योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-16

विन्ध्याद्रौ पिप्पलो भूत्वा घुणो भूत्वा महावटे ।
मन्दरे कुक्कुटो भूत्वा विप्रो जातोऽसि कन्दरे ॥ १६ ॥

vindhyādrau pippalo bhūtvā ghuṇo bhūtvā mahāvaṭe ,
mandare kukkuṭo bhūtvā vipro jāto'si kandare 16

16. vindhyādrau pippalaḥ bhūtvā ghuṇaḥ bhūtvā mahāvaṭe
mandare kukkuṭaḥ bhūtvā vipraḥ jātaḥ asi kandare

16. kandare vipraḥ jātaḥ asi vindhyādrau pippalaḥ bhūtvā
mahāvaṭe ghuṇaḥ bhūtvā mandare kukkuṭaḥ bhūtvā

16. You were born a Brahmin in a cave, having previously been a fig tree on the Vindhya mountain, a beetle in a great banyan tree, and a rooster on Mandara mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• विन्ध्याद्रौ (vindhyādrau) - on the Vindhya mountain

• पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ) - a fig tree (Ficus religiosa)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

• घुणः (ghuṇaḥ) - a beetle, a woodworm

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

• महावटे (mahāvaṭe) - in a great banyan tree

• मन्दरे (mandare) - on Mandara mountain

• कुक्कुटः (kukkuṭaḥ) - a rooster, a cock

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced

• असि (asi) - you are

• कन्दरे (kandare) - in a cave

Words meanings and morphology

विन्ध्याद्रौ (vindhyādrau) - on the Vindhya mountain

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vindhyādri

vindhyādri - Vindhya mountain range

पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ) - a fig tree (Ficus religiosa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pippala

pippala - a fig tree, the holy fig tree

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root bhū with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

घुणः (ghuṇaḥ) - a beetle, a woodworm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghuṇa

ghuṇa - a beetle, a woodworm, a moth

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root bhū with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

महावटे (mahāvaṭe) - in a great banyan tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāvaṭa

mahāvaṭa - a great banyan tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vaṭa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• vaṭa – banyan tree (Ficus indica)
  noun (masculine)

मन्दरे (mandare) - on Mandara mountain

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mandara mountain (a mythical mountain used by gods and asuras to churn the ocean)

कुक्कुटः (kukkuṭaḥ) - a rooster, a cock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kukkuṭa

kukkuṭa - a rooster, a cock, a wild fowl

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root bhū with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a Brahmin, a sage, a learned person

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born) with suffix -ta

Root: jan (class 4)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Finite Verb

Second person singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

कन्दरे (kandare) - in a cave

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kandara

kandara - a cave, a grotto