योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-19, verse-27

नदीनिखातमिव तं भर्तारमनुसृत्य सा ।
आजगाम विशोकत्वं सा वासन्तीव मञ्जरी ॥ २७ ॥

nadīnikhātamiva taṃ bhartāramanusṛtya sā ,
ājagāma viśokatvaṃ sā vāsantīva mañjarī 27

27. nadīnikhātam iva tam bhartāram anusṛtya sā
ājagāma viśokatvam sā vāsantī iva mañjarī

27. sā tam bhartāram nadīnikhātam iva anusṛtya
vāsantī mañjarī iva viśokatvam ājagāma

27. Following her husband, just as a river follows a dug channel, she attained a state of freedom from sorrow, like a spring blossom.

Words meanings summery:

• नदीनिखातम् (nadīnikhātam) - a river-dug channel, an excavated riverbed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तम् (tam) - her husband (him, that (masculine))

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband

• अनुसृत्य (anusṛtya) - having followed, pursuing

• सा (sā) - the Brahmin wife (she, that (feminine))

• आजगाम (ājagāma) - she came, she attained, she reached

• विशोकत्वम् (viśokatvam) - state of freedom from sorrow, grieflessness

• सा (sā) - that spring blossom (that (feminine))

• वासन्ती (vāsantī) - vernal, belonging to spring

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मञ्जरी (mañjarī) - blossom, cluster of flowers, sprout

Words meanings and morphology

नदीनिखातम् (nadīnikhātam) - a river-dug channel, an excavated riverbed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nadīnikhāta

nadīnikhāta - river-dug channel, excavated riverbed

Compound of nadī (river) and nikhāta (dug out).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+nikhāta)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• nikhāta – dug out, excavated (as a channel)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root khan (to dig) with upasarga ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: khan (class 1)

Note: Used in simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - her husband (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'bhartāram'.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, lord

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'anusṛtya'.

अनुसृत्य (anusṛtya) - having followed, pursuing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root sṛj (here related to movement, not 'to create') with upasarga anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Used as a past participle expressing a preceding action.

सा (sā) - the Brahmin wife (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Subject of 'ājagāma'.

आजगाम (ājagāma) - she came, she attained, she reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Root gam with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

विशोकत्वम् (viśokatvam) - state of freedom from sorrow, grieflessness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viśokatva

viśokatva - state of being free from sorrow

Compound of viśoka (without sorrow) and -tva (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viśoka+tva)

• viśoka – free from sorrow, griefless
  adjective
  From vi- (without) + śoka (sorrow).
  Prefix: vi
• tva – state, condition, -ness
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Object of 'ājagāma'.

सा (sā) - that spring blossom (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'mañjarī' in the simile.

वासन्ती (vāsantī) - vernal, belonging to spring

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsantī

vāsantī - vernal, belonging to spring

Feminine form of vāsanta.

Note: Describes 'mañjarī'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मञ्जरी (mañjarī) - blossom, cluster of flowers, sprout

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mañjarī

mañjarī - blossom, flower cluster, sprout

Note: Used in simile.