योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-63

वंशगुल्मः किरातेषु हरिणश्चीनजङ्गले ।
सरीसृपस्तालवृक्षे तमाले वनकुक्कुटः ॥ ६३ ॥

vaṃśagulmaḥ kirāteṣu hariṇaścīnajaṅgale ,
sarīsṛpastālavṛkṣe tamāle vanakukkuṭaḥ 63

63. vaṃśagulmaḥ kirāteṣu hariṇaḥ cīnajaṅgale
sarīsṛpaḥ tālavṛkṣe tamāle vanakukkuṭaḥ

63. kirāteṣu vaṃśagulmaḥ [abhūt] cīnajaṅgale hariṇaḥ [abhūt]
tālavṛkṣe sarīsṛpaḥ [abhūt] tamāle vanakukkuṭaḥ [abhūt]

63. Among the Kirātas, he became a bamboo thicket; in the Chinese jungle, a deer; in a palm tree, a creeping animal (sarīsṛpa); and in a tamāla tree, a wild fowl (vanakukkuṭa).

Words meanings summery:

• वंशगुल्मः (vaṁśagulmaḥ) - a bamboo thicket/bush

• किरातेषु (kirāteṣu) - among the Kirātas (a tribal people/region)

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - a deer

• चीनजङ्गले (cīnajaṅgale) - in the Chinese jungle/forest

• सरीसृपः (sarīsṛpaḥ) - a creeping animal, reptile

• तालवृक्षे (tālavṛkṣe) - in a palm tree

• तमाले (tamāle) - in a tamāla tree

• वनकुक्कुटः (vanakukkuṭaḥ) - a wild fowl, jungle fowl

Words meanings and morphology

वंशगुल्मः (vaṁśagulmaḥ) - a bamboo thicket/bush

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśagulma

vaṁśagulma - bamboo thicket

Compound type : tatpurusha (vaṃśa+gulma)

• vaṃśa – bamboo, race, lineage
  noun (masculine)
• gulma – bush, thicket, cluster
  noun (masculine)

किरातेषु (kirāteṣu) - among the Kirātas (a tribal people/region)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kirāta

kirāta - a Kirāta (name of a mountain tribe or individual from it)

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - a deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope

चीनजङ्गले (cīnajaṅgale) - in the Chinese jungle/forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cīnajaṅgala

cīnajaṅgala - Chinese jungle

Compound type : tatpurusha (cīna+jaṅgala)

• cīna – China, Chinese
  proper noun (masculine)
• jaṅgala – jungle, forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

सरीसृपः (sarīsṛpaḥ) - a creeping animal, reptile

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarīsṛpa

sarīsṛpa - a creeping animal, reptile, serpent

agent noun

Derived from root sṛp (to creep) with intensive reduplication and suffix -a

Root: sṛp (class 1)

तालवृक्षे (tālavṛkṣe) - in a palm tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tālavṛkṣa

tālavṛkṣa - palm tree

Compound type : tatpurusha (tāla+vṛkṣa)

• tāla – palm tree, musical measure
  noun (masculine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

तमाले (tamāle) - in a tamāla tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tamāla

tamāla - tamāla tree (a tree with dark bark, Diospyros glutinosa)

वनकुक्कुटः (vanakukkuṭaḥ) - a wild fowl, jungle fowl

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vanakukkuṭa

vanakukkuṭa - wild fowl

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+kukkuṭa)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• kukkuṭa – fowl, cock
  noun (masculine)

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