योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-26, verse-31

कोकिलालिप्रलापिन्यो वृष्टिबाष्पहता लताः ।
उष्णोष्णश्वसना देहं घन्ति पल्लवपाणिभिः ॥ ३१ ॥

kokilālipralāpinyo vṛṣṭibāṣpahatā latāḥ ,
uṣṇoṣṇaśvasanā dehaṃ ghanti pallavapāṇibhiḥ 31

31. kokilālipralāpinyaḥ vṛṣṭibāṣpahatāḥ latāḥ
uṣṇoṣṇaśvasanāḥ deham ghnanti pallavapāṇibhiḥ

31. latāḥ kokilālipralāpinyaḥ vṛṣṭibāṣpahatāḥ
uṣṇoṣṇaśvasanāḥ pallavapāṇibhiḥ deham ghnanti

31. The creepers, whose lamentations are like those of cuckoo-flocks, afflicted by tears like rain, sigh with very hot breaths, and strike the body with their hands, which are tender leaves.

Words meanings summery:

• कोकिलालिप्रलापिन्यः (kokilālipralāpinyaḥ) - lamenting like swarms of cuckoos, having cuckoo-swarm-like laments

• वृष्टिबाष्पहताः (vṛṣṭibāṣpahatāḥ) - struck/afflicted by rain-tears, by tears like rain

• लताः (latāḥ) - creepers, vines, tendrils

• उष्णोष्णश्वसनाः (uṣṇoṣṇaśvasanāḥ) - having very hot breaths, sighing very hotly

• देहम् (deham) - (the observer's) body (body)

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they (the creepers) hurt (they strike, they kill, they hurt)

• पल्लवपाणिभिः (pallavapāṇibhiḥ) - with their hands, which are tender leaves (with hands of sprouts/tender leaves)

Words meanings and morphology

कोकिलालिप्रलापिन्यः (kokilālipralāpinyaḥ) - lamenting like swarms of cuckoos, having cuckoo-swarm-like laments

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kokilālipralāpinī

kokilālipralāpin - lamenting like swarms of cuckoos

Agent noun

Agent noun from `pra-lap` (to lament), compounded with `kokilāli`. Feminine stem `pralāpinī`.

Compound type : upamā / tatpuruṣa (kokila+ali+pralāpin)

• kokila – cuckoo
  noun (masculine)
• ali – bee, a line, a row, a swarm
  noun (masculine)
  Here used in the sense of 'swarm' or 'flock'.
• pralāpin – lamenting, prattling, wailing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun (nomen agentis)
  From root `lap` (to speak, lament) with prefix `pra-`.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Agreement with `latāḥ`.

वृष्टिबाष्पहताः (vṛṣṭibāṣpahatāḥ) - struck/afflicted by rain-tears, by tears like rain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vṛṣṭibāṣpahata

vṛṣṭibāṣpahata - struck by rain-like tears

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛṣṭi+bāṣpa+hata)

• vṛṣṭi – rain
  noun (feminine)
  From root `vṛṣ` (to rain).
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• bāṣpa – tears, vapor, steam
  noun (masculine)
• hata – struck, killed, afflicted
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `han` (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreement with `latāḥ`.

लताः (latāḥ) - creepers, vines, tendrils

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of latā

latā - creeper, vine, tendril

Root: lat (class 1)

उष्णोष्णश्वसनाः (uṣṇoṣṇaśvasanāḥ) - having very hot breaths, sighing very hotly

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of uṣṇoṣṇaśvasanā

uṣṇoṣṇaśvasana - having very hot breaths

Reduplicated `uṣṇa` for emphasis.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uṣṇa+uṣṇa+śvasana)

• uṣṇa – hot, warm
  adjective (masculine)
  Reduplicated for emphasis.
  Root: uṣ (class 1)
• uṣṇa – hot, warm
  adjective (masculine)
  Reduplicated for emphasis.
  Root: uṣ (class 1)
• śvasana – breath, breathing, sighing
  noun (neuter)
  From root `śvas` (to breathe).
  Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Agreement with `latāḥ`.

देहम् (deham) - (the observer's) body (body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 4)

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they (the creepers) hurt (they strike, they kill, they hurt)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

Present active indicative.

From root `han`.

Root: han (class 2)

पल्लवपाणिभिः (pallavapāṇibhiḥ) - with their hands, which are tender leaves (with hands of sprouts/tender leaves)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pallavapāṇi

pallavapāṇi - having hands of sprouts

Compound type : karmadhāraya / upamita-samāsa (pallava+pāṇi)

• pallava – sprout, tender leaf, twig
  noun (masculine)
  From root `plu` (to float, swim, spring up).
  Root: plu (class 1)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)
  From root `paṇ` (to deal, to praise).
  Root: paṇ (class 1)

Note: Denotes the instrument of striking.