योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-73, verse-42

खगदेहान्निर्जगाम सूची प्रोन्मुखचेतना ।
पवनाद्गन्धलेखेव घ्राणवातलवोन्मुखी ॥ ४२ ॥

khagadehānnirjagāma sūcī pronmukhacetanā ,
pavanādgandhalekheva ghrāṇavātalavonmukhī 42

42. khagadehāt nirjagāma sūcī pronmukhacetanā
pavanāt gandhalekhā iva ghrāṇavātalavonmukhī

42. sūcī pronmukhacetanā khagadehāt nirjagāma
pavanāt ghrāṇavātalavonmukhī gandhalekhā iva

42. The needle (sūcī), its consciousness (cetana) oriented outwards, departed from the bird's body. It was like a wisp of fragrance (gandhalekhā) emerging from the wind, sensitive to and drawn towards even a faint trace of breath (ghrāṇavātalavonmukhī).

Words meanings summery:

• खगदेहात् (khagadehāt) - from the bird's body

• निर्जगाम (nirjagāma) - it went out, departed, emerged

• सूची (sūcī) - the life-needle (jīvasūcikā) or subtle essence (needle, subtle essence, indicator)

• प्रोन्मुखचेतना (pronmukhacetanā) - with consciousness facing forward/outwards, having consciousness directed

• पवनात् (pavanāt) - from the wind

• गन्धलेखा (gandhalekhā) - streak of fragrance, wisp of scent

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• घ्राणवातलवोन्मुखी (ghrāṇavātalavonmukhī) - facing towards a fragment of nasal breath/wind, sensitive to a particle of nasal air

Words meanings and morphology

खगदेहात् (khagadehāt) - from the bird's body

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of khagadeha

khagadeha - bird's body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (khaga+deha)

• khaga – bird
  noun (masculine)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

निर्जगाम (nirjagāma) - it went out, departed, emerged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of nirgam

Perfect tense of nir + √gam

Prefix: nis

Root: gam (class 1)

सूची (sūcī) - the life-needle (jīvasūcikā) or subtle essence (needle, subtle essence, indicator)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūcī

sūcī - needle, index, indicator

Root: sūc (class 10)

प्रोन्मुखचेतना (pronmukhacetanā) - with consciousness facing forward/outwards, having consciousness directed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pronmukhacetana

pronmukhacetana - with consciousness facing forward/outwards, word_base_type: adjective, upasargas_json: ["pra", "ud"], root: null, root_class: null, gender_default: feminine, compound_type: bahuvrīhi, compound_parts_json: ["pra", "unmukha", "cetana"], notes: "Literally 'whose consciousness is turned forward'"

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pra+unmukha+cetana)

• pra – forth, forward
  indeclinable
• unmukha – facing, looking towards, turned outwards
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
• cetana – consciousness, animating spirit
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

पवनात् (pavanāt) - from the wind

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pavāna

pavāna - wind, air

Root: pū (class 1)

गन्धलेखा (gandhalekhā) - streak of fragrance, wisp of scent

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gandhalekhā

gandhalekhā - streak of fragrance, wisp of scent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandha+lekhā)

• gandha – smell, fragrance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gadh
• lekhā – line, streak, trace
  noun (feminine)
  Root: likh (class 6)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

घ्राणवातलवोन्मुखी (ghrāṇavātalavonmukhī) - facing towards a fragment of nasal breath/wind, sensitive to a particle of nasal air

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghrāṇavātalavonmukhin

ghrāṇavātalavonmukhin - facing towards a fragment of nasal breath/wind

Literally 'whose face is turned towards a fragment of nasal breath'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghrāṇavātalava+unmukha)

• ghrāṇavātalava – fragment of nasal breath/wind
  noun (masculine)
• ghrāṇa – nose, smell
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ghrā (class 1)
• vātalava – fragment of wind/air
  noun (masculine)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• lava – fragment, particle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lū (class 9)
• unmukha – facing, looking towards, turned outwards
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud