योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-42

भूतेष्विव कृतान्तेन मृगेषु परिवल्गितम् ।
चामरीकण्ठकुड्येषु विश्रान्तशिरसा मया ॥ ४२ ॥

bhūteṣviva kṛtāntena mṛgeṣu parivalgitam ,
cāmarīkaṇṭhakuḍyeṣu viśrāntaśirasā mayā 42

42. bhūteṣu iva kṛtāntena mṛgeṣu parivalgitam
cāmarī-kaṇṭha-kuḍyeṣu viśrānta-śirasā mayā

42. mayā viśrānta-śirasā cāmarī-kaṇṭha-kuḍyeṣu mṛgeṣu parivalgitam,
kṛtāntena bhūteṣu iva (parivalgitam)

42. Like fate (kṛtānta) among all living beings (bhūta), I roamed among the deer. [This was done] by me, with my head resting upon the wall-like necks of yak-cows.

Words meanings summery:

• भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - among all living creatures (among creatures, among living beings, among elements)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कृतान्तेन (kṛtāntena) - by the force of destiny or death (kṛtānta) (by fate, by destiny, by death, by the ender of actions)

• मृगेषु (mṛgeṣu) - among deer, among wild animals

• परिवल्गितम् (parivalgitam) - roamed about, moved around, leaped about

• चामरी-कण्ठ-कुड्येषु (cāmarī-kaṇṭha-kuḍyeṣu) - using the firm, broad necks of yak-cows as a resting place or support, metaphorically like walls (on the walls of yak-cow necks)

• विश्रान्त-शिरसा (viśrānta-śirasā) - by one with a rested head

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - among all living creatures (among creatures, among living beings, among elements)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - living being, creature, element, past, existent (bhūta)

Past Passive Particition

From √bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to all living creatures in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कृतान्तेन (kṛtāntena) - by the force of destiny or death (kṛtānta) (by fate, by destiny, by death, by the ender of actions)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛtānta

kṛtānta - fate, destiny, death, Yama, the end of an act or time (kṛtānta)

Compound of kṛta (done) + anta (end).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛta+anta)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent in the simile, implying a powerful, perhaps destructive, force.

मृगेषु (mṛgeṣu) - among deer, among wild animals

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, beast (mṛga)

From √mṛj (to roam, hunt).

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Specifies the location of the speaker's actions.

परिवल्गितम् (parivalgitam) - roamed about, moved around, leaped about

(participle)

neuter, singular of parivalgita

parivalgita - roamed, moved, leaped, sported (parivalgita)

Past Passive Participle

From pari-√valg (to roam about, leap around).

Prefix: pari

Root: valg (class 1)

Note: Refers to the action of roaming, with 'by me' as the agent.

चामरी-कण्ठ-कुड्येषु (cāmarī-kaṇṭha-kuḍyeṣu) - using the firm, broad necks of yak-cows as a resting place or support, metaphorically like walls (on the walls of yak-cow necks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of cāmarīkaṇṭhakuḍya

cāmarīkaṇṭhakuḍya - wall-like neck of a yak-cow

Tatpuruṣa compound (cāmarīkaṇṭha 'yak-cow neck' + kuḍya 'wall').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cāmarī+kaṇṭha+kuḍya)

• cāmarī – female yak, yak-cow
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of camara (yak).
• kaṇṭha – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)
• kuḍya – wall (of a house or structure)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Specifies where the speaker's head was resting.

विश्रान्त-शिरसा (viśrānta-śirasā) - by one with a rested head

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viśrāntaśiras

viśrāntaśiras - having a rested head (viśrānta 'rested' + śiras 'head')

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśrānta+śiras)

• viśrānta – rested, reposed, tranquil
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-śram (to rest, repose).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śram (class 4)
• śiras – head, top, peak
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the agent mayā.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Agent of the passive action 'roamed'.