योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-6

मीलत्पक्षाः क्षणात्सुप्ताः कृच्छ्रप्रोच्छ्रितकन्धराः ।
कुलायेषु खगा आसञ्छवाङ्गेष्विव हेतयः ॥ ६ ॥

mīlatpakṣāḥ kṣaṇātsuptāḥ kṛcchraprocchritakandharāḥ ,
kulāyeṣu khagā āsañchavāṅgeṣviva hetayaḥ 6

6. mīlatpakṣāḥ kṣaṇāt suptāḥ kṛcchraprocchritakandharāḥ
kulāyeṣu khagāḥ āsan chava aṅgeṣu iva hetayaḥ

6. mīlatpakṣāḥ kṣaṇāt suptāḥ kṛcchraprocchritakandharāḥ
khagāḥ kulāyeṣu chava aṅgeṣu iva hetayaḥ āsan

6. The birds, with closed wings, instantly asleep, and with their necks awkwardly raised, were in their nests, like weapons (hetayaḥ) embedded in corpses.

Words meanings summery:

• मीलत्पक्षाः (mīlatpakṣāḥ) - with closed wings

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly, immediately, from a moment

• सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - asleep, sleeping

• कृच्छ्रप्रोच्छ्रितकन्धराः (kṛcchraprocchritakandharāḥ) - with necks raised with difficulty, having awkwardly raised necks

• कुलायेषु (kulāyeṣu) - in nests, in abodes

• खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds, sky-goers

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

• छव (chava) - corpse, dead body

• अङ्गेषु (aṅgeṣu) - in limbs, in bodies, in parts

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• हेतयः (hetayaḥ) - weapons, spears, missiles

Words meanings and morphology

मीलत्पक्षाः (mīlatpakṣāḥ) - with closed wings

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mīlatpakṣa

mīlatpakṣa - having closed wings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mīlat+pakṣa)

• mīlat – closing, shutting
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root mīl (to close)
  Root: mīl (class 1)
• pakṣa – wing, feather; side, party
  noun (masculine)

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly, immediately, from a moment

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'instantly'.

सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - asleep, sleeping

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping, dormant

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

कृच्छ्रप्रोच्छ्रितकन्धराः (kṛcchraprocchritakandharāḥ) - with necks raised with difficulty, having awkwardly raised necks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛcchraprocchritakandhara

kṛcchraprocchritakandhara - having necks raised with difficulty/effort

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛcchra+procchrita+kandharā)

• kṛcchra – difficulty, pain, distress; difficult, painful
  noun (neuter)
• procchrita – raised, lifted up, elevated, extended
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śri with prefixes ud and pra
  Prefixes: pra+ud
  Root: śri (class 1)
• kandharā – neck, throat
  noun (feminine)

कुलायेषु (kulāyeṣu) - in nests, in abodes

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kulāya

kulāya - nest, abode, dwelling, home

खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds, sky-goers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaga

khaga - bird (lit. 'sky-goer'); arrow

Compound 'kha' (sky) + 'ga' (goer, from root gam)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, existing in
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/suffix -ga
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

आसन् (āsan) - they were, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

छव (chava) - corpse, dead body

(noun)

masculine, singular of chava

chava - corpse, dead body

Note: First part of the compound 'chavāṅgeṣu' (in dead bodies).

अङ्गेषु (aṅgeṣu) - in limbs, in bodies, in parts

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body part, body, constituent part

Note: Part of the compound 'chavāṅgeṣu' (in dead bodies).

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

हेतयः (hetayaḥ) - weapons, spears, missiles

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of heti

heti - weapon, missile, spear; impulse, cause

Root: han (class 2)