योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-2, verse-13

तस्थौ रामस्तु तामेव वासिष्ठीं वचनावलीम् ।
चिन्तयन्मधुरोदारां करिणीं कलभो यथा ॥ १३ ॥

tasthau rāmastu tāmeva vāsiṣṭhīṃ vacanāvalīm ,
cintayanmadhurodārāṃ kariṇīṃ kalabho yathā 13

13. tasthau rāmaḥ tu tām eva vāsiṣṭhīm vacanāvalīm
cintayan madhurodārām kariṇīm kalabhaḥ yathā

13. tu rāmaḥ tām eva vāsiṣṭhīm madhurodārām vacanāvalīm
cintayan tasthau yathā kalabhaḥ kariṇīm (cintayat)

13. But Rama remained, contemplating that very sweet and profound discourse of Vasiṣṭha, just as a young elephant (kalabha) yearns for a female elephant (kariṇī).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - he remained (he stood, he remained, he stayed)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• ताम् (tām) - that (discourse) (her, that (feminine accusative))

• एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, very)

• वासिष्ठीम् (vāsiṣṭhīm) - of Vasiṣṭha (belonging to Vasiṣṭha, Vasiṣṭha's)

• वचनावलीम् (vacanāvalīm) - discourse (a series of words, discourse, speech)

• चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - reflecting upon, contemplating (thinking, meditating, contemplating)

• मधुरोदाराम् (madhurodārām) - sweet and profound (sweet and noble/profound)

• करिणीम् (kariṇīm) - a female elephant

• कलभः (kalabhaḥ) - a young elephant (a young elephant, elephant cub)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्थौ (tasthau) - he remained (he stood, he remained, he stayed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

Perfect active

Reduplicated perfect form of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate of the sentence.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, hero of Ramayana), pleasing, dark

Note: Subject of tasthau.

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (discourse) (her, that (feminine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Object of cintayan.

एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

वासिष्ठीम् (vāsiṣṭhīm) - of Vasiṣṭha (belonging to Vasiṣṭha, Vasiṣṭha's)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsiṣṭhī

vāsiṣṭhī - relating to Vasiṣṭha, a female descendant of Vasiṣṭha, a type of cow (Kāmadhenu)

Feminine form of vāsiṣṭha (related to Vasiṣṭha)

Note: Refers to the teachings of the sage Vasiṣṭha.

वचनावलीम् (vacanāvalīm) - discourse (a series of words, discourse, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vacanāvalī

vacanāvalī - line of words, series of speeches, discourse

Compound of vacana (word) + āvalī (series).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vacana+āvalī)

• vacana – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)
  From root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• āvalī – row, series, line, collection
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of cintayan.

चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - reflecting upon, contemplating (thinking, meditating, contemplating)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, contemplating, pondering

Present Active Participle

From root cint (to think)

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Qualifies rāmaḥ.

मधुरोदाराम् (madhurodārām) - sweet and profound (sweet and noble/profound)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of madhurodārā

madhurodārā - sweet and noble, pleasant and lofty

Compound of madhura (sweet) and udārā (noble, lofty).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (madhura+udārā)

• madhura – sweet, pleasant, melodious
  adjective (masculine)
• udārā – noble, lofty, generous, exalted
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Qualifies vacanāvalīm.

करिणीम् (kariṇīm) - a female elephant

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kariṇī

kariṇī - female elephant

Feminine form of karin (elephant, lit. "having a trunk").

Note: The object for which the kalabhaḥ yearns.

कलभः (kalabhaḥ) - a young elephant (a young elephant, elephant cub)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalabha

kalabha - young elephant, elephant cub, camel

Note: Subject of the comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of manner.