योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-18

यः कीटस्तालकन्दान्तर्मशको य उदुम्बरे ।
यः प्राग्बको विन्ध्यवने स त्वं पुत्र ममानुजः ॥ १८ ॥

yaḥ kīṭastālakandāntarmaśako ya udumbare ,
yaḥ prāgbako vindhyavane sa tvaṃ putra mamānujaḥ 18

18. yaḥ kīṭaḥ tālakandāntaḥ maśakaḥ yaḥ udumbare yaḥ
prāk bakaḥ vindhyavane saḥ tvam putra mama anujaḥ

18. putra tvam saḥ mama anujaḥ yaḥ tālakandāntaḥ kīṭaḥ
yaḥ udumbare maśakaḥ yaḥ prāk vindhyavane bakaḥ

18. My son, you are that younger brother who was an insect inside a palm root, a mosquito in an udumbara fig tree, and formerly a crane in the Vindhya forest.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• कीटः (kīṭaḥ) - an insect, a worm

• तालकन्दान्तः (tālakandāntaḥ) - inside the palm root, in the interior of the palm root

• मशकः (maśakaḥ) - a mosquito, a gnat

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• उदुम्बरे (udumbare) - in the fig tree (Ficus racemosa)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• प्राक् (prāk) - formerly, previously

• बकः (bakaḥ) - a crane

• विन्ध्यवने (vindhyavane) - in the Vindhya forest

• सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पुत्र (putra) - O son!

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अनुजः (anujaḥ) - younger brother

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

कीटः (kīṭaḥ) - an insect, a worm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīṭa

kīṭa - an insect, a worm, a beetle

तालकन्दान्तः (tālakandāntaḥ) - inside the palm root, in the interior of the palm root

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tālakandānta

tālakandānta - the interior of a palm root

Compound type : tatpurusha (tālakanda+anta)

• tālakanda – palm root
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, interior, near
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)

Note: Although the case form is nominative, the context implies a locative sense ('in the interior').

मशकः (maśakaḥ) - a mosquito, a gnat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maśaka

maśaka - a mosquito, a gnat, a fly

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

उदुम्बरे (udumbare) - in the fig tree (Ficus racemosa)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of udumbara

udumbara - the glomorate fig tree (Ficus racemosa), a species of fig tree

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

प्राक् (prāk) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable form related to prāc (eastern, former)

बकः (bakaḥ) - a crane

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baka

baka - a crane, a heron

विन्ध्यवने (vindhyavane) - in the Vindhya forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vindhyavana

vindhyavana - the Vindhya forest (a forest in the Vindhya mountain range)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vindhya+vana)

• vindhya – Vindhya (mountain range)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्र (putra) - O son!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अनुजः (anujaḥ) - younger brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuja

anuja - younger brother, born after

Derived from prefix anu- and root jan (to be born)

Prefix: anu

Root: jan (class 4)