योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-31

मृतमातङ्गसंघाते गिराविव पिपीलिकाः ।
भीरवः परिलीयन्ते स्त्रियः पुंवक्षसीव च ॥ ३१ ॥

mṛtamātaṅgasaṃghāte girāviva pipīlikāḥ ,
bhīravaḥ parilīyante striyaḥ puṃvakṣasīva ca 31

31. mṛtamātaṅgasaṃghāte girau iva pipīlikāḥ
bhīravaḥ parilīyante striyaḥ puṃvakṣasi iva ca

31. bhīravaḥ pipīlikāḥ mṛtamātaṅgasaṃghāte girau
iva striyaḥ puṃvakṣasi iva ca parilīyante

31. Just as timid ants gather on a heap of dead elephants (or as if on a mountain), so too do women cling to a man's chest.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतमातङ्गसंघाते (mṛtamātaṅgasaṁghāte) - in a heap of dead elephants

• गिरौ (girau) - on a mountain

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• पिपीलिकाः (pipīlikāḥ) - ants

• भीरवः (bhīravaḥ) - timid ones, frightened ones

• परिलीयन्ते (parilīyante) - they hide, they cling, they take refuge

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• पुंवक्षसि (puṁvakṣasi) - on a man's chest

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

मृतमातङ्गसंघाते (mṛtamātaṅgasaṁghāte) - in a heap of dead elephants

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛtamātaṅgasaṃghāta

mṛtamātaṅgasaṁghāta - a heap of dead elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+mātaṅga+saṃghāta)

• mṛta – dead
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• mātaṅga – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• saṃghāta – heap, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)

गिरौ (girau) - on a mountain

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

पिपीलिकाः (pipīlikāḥ) - ants

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pipīlikā

pipīlikā - ant

भीरवः (bhīravaḥ) - timid ones, frightened ones

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, cowardly

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'pipīlikāḥ' and 'striyaḥ'.

परिलीयन्ते (parilīyante) - they hide, they cling, they take refuge

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of lī

Present Middle Voice

Root lī with prefix pari, 4th class, ātmanepada.

Prefix: pari

Root: lī (class 4)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

पुंवक्षसि (puṁvakṣasi) - on a man's chest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṃvakṣas

puṁvakṣas - a man's chest

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (puṃs+vakṣas)

• puṃs – man, male
  noun (masculine)
• vakṣas – chest, breast
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)