योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-72, verse-9

कृष्णत्वहिंस्रतातैक्ष्ण्यव्याप्तास्यपवनाशनैः ।
यत्नात्पदं निबध्नन्ती रेण्वणूपलसंकटे ॥ ९ ॥

kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ ,
yatnātpadaṃ nibadhnantī reṇvaṇūpalasaṃkaṭe 9

9. kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ |
yatnāt padam nibadhnantī reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe ||

9. (sā) yatnāt padam nibadhnantī,
kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ (yuktāsu) reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe (sthitā).

9. Carefully planting her foot (padam nibadhnantī) with effort (yatnāt), in a difficult spot (saṅkaṭe) filled with tiny dust particles and pebbles, and where there were wind-eating snakes (pavanāśanaiḥ) whose mouths were permeated with blackness, ferocity, and sharpness.

Words meanings summery:

• कृष्णत्वहिंस्रतातैक्ष्ण्यव्याप्तास्यपवनाशनैः (kṛṣṇatvahiṁsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ) - by wind-eaters (snakes) whose mouths are pervaded by blackness, ferocity, and sharpness

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - from effort, by means of effort, carefully

• पदम् (padam) - foot (the ascetic's foot) (foot, step, place)

• निबध्नन्ती (nibadhnantī) - placing her foot firmly (binding, restraining, placing firmly)

• रेण्वणूपलसङ्कटे (reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe) - in a difficult spot of dust particles and pebbles

Words meanings and morphology

कृष्णत्वहिंस्रतातैक्ष्ण्यव्याप्तास्यपवनाशनैः (kṛṣṇatvahiṁsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ) - by wind-eaters (snakes) whose mouths are pervaded by blackness, ferocity, and sharpness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśana

kṛṣṇatvahiṁsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśana - wind-eater (snake) whose mouth is pervaded by blackness, ferocity, and sharpness

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛṣṇatva-hiṃsratā-taikṣṇya (blackness, ferocity, sharpness) + vyāpta (pervaded) + āsya (mouth) + pavanāśana (wind-eater/snake).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsya+pavanāśana)

• kṛṣṇatva – blackness, darkness
  noun (neuter)
  From kṛṣṇa (black) + tva (suffix for abstract quality).
• hiṃsratā – ferocity, harmfulness, violence
  noun (feminine)
  From hiṃsra (injurious) + tā (suffix for abstract quality).
• taikṣṇya – sharpness, fierceness, keenness
  noun (neuter)
  From tīkṣṇa (sharp) + ṣyaN (suffix for abstract quality).
• vyāpta – pervaded, filled, occupied
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi (prefix) + āp (to obtain, pervade) + kta suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)
  From root as (to throw, eat) + ya suffix.
  Root: as (class 2)
• pavanāśana – wind-eater (a snake)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pavana (wind) and āśana (eater).

Note: This is a very complex adjective for 'pavanāśana', which is a noun meaning 'snake'.

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - from effort, by means of effort, carefully

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, care, pains

From root yat (to strive, endeavor).

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

पदम् (padam) - foot (the ascetic's foot) (foot, step, place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, mark, place, word

From root pad (to go).

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of 'nibadhnantī'.

निबध्नन्ती (nibadhnantī) - placing her foot firmly (binding, restraining, placing firmly)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nibadhnant

nibadhnant - binding, restraining, holding fast, placing firmly

Present Active Participle

From ni (prefix) + root bandh (to bind) + śatṛ suffix (feminine ī).

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (the ascetic).

रेण्वणूपलसङ्कटे (reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe) - in a difficult spot of dust particles and pebbles

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭa

reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭa - difficult terrain/spot of dust particles and pebbles

Tatpuruṣa compound: reṇu (dust) + aṇu (small particle) + upala (pebble) + saṅkaṭa (difficult spot/danger). The reṇu-aṇu-upala part is a dvandva.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (reṇu+aṇu+upala+saṅkaṭa)

• reṇu – dust, pollen, particle
  noun (masculine)
  From root ri (to flow, to run).
  Root: ri
• aṇu – atom, particle, minute
  noun (masculine)
  From root aṇ (to sound).
  Root: aṇ (class 1)
• upala – stone, pebble, rock
  noun (masculine)
  From upa (near) + root lā (to take).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: lā (class 2)
• saṅkaṭa – difficulty, distress, danger, narrow pass, difficult spot
  noun (neuter)
  From sam (with) + kaṭ (to go, move).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kaṭ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the place where the action occurs.

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