योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-51, verse-17

प्रवृत्ता दशदिग्भ्योऽथ प्रवेष्टुं सैन्धवं पुरम् ।
कराः करिहयाकारै रत्नपूरा इवाम्बुधिम् ॥ १७ ॥

pravṛttā daśadigbhyo'tha praveṣṭuṃ saindhavaṃ puram ,
karāḥ karihayākārai ratnapūrā ivāmbudhim 17

17. pravṛttāḥ daśadigbhyaḥ atha praveṣṭum saindhavaṃ
puram karāḥ karihayaākāraiḥ ratnapūrāḥ iva ambudhim

17. atha daśadigbhyaḥ karihayaākāraiḥ karāḥ saindhavaṃ
puram praveṣṭum pravṛttāḥ ratnapūrāḥ ambudhim iva

17. Then, from all ten directions, tributes (kara) in the form of elephants and horses began to enter Sindhu's city, just as rivers laden with jewels flow into the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - began (to flow in) (begun, set in motion, engaged, proceeded)

• दशदिग्भ्यः (daśadigbhyaḥ) - from all ten directions (from the ten directions)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now)

• प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter (to enter, to penetrate)

• सैन्धवं (saindhavaṁ) - Sindhu's (city) (of Sindhu, belonging to Sindhu)

• पुरम् (puram) - the city (capital of Sindhu) (city, fortress, town)

• कराः (karāḥ) - tributes, taxes (hands, trunks (of elephants), taxes, tributes, rays (of light))

• करिहयआकारैः (karihayaākāraiḥ) - in the form of elephants and horses (having the form of elephants and horses)

• रत्नपूराः (ratnapūrāḥ) - streams laden with jewels (streams of jewels, full of jewels)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as if, as)

• अम्बुधिम् (ambudhim) - the ocean (ocean, cloud)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - began (to flow in) (begun, set in motion, engaged, proceeded)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, proceeded, engaged in, active, started

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √vṛt with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

दशदिग्भ्यः (daśadigbhyaḥ) - from all ten directions (from the ten directions)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of daśadig

daśadig - ten directions

Compound type : Dvigu (daśa+diś)

• daśa – ten
  numeral adjective
• diś – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now)

(indeclinable)

प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter (to enter, to penetrate)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb root 'viś' with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

सैन्धवं (saindhavaṁ) - Sindhu's (city) (of Sindhu, belonging to Sindhu)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saindhava

saindhava - relating to the Sindhu region, belonging to Sindhu, a horse from Sindhu

Derived from 'sindhu' (Sindh region or king Sindhu).

पुरम् (puram) - the city (capital of Sindhu) (city, fortress, town)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

कराः (karāḥ) - tributes, taxes (hands, trunks (of elephants), taxes, tributes, rays (of light))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kara

kara - hand, trunk of an elephant, ray (of light), tax, tribute

करिहयआकारैः (karihayaākāraiḥ) - in the form of elephants and horses (having the form of elephants and horses)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of karihayaākāra

karihayaākāra - having the form of elephants and horses

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (karihaya+ākāra)

• karihaya – elephants and horses
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (masculine)

रत्नपूराः (ratnapūrāḥ) - streams laden with jewels (streams of jewels, full of jewels)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ratnapūra

ratnapūra - a stream or flood of jewels

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ratna+pūra)

• ratna – jewel, gem, precious stone
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – flood, stream, abundance, fullness
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

अम्बुधिम् (ambudhim) - the ocean (ocean, cloud)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ambudhi

ambudhi - ocean (lit. receptacle of water), cloud

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ambus+dhi)

• ambus – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – receptacle, container (from √dhā)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhā (class 3)