योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-120, verse-6

अथैकस्मिन्प्रदेशे तां चिन्तामिव पुरोगताम् ।
ददर्शोग्रामरण्यानीं परलोकमहीमिव ॥ ६ ॥

athaikasminpradeśe tāṃ cintāmiva purogatām ,
dadarśogrāmaraṇyānīṃ paralokamahīmiva 6

6. atha ekasmin pradeśe tām cintām iva puragatām
dadarśa ugra-araṇyānīm paraloka-mahīm iva

6. atha ekasmin pradeśe (saḥ) tām ugra-araṇyānīm
cintām iva puragatām paraloka-mahīm iva dadarśa

6. Then, in one particular region, he saw that formidable wilderness, which appeared as if it were anxiety manifest before him, or like the very land of the afterlife.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in one, in a certain

• प्रदेशे (pradeśe) - in the region, in the place

• ताम् (tām) - referring to the formidable forest (that (feminine))

• चिन्ताम् (cintām) - anxiety, worry

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• पुरगताम् (puragatām) - manifest, appearing before him (gone before, gone ahead)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• उग्र-अरण्यानीम् (ugra-araṇyānīm) - fearsome forest, formidable wilderness

• परलोक-महीम् (paraloka-mahīm) - the land of the other world, afterlife land

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in one, in a certain

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, certain, unique

प्रदेशे (pradeśe) - in the region, in the place

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pradeśa

pradeśa - place, region, country, locality

Derived from pra-diś

Prefix: pra

Root: diś (class 6)

ताम् (tām) - referring to the formidable forest (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिन्ताम् (cintām) - anxiety, worry

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, anxiety, worry

Derived from root cit (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of comparison

पुरगताम् (puragatām) - manifest, appearing before him (gone before, gone ahead)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puragata

puragata - gone before, preceded, gone in front

Past Passive Participle

Formed from pura (before) + gata (gone)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pura+gata)

• pura – before, in front, formerly
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'cintām' and by extension 'ugra-araṇyānīm'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: dṛś (class 1)

उग्र-अरण्यानीम् (ugra-araṇyānīm) - fearsome forest, formidable wilderness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ugra-araṇyānī

ugra-araṇyānī - fearsome forest, formidable wilderness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ugra+araṇyānī)

• ugra – fierce, formidable, terrible, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• araṇyānī – large forest, wilderness
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of araṇya (forest)

Note: The main object of the verb 'dadarśa'.

परलोक-महीम् (paraloka-mahīm) - the land of the other world, afterlife land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paraloka-mahī

paraloka-mahī - land of the other world, region of the afterlife

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (paraloka+mahī)

• paraloka – the other world, afterlife
  noun (masculine)
• mahī – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)

Note: Another object of comparison for 'ugra-araṇyānīm'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of comparison