योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-76, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथाभवदसौ सूची कर्कटीराक्षसी पुनः ।
सूक्ष्मैव स्थौल्यमायाता मेघलेखेव वार्षिकी ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
athābhavadasau sūcī karkaṭīrākṣasī punaḥ ,
sūkṣmaiva sthaulyamāyātā meghalekheva vārṣikī 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca atha abhavat asau sūcī karkaṭī rākṣasī
punaḥ sūkṣmā eva sthaulyam āyātā meghalekhā iva vārṣikī

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca atha asau sūcī karkaṭī rākṣasī punaḥ
sūkṣmā eva vārṣikī meghalekhā iva sthaulyam āyātā abhavat

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, that very needle-like demoness Karkaṭī became gross once more, just as a subtle streak of clouds becomes a vast rain-cloud during the monsoon season.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Revered Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - she became, it became

• असौ (asau) - that (referring to Karkaṭī) (that (feminine/masculine))

• सूची (sūcī) - needle-like, implying thin or subtle state (needle, fine, subtle, pointer)

• कर्कटी (karkaṭī) - Karkaṭī (proper name)

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - demoness

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• सूक्ष्मा (sūkṣmā) - subtle, minute, fine

• एव (eva) - though (emphasizing the contrast with sthaulyam) (indeed, only, very, exactly)

• स्थौल्यम् (sthaulyam) - grossness (in form) (grossness, corpulence)

• आयाता (āyātā) - attained, reached, arrived

• मेघलेखा (meghalekhā) - streak/line of clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वार्षिकी (vārṣikī) - of the rainy season (referring to meghalekhā) (belonging to the rainy season, annual)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Revered Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Past Active

Perfect tense form (lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then (then, now)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - she became, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Past Active

Root: bhū (class 1)

असौ (asau) - that (referring to Karkaṭī) (that (feminine/masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (referring to something distant or particular)

सूची (sūcī) - needle-like, implying thin or subtle state (needle, fine, subtle, pointer)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūcī

sūcī - needle, thread, fine point, subtle

Root: sūc (class 10)

कर्कटी (karkaṭī) - Karkaṭī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karkaṭī

karkaṭī - Name of a demoness

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - demoness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - demoness, female demon

Feminine form of rākṣasa.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

सूक्ष्मा (sūkṣmā) - subtle, minute, fine

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate

Root: sūc (class 10)

एव (eva) - though (emphasizing the contrast with sthaulyam) (indeed, only, very, exactly)

(indeclinable)

स्थौल्यम् (sthaulyam) - grossness (in form) (grossness, corpulence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthaulya

sthaulya - grossness, corpulence, bulkiness

Derived from sthūla (gross, large) with ya suffix.

आयाता (āyātā) - attained, reached, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyāta

āyāta - attained, reached, arrived, come

Past Passive Participle

From root yā with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

मेघलेखा (meghalekhā) - streak/line of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of meghalekhā

meghalekhā - streak of clouds, line of clouds

Compound of megha and lekhā.

Compound type : tatpurusha (megha+lekhā)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'mih' (to sprinkle)
  Root: mih (class 1)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing
  noun (feminine)
  Root: likh (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वार्षिकी (vārṣikī) - of the rainy season (referring to meghalekhā) (belonging to the rainy season, annual)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vārṣika

vārṣika - belonging to the rainy season, annual, seasonal

Derived from varṣa (rain, year) with ika suffix.