योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-63

सा दधाना ततं सूत्रमङ्गुष्ठाङ्गुलिपीडिता ।
आन्त्रतन्तुमिवामान्तमुद्गिरन्ती निरीक्षते ॥ ६३ ॥

sā dadhānā tataṃ sūtramaṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍitā ,
āntratantumivāmāntamudgirantī nirīkṣate 63

63. sā dadhānā tatam sūtram aṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍitā |
āntratantum iva amāntam udgirantī nirīkṣate ||

63. sā tatam sūtram dadhānā aṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍitā
amāntam āntratantum iva udgirantī nirīkṣate

63. She, holding a taut thread (sūtra), her thumb and fingers tightly pressing (it), observes (the thread) as it seemingly emits an unending, intestine-like fiber.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

• दधाना (dadhānā) - holding (holding, bearing, wearing)

• ततम् (tatam) - taut (stretched, extended, taut)

• सूत्रम् (sūtram) - thread (thread, string, rule, aphorism)

• अङ्गुष्ठाङ्गुलिपीडिता (aṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍitā) - her thumb and fingers tightly pressing (the thread), or with her hand engaged in pressing (pressed by thumb and finger)

• आन्त्रतन्तुम् (āntratantum) - intestine-like fiber (intestine-thread, gut)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• अमान्तम् (amāntam) - uncontained, unending (implying length) (not fitting, not contained, uncontained, immense)

• उद्गिरन्ती (udgirantī) - emitting (the thread) (emitting, spitting out, disgorging)

• निरीक्षते (nirīkṣate) - observes (observes, looks at, perceives)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

दधाना (dadhānā) - holding (holding, bearing, wearing)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dadhāna

dadhāna - holding, bearing, wearing

present middle participle

root dhā (3U) + śānac suffix

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Adjective modifying sā.

ततम् (tatam) - taut (stretched, extended, taut)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tata

tata - stretched, extended, taut, spread

past passive participle

root tan (8U) + kta suffix

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying sūtram.

सूत्रम् (sūtram) - thread (thread, string, rule, aphorism)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūtra

sūtra - thread, string, rule, aphorism

Note: Object of dadhānā.

अङ्गुष्ठाङ्गुलिपीडिता (aṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍitā) - her thumb and fingers tightly pressing (the thread), or with her hand engaged in pressing (pressed by thumb and finger)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍita

aṅguṣṭhāṅgulipīḍita - pressed by thumb and finger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅguṣṭha+aṅguli+pīḍita)

• aṅguṣṭha – thumb
  noun (masculine)
• aṅguli – finger
  noun (feminine)
• pīḍita – pressed, squeezed, oppressed
  participle
  past passive participle
  root pīḍ (10U) + kta suffix
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Adjective modifying sā. Implies the state of her hands while sewing, actively pressing the thread.

आन्त्रतन्तुम् (āntratantum) - intestine-like fiber (intestine-thread, gut)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āntratantu

āntratantu - intestine-thread, gut

āntra (intestine) + tantu (thread)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āntra+tantu)

• āntra – intestine, gut
  noun (neuter)
• tantu – thread, fiber, string
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of udgirantī.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

अमान्तम् (amāntam) - uncontained, unending (implying length) (not fitting, not contained, uncontained, immense)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amānta

amānta - not fitting, immense, endless

present active participle

negative prefix a- + root mā (3A, to measure) + śatṛ suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+mānta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• mānta – measuring, containing, fitting
  participle
  present active participle
  root mā (3A) + śatṛ suffix
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Adjective modifying āntratantum.

उद्गिरन्ती (udgirantī) - emitting (the thread) (emitting, spitting out, disgorging)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udgirant

udgirant - emitting, spitting out, disgorging

present active participle

root gṛ (6P, to swallow) with ud- prefix, causative form + śatṛ suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: gṛ (class 6)

Note: Adjective modifying sā.

निरीक्षते (nirīkṣate) - observes (observes, looks at, perceives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of nirīkṣ

present tense, ātmanepada

root īkṣ (1A) with nir- prefix

Prefix: nis

Root: īkṣ (class 1)