योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-49

विहरन्ति स्वमात्मानः संसारवनचारिणः ।
कामभोगोलपग्रासमृगा नरसुरासुराः ॥ ४९ ॥

viharanti svamātmānaḥ saṃsāravanacāriṇaḥ ,
kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛgā narasurāsurāḥ 49

49. viharanti svam ātmānaḥ saṃsāravanacāriṇaḥ
kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛgāḥ narasurāsurāḥ

49. narasurāsurāḥ saṃsāravanacāriṇaḥ
kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛgāḥ svam ātmānaḥ viharanti

49. Humans, gods, and demons, who are wanderers in the forest of transmigration (saṃsāra), roam about as their own selves, like deer grazing on the tall grass of desires and sensory enjoyments.

Words meanings summery:

• विहरन्ति (viharanti) - they roam (in transmigration) (they wander, they roam, they divert themselves)

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own (selves) (one's own, personally, own property)

• आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - their individual selves (selves, souls)

• संसारवनचारिणः (saṁsāravanacāriṇaḥ) - wanderers in the forest of transmigration

• कामभोगोलपग्रासमृगाः (kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛgāḥ) - deer that graze on the tall grass of desires and enjoyments

• नरसुरासुराः (narasurāsurāḥ) - humans, gods, and demons

Words meanings and morphology

विहरन्ति (viharanti) - they roam (in transmigration) (they wander, they roam, they divert themselves)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vi-hṛ

present active

third person plural

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

स्वम् (svam) - one's own (selves) (one's own, personally, own property)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, peculiar to oneself, property, self

Used adverbially or as an adjective modifying 'ātmānaḥ'.

Note: Functions adverbially or as an adjective for 'ātmānaḥ'.

आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - their individual selves (selves, souls)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Can be interpreted as an appositive to 'narasurāsurāḥ' or the actual subject.

संसारवनचारिणः (saṁsāravanacāriṇaḥ) - wanderers in the forest of transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃsāravanacārin

saṁsāravanacārin - wanderer in the forest of transmigration

agent noun

'saṃsāra-vana' (forest of saṃsāra) + 'cārin' (wanderer, agent noun from root 'car')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vana+cārin)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – wanderer, moving, going
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root 'car'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Adjective/noun in apposition to 'narasurāsurāḥ'.

कामभोगोलपग्रासमृगाः (kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛgāḥ) - deer that graze on the tall grass of desires and enjoyments

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛga

kāmabhogolapagrāsamṛga - deer that graze on the tall grass of desires and enjoyments

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+bhoga+ulapa+grāsa+mṛga)

• kāma – desire, love, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience
  noun (masculine)
• ulapa – tall grass, sedge
  noun (masculine)
• grāsa – mouthful, morsel, act of eating/grazing
  noun (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective/noun in apposition to 'narasurāsurāḥ'.

नरसुरासुराः (narasurāsurāḥ) - humans, gods, and demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narasurāsura

narasurāsura - humans, gods, and demons

Compound type : dvandva (nara+sura+asura)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, titan
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.