योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-52, verse-21

अथापवरकौघेषु चलत्सु स महीपतिः ।
करोति विविधां क्रीडां नीडेष्विव विहङ्गमः ॥ २१ ॥

athāpavarakaugheṣu calatsu sa mahīpatiḥ ,
karoti vividhāṃ krīḍāṃ nīḍeṣviva vihaṅgamaḥ 21

21. atha apavaraka-ogheṣu calatsu saḥ mahī-patiḥ
karoti vividhām krīḍām nīḍeṣu iva vihaṅgamaḥ

21. atha saḥ mahī-patiḥ calatsu apavaraka-ogheṣu
nīḍeṣu iva vihaṅgamaḥ vividhām krīḍām karoti

21. Then, as those multitudes of private chambers moved, that king indulged in various pastimes, just like a bird in its nests.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - indicates the sequence of action, 'then' (then; now; thereupon; moreover)

• अपवरक-ओघेषु (apavaraka-ogheṣu) - in the moving private apartments where the king plays (in the multitudes of inner chambers/apartments)

• चलत्सु (calatsu) - in the moving inner chambers (describing 'apavaraka-ogheṣu') (in the moving; in the oscillating)

• सः (saḥ) - refers to the king (mahī-patiḥ) (that; he)

• मही-पतिः (mahī-patiḥ) - the king mentioned in previous verses (king; lord of the earth)

• करोति (karoti) - the king performs various pastimes (does; makes; performs)

• विविधाम् (vividhām) - describes the kind of play (krīḍām) as various (various; diverse; manifold)

• क्रीडाम् (krīḍām) - what the king performs, various pastimes (sport; play; pastime; amusement)

• नीडेषु (nīḍeṣu) - part of the simile, 'like a bird in its nests' (in nests; in abodes)

• इव (iva) - compares the king's actions to those of a bird (like; as; as if; similar to)

• विहङ्गमः (vihaṅgamaḥ) - the subject of the comparison in the simile (bird (literally 'sky-goer'))

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - indicates the sequence of action, 'then' (then; now; thereupon; moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपवरक-ओघेषु (apavaraka-ogheṣu) - in the moving private apartments where the king plays (in the multitudes of inner chambers/apartments)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of apavaraka-ogha

apavaraka-ogha - multitude/crowd of private chambers

Compound type : Tatpurusha (apavaraka+ogha)

• apavaraka – private apartment, inner chamber, small room
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, mass, heap
  noun (masculine)

चलत्सु (calatsu) - in the moving inner chambers (describing 'apavaraka-ogheṣu') (in the moving; in the oscillating)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of calat

calat - moving, shaking, oscillating, unsteady, trembling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root cal (to move, shake)

Root: cal (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - refers to the king (mahī-patiḥ) (that; he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

मही-पतिः (mahī-patiḥ) - the king mentioned in previous verses (king; lord of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahī-pati

mahī-pati - king, lord of the earth, ruler

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, owner, husband
  noun (masculine)

करोति (karoti) - the king performs various pastimes (does; makes; performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विविधाम् (vividhām) - describes the kind of play (krīḍām) as various (various; diverse; manifold)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different kinds of

क्रीडाम् (krīḍām) - what the king performs, various pastimes (sport; play; pastime; amusement)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of krīḍā

krīḍā - play, sport, amusement, pastime, game

नीडेषु (nīḍeṣu) - part of the simile, 'like a bird in its nests' (in nests; in abodes)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nīḍa

nīḍa - nest, abode, resting place, home

इव (iva) - compares the king's actions to those of a bird (like; as; as if; similar to)

(indeclinable)

विहङ्गमः (vihaṅgamaḥ) - the subject of the comparison in the simile (bird (literally 'sky-goer'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihaṅgama

vihaṅgama - bird (literally, 'one who moves in the sky')

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vihan+gama)

• vihan – sky, air, atmosphere (derived from viha)
  noun (neuter)
• gama – going, moving, goer (agent noun from gam)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)