योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-46, verse-18

नृपोऽवधीरयामास तां तां श्वपचसंकथाम् ।
वृक्षाग्रगतमार्जारफेत्कारं मृगराडिव ॥ १८ ॥

nṛpo'vadhīrayāmāsa tāṃ tāṃ śvapacasaṃkathām ,
vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāraṃ mṛgarāḍiva 18

18. nṛpaḥ avadhīrayāmāsa tām tām śvapacasaṃkathām
vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāram mṛgarāṭ iva

18. nṛpaḥ tām tām śvapacasaṃkathām avadhīrayāmāsa,
mṛgarāṭ vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāram iva.

18. The king disregarded those various talks of outcasts, just as a lion disregards the hissing of a cat perched at the top of a tree.

Words meanings summery:

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

• अवधीरयामास (avadhīrayāmāsa) - disregarded, slighted, ignored

• ताम् (tām) - that, those

• ताम् (tām) - that, those

• श्वपचसंकथाम् (śvapacasaṁkathām) - talks/stories of outcasts

• वृक्षाग्रगतमार्जारफेत्कारम् (vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāram) - the hissing of a cat that has gone to the top of a tree

• मृगराट् (mṛgarāṭ) - a lion, king of beasts

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - a king, a ruler, a guardian of men

अवधीरयामास (avadhīrayāmāsa) - disregarded, slighted, ignored

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of avadhīrayāmāsa

Perfect tense form of causative verb (from root dhīr or dhṛ).

Prefix: ava

Root: dhīr (class 10)

ताम् (tām) - that, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to śvapacasaṃkathām

ताम् (tām) - that, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Emphatic repetition for 'various' or 'repeated'.

श्वपचसंकथाम् (śvapacasaṁkathām) - talks/stories of outcasts

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śvapacasaṃkathā

śvapacasaṁkathā - talk/story of a śvapaca (dog-cooker, outcast)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvapaca+saṃkathā)

• śvapaca – a dog-cooker, an outcast, untouchable
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkathā – talk, conversation, story, discourse
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kath

वृक्षाग्रगतमार्जारफेत्कारम् (vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāram) - the hissing of a cat that has gone to the top of a tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāra

vṛkṣāgragatamārjāraphetkāra - the hissing sound (phetkāra) of a cat (mārjāra) that has gone (gata) to the top (agra) of a tree (vṛkṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+agra+gata+mārjāra+phetkāra)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• agra – top, point, front
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• mārjāra – cat
  noun (masculine)
• phetkāra – hissing, a hissing sound, a contemptuous sound
  noun (masculine)

मृगराट् (mṛgarāṭ) - a lion, king of beasts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgarāj

mṛgarāj - king of beasts, lion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+rāj)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• rāj – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)