योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-49, verse-24

विचित्रवर्णपक्षाणां स्कन्धकोटरचारिणाम् ।
वृतं खगानां वृन्देन भूतानामिव शार्ङ्गिणम् ॥ २४ ॥

vicitravarṇapakṣāṇāṃ skandhakoṭaracāriṇām ,
vṛtaṃ khagānāṃ vṛndena bhūtānāmiva śārṅgiṇam 24

24. vicitravarṇapakṣāṇām skandhakoṭaracāriṇām
vṛtam khagānām vṛndena bhūtānām iva śārṅgiṇam

24. vṛtam vicitravarṇapakṣāṇām skandhakoṭaracāriṇām
khagānām vṛndena śārṅgiṇam iva bhūtānām iva

24. It (the elephant) is surrounded by flocks of birds with variegated colored wings, which dwell in the hollows of its branches, like Lord Viṣṇu (śārṅgin) surrounded by hosts of beings (bhūtas).

Words meanings summery:

• विचित्रवर्णपक्षाणाम् (vicitravarṇapakṣāṇām) - of birds with variegated colored wings (of those with variegated colored wings)

• स्कन्धकोटरचारिणाम् (skandhakoṭaracāriṇām) - of birds dwelling in tree hollows/branches (of those dwelling in tree hollows/branches)

• वृतम् (vṛtam) - surrounded (surrounded, covered, chosen)

• खगानाम् (khagānām) - of birds

• वृन्देन (vṛndena) - by a flock (by a multitude, by a flock, by a host)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of hosts of beings (of beings, of creatures, of spirits)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• शार्ङ्गिणम् (śārṅgiṇam) - Lord Viṣṇu, wielder of the Śārṅga bow (to Viṣṇu, the wielder of the bow Śārṅga)

Words meanings and morphology

विचित्रवर्णपक्षाणाम् (vicitravarṇapakṣāṇām) - of birds with variegated colored wings (of those with variegated colored wings)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vicitravarṇapakṣa

vicitravarṇapakṣa - having variegated colored wings

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vicitra+varṇa+pakṣa)

• vicitra – variegated, multi-colored
  adjective
• varṇa – color
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣa – wing, side
  noun (masculine)

स्कन्धकोटरचारिणाम् (skandhakoṭaracāriṇām) - of birds dwelling in tree hollows/branches (of those dwelling in tree hollows/branches)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of skandhakoṭaracārin

skandhakoṭaracārin - dwelling in tree hollows/branches

Agent noun

Derived from root 'car' (to move, dwell) with suffix 'in', preceded by 'skandhakoṭara' (tree hollow/branch).

Compound type : Saptamī Tatpuruṣa (skandha+koṭara+cārin)

• skandha – branch, trunk
  noun (masculine)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, dwelling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root car + -in
  Root: car (class 1)

वृतम् (vṛtam) - surrounded (surrounded, covered, chosen)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛ' (to cover, surround).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

खगानाम् (khagānām) - of birds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of khaga

khaga - bird (sky-goer)

Compound of 'kha' (sky) and 'ga' (going).

Compound type : Upapada Tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, space
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going
  adjective
  Suffix
  From root gam + -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

वृन्देन (vṛndena) - by a flock (by a multitude, by a flock, by a host)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vṛnda

vṛnda - multitude, flock, host, collection

Note: This is the agent of surrounding (vṛtam).

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of hosts of beings (of beings, of creatures, of spirits)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, spirit, ghost, element, past

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used in comparison, 'like the hosts of beings'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

शार्ङ्गिणम् (śārṅgiṇam) - Lord Viṣṇu, wielder of the Śārṅga bow (to Viṣṇu, the wielder of the bow Śārṅga)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śārṅgin

śārṅgin - wielder of the Śārṅga bow (an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa)

Derived from 'śārṅga' (name of Viṣṇu's bow) + 'in' suffix.