योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-17, verse-16

तत्तत्याज निमेषेण सान्तःकरणपञ्जरम् ।
स्वदेहं खमिवोड्डीना मुक्तनीडा विहंगमी ॥ १६ ॥

tattatyāja nimeṣeṇa sāntaḥkaraṇapañjaram ,
svadehaṃ khamivoḍḍīnā muktanīḍā vihaṃgamī 16

16. tat tatyāja nimeṣeṇa sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjaram |
svadeham kham iva uḍḍīnā mukta-nīḍā vihaṅgamī || 16 ||

16. uḍḍīnā mukta-nīḍā vihaṅgamī iva kham [gacchati] sā
nimeṣeṇa sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjaram tat svadeham tatyāja 16

16. She instantly abandoned that body, a cage for the internal organ (antaḥkaraṇa), just like a female bird, freed from its nest, flies into the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (body) (that, it)

• तत्याज (tatyāja) - abandoned, left

• निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - in an instant, by the blink of an eye

• स-अन्तःकरण-पञ्जरम् (sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjaram) - a cage for the internal organ (antaḥkaraṇa) (with the cage of the internal organ, including the cage of the inner instrument)

• स्वदेहम् (svadeham) - her own body

• खम् (kham) - sky, ether, space

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उड्डीना (uḍḍīnā) - having flown, flown up

• मुक्त-नीडा (mukta-nīḍā) - having left its nest, freed from its nest

• विहङ्गमी (vihaṅgamī) - female bird

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (body) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the body (svadeham) which is neuter.

तत्याज (tatyāja) - abandoned, left

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Subject is Līlā (implied by context from previous verse).

निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - in an instant, by the blink of an eye

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - wink, blink, moment, instant

Root: miṣ (class 1)

Note: Indicates duration or means.

स-अन्तःकरण-पञ्जरम् (sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjaram) - a cage for the internal organ (antaḥkaraṇa) (with the cage of the internal organ, including the cage of the inner instrument)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjara

sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjara - together with the cage of the internal organ

Compound formed with sa- (with) and antaḥkaraṇa-pañjara (cage of the internal organ)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+antaḥkaraṇa-pañjara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• antaḥkaraṇa-pañjara – cage of the internal organ
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'svadeham'.

स्वदेहम् (svadeham) - her own body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svadeha

svadeha - one's own body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+deha)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Object of 'tatyāja'. Matches gender of its modifier 'sa-antaḥkaraṇa-pañjaram'.

खम् (kham) - sky, ether, space

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, ether, space, empty space

Note: Object of implied motion (flies into the sky).

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

उड्डीना (uḍḍīnā) - having flown, flown up

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uḍḍīna

uḍḍīna - flown, flying up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ḍī (to fly) with prefix ud-, and suffix -kta (P.P.P.)

Prefix: ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

Note: Describes 'vihaṅgamī'.

मुक्त-नीडा (mukta-nīḍā) - having left its nest, freed from its nest

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mukta-nīḍa

mukta-nīḍa - one whose nest is abandoned/freed

Compound adjective: mukta (freed) + nīḍa (nest)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mukta+nīḍa)

• mukta – freed, liberated, released
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root muc, with suffix -kta
  Root: muc (class 6)
• nīḍa – nest, abode, resting place
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective describing 'vihaṅgamī'.

विहङ्गमी (vihaṅgamī) - female bird

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vihaṅgamī

vihaṅgamī - female bird

Feminine form of vihaṅgama (bird)

Note: Subject of the comparison.