योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-8

तानालोक्य पुनर्दध्यौ तत्प्रणामाकुलेक्षणः ।
तैः कुलाचलसंकाशैः परिवीतवपुस्त्विदम् ॥ ८ ॥

tānālokya punardadhyau tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇaḥ ,
taiḥ kulācalasaṃkāśaiḥ parivītavapustvidam 8

8. tān ālokya punaḥ dadhyau tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇaḥ
taiḥ kulācalasaṃkāśaiḥ parivītavapus tu idam

8. tān ālokya,
tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇaḥ kulācalasaṃkāśaiḥ taiḥ परिवीतवपुः tu saḥ punaḥ idam dadhyau

8. Having seen them, he, whose eyes were agitated by their prostrations and whose body was encircled by them (who resembled great mountains), then pondered this.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - them

• आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, perceiving

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• दध्यौ (dadhyau) - he meditated, he thought

• तत्प्रणामाकुलेक्षणः (tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇaḥ) - whose eyes were agitated by their prostrations

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them

• कुलाचलसंकाशैः (kulācalasaṁkāśaiḥ) - resembling great mountains

• परिवीतवपुः (parivītavapuḥ) - whose body was surrounded

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• इदम् (idam) - this

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ā-lok (to see)

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

दध्यौ (dadhyau) - he meditated, he thought

(verb)

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

Root: dhyā (class 1)

तत्प्रणामाकुलेक्षणः (tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇaḥ) - whose eyes were agitated by their prostrations

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇa

tatpraṇāmākulekṣaṇa - one whose eyes are agitated by their prostrations

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tad+praṇāma+ākula+īkṣaṇa)

• tad – their (genitive sense of 'that')
  pronoun
• praṇāma – prostration, bowing down, salutation
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-nam (to bow down)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: nam (class 1)
• ākula – agitated, distressed, confused, bewildered
  adjective
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  From root īkṣ (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कुलाचलसंकाशैः (kulācalasaṁkāśaiḥ) - resembling great mountains

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kulācalasaṃkāśa

kulācalasaṁkāśa - resembling a principal or great mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+acala+saṃkāśa)

• kula – family, clan; noble, principal (in compounds)
  noun (neuter)
• acala – mountain (lit. 'immovable')
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
  From sam-kāś (to appear, shine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

परिवीतवपुः (parivītavapuḥ) - whose body was surrounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivītavapus

parivītavapus - one whose body is surrounded or encircled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (parivīta+vapus)

• parivīta – surrounded, encircled, covered
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From pari-vī (to surround)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vī (class 9)
• vapus – body, form, figure, nature
  noun (neuter)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, the following

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