योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-3, verse-2

किंचित्तमःकडारासु किंचिदप्यरुणासु च ।
नभोविरलतारासु दिक्षु संमार्जितास्विव ॥ २ ॥

kiṃcittamaḥkaḍārāsu kiṃcidapyaruṇāsu ca ,
nabhoviralatārāsu dikṣu saṃmārjitāsviva 2

2. kiñcit tamaḥkaḍārāsu kiñcit api aruṇāsu ca
nabhaḥvirala-tārāsu dikṣu saṃmārjitāsu iva

2. dikṣu kiñcit tamaḥkaḍārāsu ca kiñcit api
aruṇāsu nabhaḥvirala-tārāsu saṃmārjitāsu iva

2. In the directions, which were somewhat dark and also slightly reddish, with sparse stars in the sky, as if they had been swept clean.

Words meanings summery:

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little, somewhat, slightly

• तमःकडारासु (tamaḥkaḍārāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) that were dusky (in the somewhat dark-brownish ones, in the dusky ones)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little, somewhat, slightly

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अरुणासु (aruṇāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) that were reddish (in the reddish ones, in the dawn-colored ones)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नभःविरल-तारासु (nabhaḥvirala-tārāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) where the stars in the sky were sparse (in those where the sky has sparse stars)

• दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions, in the quarters of the sky

• संमार्जितासु (saṁmārjitāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) as if swept clean (in the swept clean ones, in the purified ones)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little, somewhat, slightly

(indeclinable)

तमःकडारासु (tamaḥkaḍārāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) that were dusky (in the somewhat dark-brownish ones, in the dusky ones)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of tamaḥkaḍāra

tamaḥkaḍāra - dark-brownish, dusky

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (tamas+kaḍāra)

• tamas – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• kaḍāra – brownish, tawny, dark-brown
  adjective (neuter)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little, somewhat, slightly

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अरुणासु (aruṇāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) that were reddish (in the reddish ones, in the dawn-colored ones)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of aruṇa

aruṇa - red, reddish, dawn-colored

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नभःविरल-तारासु (nabhaḥvirala-tārāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) where the stars in the sky were sparse (in those where the sky has sparse stars)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of nabhaḥvirala-tārā

nabhaḥvirala-tārā - having sparse stars in the sky

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nabhas+virala+tārā)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• virala – sparse, scattered, rare
  adjective (neuter)
• tārā – star
  noun (feminine)

दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions, in the quarters of the sky

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

संमार्जितासु (saṁmārjitāsu) - in the directions (dikṣu) as if swept clean (in the swept clean ones, in the purified ones)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of saṃmārjita

saṁmārjita - swept, cleansed, purified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛj with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: mṛj (class 2)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)