योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-19

हिमवत्कन्दरे भूर्जतनुत्वग्ग्रन्थिकोटरे ।
पिपीलिको यः षण्मासान्सोऽयं त्वमनुजो मम ॥ १९ ॥

himavatkandare bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭare ,
pipīliko yaḥ ṣaṇmāsānso'yaṃ tvamanujo mama 19

19. himavatkandare bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭare
pipīlikaḥ yaḥ ṣaṇmāsān saḥ ayam tvam anujaḥ mama

19. tvam saḥ ayam mama anujaḥ yaḥ himavatkandare
bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭare ṣaṇmāsān pipīlikaḥ

19. You are my younger brother, who was an ant for six months in a hollow knot of thin birch bark within a cave of the Himalayas.

Words meanings summery:

• हिमवत्कन्दरे (himavatkandare) - in a cave of the Himalayas

• भूर्जतनुत्वग्ग्रन्थिकोटरे (bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭare) - in a hollow knot of thin birch bark

• पिपीलिकः (pipīlikaḥ) - an ant

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• षण्मासान् (ṣaṇmāsān) - for six months

• सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनुजः (anujaḥ) - younger brother

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

हिमवत्कन्दरे (himavatkandare) - in a cave of the Himalayas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of himavatkandara

himavatkandara - a cave in the Himalayas

Compound type : tatpurusha (himavat+kandara)

• himavat – Himalaya (mountain range), snowy, icy
  noun (masculine)
• kandara – a cave, a grotto
  noun (masculine)

भूर्जतनुत्वग्ग्रन्थिकोटरे (bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭare) - in a hollow knot of thin birch bark

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭara

bhūrjatanutvaggranthikoṭara - a hollow within a knot of a thin birch bark tree

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūrja+tanutvak+granthi+koṭara)

• bhūrja – birch (tree or bark)
  noun (masculine)
• tanutvak – thin bark
  noun (feminine)
• granthi – a knot, a joint
  noun (masculine)
  Root: granth (class 1)
• koṭara – a hollow, a cavity (especially in a tree)
  noun (neuter)

पिपीलिकः (pipīlikaḥ) - an ant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pipīlika

pipīlika - an ant

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

षण्मासान् (ṣaṇmāsān) - for six months

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṣaṇmāsa

ṣaṇmāsa - six months, a period of six months

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṭ+māsa)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• māsa – month
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative case indicates duration of time.

सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me