योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-27, verse-7

अन्विष्टानपि यत्नेन नालभन्तासुराः सुरान् ।
घनजालवनोड्डीनान्सिंहा हरिणकानिव ॥ ७ ॥

anviṣṭānapi yatnena nālabhantāsurāḥ surān ,
ghanajālavanoḍḍīnānsiṃhā hariṇakāniva 7

7. anviṣṭān api yatnena na alabhanta asurāḥ
surān ghanajālavenoḍḍīnān siṃhā hariṇakān iva

7. yatnena anviṣṭān api asurāḥ surān na alabhanta.
siṃhāḥ ghanajālavenoḍḍīnān hariṇakān iva (na alabhanta)

7. Even with great effort, the asuras could not find the gods, who had flown away into dense, forest-like cloud formations, just as lions cannot find deer that have fled into dense thickets.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्विष्टान् (anviṣṭān) - sought (by the demons) (sought, searched for, investigated)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• यत्नेन (yatnena) - with (great) effort (with effort, diligently, carefully)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अलभन्त (alabhanta) - they found (they obtained, they found)

• असुराः (asurāḥ) - the asuras (demons, asuras)

• सुरान् (surān) - the gods (gods, deities)

• घनजालवेनोड्डीनान् (ghanajālavenoḍḍīnān) - who had flown away into dense, forest-like cloud formations (flown away into dense cloud-forests/thickets)

• सिंहा (siṁhā) - lions

• हरिणकान् (hariṇakān) - deer (deer, gazelles)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्विष्टान् (anviṣṭān) - sought (by the demons) (sought, searched for, investigated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anviṣṭa

anviṣṭa - sought, searched, investigated, desired

Past Passive Participle

From `anu-√iṣ` (to seek, desire) + `kta` suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `surān`.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Emphasizes the effort.

यत्नेन (yatnena) - with (great) effort (with effort, diligently, carefully)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

Root: yat (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb `alabhanta`.

अलभन्त (alabhanta) - they found (they obtained, they found)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (Laṅ) of labh

Imperfect tense, Middle voice

Root `labh` (to obtain). Imperfect 3rd plural middle voice.

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The negation `na` makes it 'they did not find'.

असुराः (asurāḥ) - the asuras (demons, asuras)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, titan, anti-god

Note: Subject of `alabhanta`.

सुरान् (surān) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

Note: Object of `alabhanta`.

घनजालवेनोड्डीनान् (ghanajālavenoḍḍīnān) - who had flown away into dense, forest-like cloud formations (flown away into dense cloud-forests/thickets)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghanajālavenoḍḍīna

ghanajālavenoḍḍīna - flown away into a dense thicket of clouds/forest

Compound formed from `ghana-jāla` (dense mass/thicket of clouds) + `vana` (forest) + `uḍḍīna` (Past Passive Participle of `ut-ḍī`, flown away). A Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghana+jāla+vana+uḍḍīna)

• ghana – dense, thick, cloud
  adjective (masculine)
• jāla – net, thicket, collection, mass
  noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• uḍḍīna – flown, having flown
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `ut-ḍī` (to fly up).
  Prefix: ut
  Root: ḍī (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `surān` and `hariṇakān`.

सिंहा (siṁhā) - lions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siṃha

siṁha - lion, chief, best

Note: Subject in the simile.

हरिणकान् (hariṇakān) - deer (deer, gazelles)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hariṇaka

hariṇaka - deer, fawn, antelope

Diminutive of `hariṇa` (deer).

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Object in the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.