योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-73, verse-37

सूचीमादाय गृध्रोऽसौ ययौ तच्चिन्तितं गिरिम् ।
अन्तःसूचिपिशाच्यन्ते नुन्नोऽब्द इव वायुना ॥ ३७ ॥

sūcīmādāya gṛdhro'sau yayau taccintitaṃ girim ,
antaḥsūcipiśācyante nunno'bda iva vāyunā 37

37. sūcīm ādāya gṛdhraḥ asau yayau tad cintitam girim
antaḥsūcipiśācī ante nunnaḥ abdaḥ iva vāyunā

37. asau gṛdhraḥ sūcīm ādāya tad cintitam girim yayau
antaḥsūcipiśācī ante nunnaḥ abdaḥ iva vāyunā

37. That vulture, taking the needle (sūcī), went to the mountain he had envisioned. He was propelled from within by the inner needle-demoness (antaḥsūcipiśācī), just as a cloud (abda) is driven by the wind (vāyu).

Words meanings summery:

• सूचीम् (sūcīm) - the needle (sūcī) (needle)

• आदाय (ādāya) - taking (having taken, taking)

• गृध्रः (gṛdhraḥ) - the vulture (vulture)

• असौ (asau) - that (specific) (that, this (distant, specific))

• ययौ (yayau) - he went (he went, she went, it went)

• तद् (tad) - that (which was thought) (that (neuter))

• चिन्तितम् (cintitam) - envisioned (mountain) (thought, considered, envisioned)

• गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (mountain)

• अन्तःसूचिपिशाची (antaḥsūcipiśācī) - the inner needle-demoness (antaḥsūcipiśācī) (inner needle-demoness)

• अन्ते (ante) - within (him) (in the end, at the end, in the presence of, within)

• नुन्नः (nunnaḥ) - propelled (driven, pushed, propelled)

• अब्दः (abdaḥ) - cloud (cloud, year)

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

• वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind (vāyu) (by the wind, with the wind)

Words meanings and morphology

सूचीम् (sūcīm) - the needle (sūcī) (needle)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sūcī

sūcī - needle, index, indicator

Note: Object of ādāya.

आदाय (ādāya) - taking (having taken, taking)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form of √dā (to give, take) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Connects action with main verb.

गृध्रः (gṛdhraḥ) - the vulture (vulture)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy

Note: Subject of yayau and nunnaḥ.

असौ (asau) - that (specific) (that, this (distant, specific))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun, referring to something specific or distant)

Note: Agrees with gṛdhraḥ.

ययौ (yayau) - he went (he went, she went, it went)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √yā

Perfect Indicative

3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, perfect tense of √yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

तद् (tad) - that (which was thought) (that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Modifies cintitam, implying 'that which was thought'.

चिन्तितम् (cintitam) - envisioned (mountain) (thought, considered, envisioned)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cintita

cintita - thought, considered, imagined

Past Passive Participle

From √cit (to perceive, think) with suffix -ta

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Agrees with girim (masculine accusative singular).

गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Object of yayau.

अन्तःसूचिपिशाची (antaḥsūcipiśācī) - the inner needle-demoness (antaḥsūcipiśācī) (inner needle-demoness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of antaḥsūcipiśācī

antaḥsūcipiśācī - inner needle-demoness, a demon-like internal piercing force or thought

Compound type : tatpurusha (antar+sūcī+piśācī)

• antar – inner, internal, within
  indeclinable
• sūcī – needle, indicator
  noun (feminine)
• piśācī – female demon, demoness
  noun (feminine)

Note: This form is nominative, appearing in a locative phrase 'antaḥsūcipiśācyante'.

अन्ते (ante) - within (him) (in the end, at the end, in the presence of, within)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, interior, proximity

Note: Adverbial locative indicating location or circumstance.

नुन्नः (nunnaḥ) - propelled (driven, pushed, propelled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nunna

nunna - driven, pushed, impelled

Past Passive Participle

From √nud (to push, impel) with suffix -ta, causing retroflexion

Root: nud (class 6)

Note: Agrees with gṛdhraḥ.

अब्दः (abdaḥ) - cloud (cloud, year)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abda

abda - cloud, year

Note: In the simile, subject of being driven.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind (vāyu) (by the wind, with the wind)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital air

Note: Agent of nunnaḥ in the simile.