योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-90, verse-9

श्रीभानुरुवाच ।
सुघनस्नेहसंबद्धमनस्कावेव शापतः ।
पतितौ भूतले वृक्षविच्युताविव पल्लवौ ॥ ९ ॥

śrībhānuruvāca ,
sughanasnehasaṃbaddhamanaskāveva śāpataḥ ,
patitau bhūtale vṛkṣavicyutāviva pallavau 9

9. śrībhānuḥ uvāca sughanasnehasambaddhamanakau eva
śāpataḥ patitau bhūtale vṛkṣavicyutau iva pallavau

9. Śrī Bhānu said: 'They, whose minds were deeply bound by affection, fell to the ground because of the curse, just like two sprouts fallen from a tree.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीभानुः (śrībhānuḥ) - Śrī Bhānu (Śrī Bhānu (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• सुघनस्नेहसम्बद्धमनकौ (sughanasnehasambaddhamanakau) - whose minds were deeply bound by affection (whose minds are bound by very dense affection)

• एव (eva) - just, indeed (just, only, indeed)

• शापतः (śāpataḥ) - due to the curse (from a curse, by means of a curse)

• पतितौ (patitau) - fell (fallen, descended)

• भूतले (bhūtale) - to the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

• वृक्षविच्युतौ (vṛkṣavicyutau) - fallen from a tree

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

• पल्लवौ (pallavau) - two sprouts (or leaves) (two sprouts, two young leaves)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीभानुः (śrībhānuḥ) - Śrī Bhānu (Śrī Bhānu (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrībhānu

śrībhānu - an honorable name, Śrī Bhānu

Compound of 'śrī' (auspicious, glorious) and 'bhānu' (sun, light, name). Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+bhānu)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, auspiciousness
  noun (feminine)
• bhānu – sun, light, ray
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhā 'to shine'
  Root: bhā

Note: Nominative singular.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Perfect active, Parasmaipada, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: 3rd person singular perfect active of √vac.

सुघनस्नेहसम्बद्धमनकौ (sughanasnehasambaddhamanakau) - whose minds were deeply bound by affection (whose minds are bound by very dense affection)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sughanasnehasambaddhamanas

sughanasnehasambaddhamanas - whose minds are bound by very dense affection

Bahuvrīhi compound: su (very) + ghana (dense) + sneha (affection) + sambaddha (bound) + manas (mind). The 'manas' is the final part, making it a bahuvrihi modifying the subject.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+ghana+sneha+sambaddha+manas)

• su – very, good, well
  indeclinable
• ghana – dense, thick, solid
  adjective (masculine)
• sneha – affection, love, oiliness
  noun (masculine)
  From √snih 'to be affectionate, to be sticky'
  Root: snih (class 4)
• sambaddha – bound, connected, related
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam-√bandh 'to bind together'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• manas – mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man

Note: Masculine nominative dual of the Bahuvrīhi compound.

एव (eva) - just, indeed (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शापतः (śāpataḥ) - due to the curse (from a curse, by means of a curse)

(indeclinable)

From √śap 'to curse'

Note: Indeclinable formed from 'śāpa' with '-tas' suffix, functioning as an ablative.

पतितौ (patitau) - fell (fallen, descended)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of patita

patita - fallen, descended

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √pat 'to fall'

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle, nominative dual masculine, agreeing with the implied subject (the two ascetics).

भूतले (bhūtale) - to the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - ground, earth's surface

Compound of 'bhū' (earth) and 'tala' (surface)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū
• tala – surface, level, flat part
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛ

Note: Locative singular of 'bhūtala'.

वृक्षविच्युतौ (vṛkṣavicyutau) - fallen from a tree

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛkṣavicyuta

vṛkṣavicyuta - fallen from a tree, separated from a tree

Tatpuruṣa compound: vṛkṣa (tree) + vicyuta (fallen off)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+vicyuta)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛkṣ
• vicyuta – fallen, separated, dislodged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√cyu 'to move away, fall off'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle, nominative dual masculine, referring to the 'pallavau'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

पल्लवौ (pallavau) - two sprouts (or leaves) (two sprouts, two young leaves)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pallava

pallava - sprout, young shoot, new leaf

Note: Masculine nominative dual of 'pallava'.