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

तत्र तां मृगशावाक्षीं कान्तामध्यगतामसौ ।
ददर्श विपिनान्तस्थां भृगुश्चूतलतामिव ॥ ४ ॥

tatra tāṃ mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ kāntāmadhyagatāmasau ,
dadarśa vipināntasthāṃ bhṛguścūtalatāmiva 4

4. tatra tām mṛgaśāvākṣīm kāntām adhyagatām asau
dadarśa vipināntasthām bhṛguḥ cūtalatām iva

4. tatra asau bhṛguḥ mṛgaśāvākṣīm vipināntasthām
tām kāntām cūtalatām iva dadarśa

4. There, he (Bhṛgu) saw his beloved, whose eyes were like those of a fawn, situated deep within the forest, just as one would see a mango vine.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• ताम् (tām) - her, that one (feminine)

• मृगशावाक्षीम् (mṛgaśāvākṣīm) - having eyes like a fawn, fawn-eyed

• कान्ताम् (kāntām) - his beloved (beloved, desirable, lovely woman)

• अध्यगताम् (adhyagatām) - situated amidst (the forest) (situated in, gone into, present in)

• असौ (asau) - Bhṛgu (the one who saw) (he, that one (masculine))

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• विपिनान्तस्थाम् (vipināntasthām) - situated deep within the forest (situated within the forest, abiding in the interior of a forest)

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (a sage's name)

• चूतलताम् (cūtalatām) - a mango creeper/vine

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative case of 'tad' used as an adverb

ताम् (tām) - her, that one (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

मृगशावाक्षीम् (mṛgaśāvākṣīm) - having eyes like a fawn, fawn-eyed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgaśāvākṣī

mṛgaśāvākṣī - fawn-eyed woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛgaśāva+akṣi)

• mṛgaśāva – fawn, young deer
  noun (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'kāntām'

कान्ताम् (kāntām) - his beloved (beloved, desirable, lovely woman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāntā

kāntā - beloved woman, desirable woman, beautiful woman

Past Passive Participle (feminine)

Root kam (to desire) + kta suffix

Root: kam (class 1)

अध्यगताम् (adhyagatām) - situated amidst (the forest) (situated in, gone into, present in)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of adhyagatā

adhyagatā - situated, gone into, present in

Past Passive Participle (feminine)

upasarga 'adhi' + upasarga 'ā' + root 'gam' (to go) + kta suffix

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kāntām'

असौ (asau) - Bhṛgu (the one who saw) (he, that one (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Bhṛgu

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect Active

Intransitive/Transitive verb, root 'dṛś', class 1/4. Here perfect 3rd singular.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विपिनान्तस्थाम् (vipināntasthām) - situated deep within the forest (situated within the forest, abiding in the interior of a forest)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vipināntasthā

vipināntasthā - situated within the forest, abiding in the interior of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipinānta+sthā)

• vipinānta – interior of a forest, deep forest
  noun (masculine)
• sthā – standing, situated, abiding
  adjective (feminine)
  Root sthā (to stand) with a nominalizing suffix
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kāntām'

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (name of an ancient sage)

Note: Subject of 'dadarśa'

चूतलताम् (cūtalatām) - a mango creeper/vine

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cūtalatā

cūtalatā - mango creeper, mango vine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cūta+latā)

• cūta – mango tree
  noun (masculine)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of comparison, 'like a mango vine'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison

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