजलम् (ajalam) - waterless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajala

ajala - waterless, without water

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+jala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great, vast, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast

Root: mah

सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived at, reached, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - reached, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam- + pra- + āp

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपर्यन्तम् (aparyantam) - boundless, endless, limitless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aparyanta

aparyanta - boundless, endless, limitless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+paryanta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• paryanta – limit, boundary, end
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: ant

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest, wilderness, desert

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, desert

श्रान्तवाहनः (śrāntavāhanaḥ) - with a tired mount/vehicle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrāntavāhana

śrāntavāhana - having a tired mount or vehicle

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śrānta+vāhana)

• śrānta – tired, exhausted, wearied
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śram
  Root: śram (class 4)
• vāhana – mount, vehicle, carrier
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vah
  Root: vah (class 1)

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