योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-52, verse-3

यावच्छृणोमि विटपकुहरात्कानने वचः ।
कुड्मलाम्भोजलग्नस्य षट्पदस्येव निःस्वनम् ॥ ३ ॥

yāvacchṛṇomi viṭapakuharātkānane vacaḥ ,
kuḍmalāmbhojalagnasya ṣaṭpadasyeva niḥsvanam 3

3. yāvat śṛṇomi viṭapakuharāt kānane vacaḥ
kuḍmalāmbhojalagnasya ṣaṭpadasya iva niḥsvanam

3. yāvat kānane viṭapakuharāt vacaḥ śṛṇomi
kuḍmalāmbhojalagnasya ṣaṭpadasya niḥsvanam iva

3. While I hear a sound in the forest, coming from the hollow of a branch, it resembles the humming of a bee clinging to a budding lotus.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, until

• शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear

• विटपकुहरात् (viṭapakuharāt) - from the hollow of a branch

• कानने (kānane) - in the forest

• वचः (vacaḥ) - sound, word, speech

• कुड्मलाम्भोजलग्नस्य (kuḍmalāmbhojalagnasya) - of one clinging to a budding lotus

• षट्पदस्य (ṣaṭpadasya) - of a bee (literally 'six-footed')

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निःस्वनम् (niḥsvanam) - humming sound, murmur, sound

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, until

(indeclinable)

शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Present Active Indicative

From root śru, class 5, śṛṇo- stem

Root: śru (class 5)

विटपकुहरात् (viṭapakuharāt) - from the hollow of a branch

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of viṭapakuhara

viṭapakuhara - hollow of a branch

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṭapa+kuhara)

• viṭapa – branch, twig
  noun (masculine)
• kuhara – hollow, cave, cavity
  noun (neuter)

कानने (kānane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove

Root: kan

वचः (vacaḥ) - sound, word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, sound

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇomi'.

कुड्मलाम्भोजलग्नस्य (kuḍmalāmbhojalagnasya) - of one clinging to a budding lotus

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kuḍmalāmbhojalagna

kuḍmalāmbhojalagna - clinging to a budding lotus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuḍmalāmbhoja+lagna)

• kuḍmalāmbhoja – budding lotus
  noun (neuter)
• lagna – clinging, attached, joined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root lag (to cling, adhere)
  Root: lag (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ṣaṭpadasya'.

षट्पदस्य (ṣaṭpadasya) - of a bee (literally 'six-footed')

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṣaṭpada

ṣaṭpada - six-footed (an epithet for a bee)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ṣaṣ+pada)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• pada – foot, step
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

निःस्वनम् (niḥsvanam) - humming sound, murmur, sound

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niḥsvana

niḥsvana - sound, noise, humming, murmur

From root svan with prefix nis-

Prefix: nis

Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sound of the bee.