योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-2

चलत्पद्मं सर इव वहद्विहगमेव च ।
नभः शूरशिरःकीर्णं भाति तारकिताकृति ॥ २ ॥

calatpadmaṃ sara iva vahadvihagameva ca ,
nabhaḥ śūraśiraḥkīrṇaṃ bhāti tārakitākṛti 2

2. calatpadmam saraḥ iva vahad vihagam eva ca
nabhaḥ śūraśiraḥkīrṇam bhāti tārakitākṛti

2. śūraśiraḥkīrṇam nabhaḥ calatpadmam saraḥ
iva ca vahadvihagam eva tārakitākṛti bhāti

2. The sky, strewn with the heads of heroes, shines with the appearance of being star-studded, just like a lake with its swaying lotuses and moving birds.

Words meanings summery:

• चलत्पद्मम् (calatpadmam) - with swaying lotuses (with moving lotuses, a moving lotus)

• सरः (saraḥ) - a lake (lake, pond, pool)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• वहद् (vahad) - moving (carrying, bearing, moving, flowing)

• विहगम् (vihagam) - bird (bird, one who goes through the air)

• एव (eva) - just so, similarly (indeed, only, just so, like)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

• शूरशिरःकीर्णम् (śūraśiraḥkīrṇam) - strewn with the heads of heroes

• भाति (bhāti) - shines (shines, appears, looks)

• तारकिताकृति (tārakitākṛti) - with the appearance of being star-studded (having the appearance of being studded with stars, star-shaped)

Words meanings and morphology

चलत्पद्मम् (calatpadmam) - with swaying lotuses (with moving lotuses, a moving lotus)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of calatpadma

calatpadma - having moving lotuses, a moving lotus

Compound type : bahuvrihi (calat+padma)

• calat – moving, swaying, trembling
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'cal' (to move) + present participle suffix 'śatṛ'.
  Root: cal (class 1)
• padma – lotus, water-lily
  noun (neuter)

सरः (saraḥ) - a lake (lake, pond, pool)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool, water

Root: sṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वहद् (vahad) - moving (carrying, bearing, moving, flowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vahant

vahant - carrying, bearing, conveying, flowing, moving

Present Active Participle

From root 'vah' (to carry, flow) + present participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Root: vah (class 1)

विहगम् (vihagam) - bird (bird, one who goes through the air)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihaga

vihaga - bird, one who moves in the sky

agent noun

From prefix 'vi' (apart, through) + root 'gam' (to go) + suffix 'ḍa'.

Prefix: vi

Root: gam (class 1)

एव (eva) - just so, similarly (indeed, only, just so, like)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, ether

Root: nabh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence

शूरशिरःकीर्णम् (śūraśiraḥkīrṇam) - strewn with the heads of heroes

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūraśiraḥkīrṇa

śūraśiraḥkīrṇa - strewn with the heads of heroes

Compound type : Instrumental Tatpurusha (śūra+śiras+kīrṇa)

• śūra – hero, brave, valiant
  noun (masculine)
• śiras – head, top, peak
  noun (neuter)
• kīrṇa – scattered, strewn, dispersed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to scatter, sprinkle) + 'kta' suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 6)

भाति (bhāti) - shines (shines, appears, looks)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of bhā

present

3rd person singular present active of root 'bhā' (to shine).

Root: bhā (class 2)

तारकिताकृति (tārakitākṛti) - with the appearance of being star-studded (having the appearance of being studded with stars, star-shaped)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tārakitākṛti

tārakitākṛti - having the form/appearance of stars, star-studded, star-shaped

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (tārakita+ākṛti)

• tārakita – studded with stars, made into a star
  adjective (neuter)
  denominative past passive participle
  Derived from 'tārakā' (star) + 'ita' suffix.
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  From 'ā' + 'kṛ' (to make) + 'ti' suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)