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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-19

गतौ गीर्वाणसदृशौ खमिवोमामहेश्वरौ ।
तत्रासौ ब्राह्मणी गेहे बभूवोदारगर्भिणी ॥ १९ ॥
gatau gīrvāṇasadṛśau khamivomāmaheśvarau ,
tatrāsau brāhmaṇī gehe babhūvodāragarbhiṇī 19
19. gatau gīrvāṇasadṛśau kham iva umāmaheśvarau
tatra asau brāhmaṇī gehe babhūva udāragarbhiṇī
19. gatau gīrvāṇasadṛśau kham iva umāmaheśvarau
tatra asau brāhmaṇī gehe udāragarbhiṇī babhūva
19. Like Uma and Maheśvara going to the sky (kham), that couple went [home] resembling gods (gīrvāṇasadṛśau). There, in the house, that Brahmin lady became greatly pregnant.

Words meanings summery:

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  • गतौ (gatau) - Bhanu and his wife went home ((they two) went, arrived)
  • गीर्वाणसदृशौ (gīrvāṇasadṛśau) - like gods, resembling gods
  • खम् (kham) - to the sky (sky, space, ether)
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • उमामहेश्वरौ (umāmaheśvarau) - The divine couple, Shiva and Parvati (Uma and Mahesvara (Shiva), a divine couple)
  • तत्र (tatra) - in their home (there, in that place)
  • असौ (asau) - that (Brahmin lady, referring to Bhanu's wife) (that, that one)
  • ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - Bhanu's wife (a Brahmin lady, wife of a Brahmin)
  • गेहे (gehe) - in the house, at home
  • बभूव (babhūva) - became, was
  • उदारगर्भिणी (udāragarbhiṇī) - greatly pregnant, heavily pregnant

Words meanings and morphology

गतौ (gatau) - Bhanu and his wife went home ((they two) went, arrived)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of gata
gata - gone, arrived, gone to
Past Passive Participle
From √gam (to go)
Root: √gam (class 1)
Note: The ktva participle can function as a finite verb in narrative
गीर्वाणसदृशौ (gīrvāṇasadṛśau) - like gods, resembling gods
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of gīrvāṇasadṛśa
gīrvāṇasadṛśa - like a god, resembling a god
Compound
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gīrvāṇa+sadṛśa)
  • gīrvāṇa – god, deity
    noun (masculine)
  • sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
    adjective (masculine)
    From sa-√dṛś (to see together)
    Prefix: sa
    Root: √dṛś (class 1)
Note: Agrees with the implied dampatī
खम् (kham) - to the sky (sky, space, ether)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kha
kha - sky, space, ether, heaven
a-stem neuter noun
Note: Object of implied motion, kham gatau (went to the sky)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
particle
उमामहेश्वरौ (umāmaheśvarau) - The divine couple, Shiva and Parvati (Uma and Mahesvara (Shiva), a divine couple)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of umāmaheśvara
umāmaheśvara - Uma and Mahesvara (Shiva)
Dvandva compound
Compound type : dvandva (umā+maheśvara)
  • umā – Uma, Parvati (wife of Shiva)
    proper noun (feminine)
    ā-stem feminine noun
  • maheśvara – Mahesvara, great lord (an epithet of Shiva)
    proper noun (masculine)
    Compound
Note: Nominative dual, acting as the subject of the simile
तत्र (tatra) - in their home (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
From tad
असौ (asau) - that (Brahmin lady, referring to Bhanu's wife) (that, that one)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of adas
adas - that, that one (demonstrative pronoun)
Nominative singular feminine of adas
ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - Bhanu's wife (a Brahmin lady, wife of a Brahmin)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī
brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin lady, wife of a Brahmin
Feminine form of brāhmaṇa
Note: Subject of babhūva
गेहे (gehe) - in the house, at home
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of geha
geha - house, home, dwelling
a-stem masculine/neuter noun
बभूव (babhūva) - became, was
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √bhū
perfect tense (lit), 3rd person singular
From √bhū (to be, become)
Root: √bhū (class 1)
उदारगर्भिणी (udāragarbhiṇī) - greatly pregnant, heavily pregnant
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of udāragarbhiṇī
udāragarbhiṇī - greatly pregnant
Compound
Compound type : karmadhāraya (udāra+garbhiṇī)
  • udāra – great, noble, generous, prominent
    adjective (masculine/neuter)
    From ud-√ṛ (to lift up)
    Prefix: ud
    Root: √ṛ (class 3)
  • garbhiṇī – pregnant woman
    noun (feminine)
    From garbha (womb) + inī (suffix for feminine possessing)
Note: Predicate adjective for brāhmaṇī