योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-16

यदेतेनातिवाह्याहं प्राप्तवाञ्जङ्गलं क्रमात् ।
अस्ताद्रिसानुं खिन्नाश्वः शून्यभ्रान्त्येवभास्करः ॥ १६ ॥

yadetenātivāhyāhaṃ prāptavāñjaṅgalaṃ kramāt ,
astādrisānuṃ khinnāśvaḥ śūnyabhrāntyevabhāskaraḥ 16

16. yat etena ativāhya aham prāptavān jaṅgalam kramāt
astādrisānum khinnāśvaḥ śūnyabhrāntyā iva bhāskaraḥ

16. yat etena ativāhya,
aham khinnāśvaḥ kramāt astādrisānum jaṅgalam prāptavān,
(saḥ prāptavān) śūnyabhrāntyā bhāskaraḥ iva.

16. After passing through that, I, with my horses weary, gradually reached the wilderness, which was like the peak of the setting mountain, as if the sun (bhāskara) itself, with exhausted steeds, arrived there through an empty illusion.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - when (when, that which, because)

• एतेन (etena) - through this (forest/path) (by this, through this)

• अतिवाह्य (ativāhya) - having passed through (having passed through, having spent (time))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - reached (reached, obtained, achieved)

• जङ्गलम् (jaṅgalam) - the wilderness (wilderness, uncultivated land, jungle)

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually (gradually, in due course, successively)

• अस्ताद्रिसानुम् (astādrisānum) - the peak of the setting mountain

• खिन्नाश्वः (khinnāśvaḥ) - with weary horses (referring to the speaker) (having weary horses, with exhausted steeds)

• शून्यभ्रान्त्या (śūnyabhrāntyā) - as if by an empty delusion (by an empty delusion, due to a void of error)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun (bhāskara) (the sun, generator of light)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - when (when, that which, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Subordinating conjunction, introducing a temporal clause.

एतेन (etena) - through this (forest/path) (by this, through this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers back to the forest mentioned in the previous verse.

अतिवाह्य (ativāhya) - having passed through (having passed through, having spent (time))

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from ati-√vah (to carry, pass) using the suffix -ya (after prefixes)

Prefix: ati

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Describes an action completed before the main verb 'prāptavān'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of the sentence.

प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - reached (reached, obtained, achieved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāptavat

prāptavat - one who has reached/obtained/achieved

Past Active Participle

Derived from pra-√āp (to obtain, reach) with suffix -tavat

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'aham', indicating the completion of the action.

जङ्गलम् (jaṅgalam) - the wilderness (wilderness, uncultivated land, jungle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaṅgala

jaṅgala - wilderness, jungle, uncultivated land, desert

Note: Object of 'prāptavān'.

क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually (gradually, in due course, successively)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here, meaning 'by degrees, gradually'.

अस्ताद्रिसानुम् (astādrisānum) - the peak of the setting mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of astādrisānu

astādrisānu - the peak of the setting mountain (lit. mountain of setting)

Compound: asta (setting) + adri (mountain) + sānu (peak)

Compound type : tatpurusha (asta+adri+sānu)

• asta – setting, disappearance, western mountain (behind which the sun sets)
  noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• sānu – peak, summit, ridge (of a mountain)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'prāptavān', possibly in apposition to 'jaṅgalam' or an additional destination.

खिन्नाश्वः (khinnāśvaḥ) - with weary horses (referring to the speaker) (having weary horses, with exhausted steeds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khinnāśva

khinnāśva - having weary horses, one whose horses are exhausted

Compound: khinna (weary) + aśva (horse)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (khinna+aśva)

• khinna – weary, distressed, fatigued (Past Passive Participle of √khid)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √khid (to be distressed, weary)
  Root: khid (class 1)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'aham', describing the state of the subject.

शून्यभ्रान्त्या (śūnyabhrāntyā) - as if by an empty delusion (by an empty delusion, due to a void of error)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śūnyabhrānti

śūnyabhrānti - empty delusion, delusion of voidness

Compound: śūnya (empty) + bhrānti (delusion)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śūnya+bhrānti)

• śūnya – empty, void, deserted; a void
  adjective (neuter)
• bhrānti – error, delusion, illusion, confusion
  noun (feminine)
  From √bhram (to wander, to be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Indicates the manner or cause of the reaching, in a figurative sense.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun (bhāskara) (the sun, generator of light)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, producer of light, fire

Compound: bhās (light) + kara (maker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster, brightness
  noun (feminine)
• kara – making, doing, causing; hand, ray
  adjective (masculine)
  From √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the simile.