योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-20

ततः प्रावर्तते शान्ता तयोस्तापसयोः कथा ।
स्वव्यापारोचिता पुष्पश्रीरिवर्तुत्वमाशयोः ॥ २० ॥

tataḥ prāvartate śāntā tayostāpasayoḥ kathā ,
svavyāpārocitā puṣpaśrīrivartutvamāśayoḥ 20

20. tataḥ prāvartate śāntā tayoḥ tāpasayoḥ kathā
sva-vyāpāra-ucitā puṣpa-śrīḥ iva ṛtutvam āśayayoḥ

20. tataḥ tayoḥ tāpasayoḥ sva-vyāpāra-ucitā śāntā
kathā prāvartate puṣpa-śrīḥ iva ṛtutvam āśayayoḥ

20. Then, a calm conversation commenced between those two ascetics. This conversation was fitting for their spiritual endeavors (sva-vyāpāra), much like the beauty of flowers (puṣpaśrī) is appropriate for its season and for their receptive minds (āśaya).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - Then, following the previous action (then, thereafter, thence)

• प्रावर्तते (prāvartate) - began (a conversation) (commences, begins, proceeds)

• शान्ता (śāntā) - a peaceful (conversation) (peaceful, calm, tranquil)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (ascetics) (of those two, for those two)

• तापसयोः (tāpasayoḥ) - of the two ascetics (of two ascetics, for two ascetics)

• कथा (kathā) - a conversation (story, conversation, narrative)

• स्व-व्यापार-उचिता (sva-vyāpāra-ucitā) - suitable for their own spiritual practices (suitable for one's own activities/practices)

• पुष्प-श्रीः (puṣpa-śrīḥ) - the beauty of flowers (splendor of flowers, beauty of flowers)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• ऋतुत्वम् (ṛtutvam) - its proper season (seasonality, state of being a season, proper season)

• आशययोः (āśayayoḥ) - of their receptive minds (of two intentions/minds/hearts/receptacles)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - Then, following the previous action (then, thereafter, thence)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to pronominal stem tad

प्रावर्तते (prāvartate) - began (a conversation) (commences, begins, proceeds)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pravṛt

present middle 3rd singular

root vṛt with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

शान्ता (śāntā) - a peaceful (conversation) (peaceful, calm, tranquil)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, calm, tranquil, quieted

Past Passive Participle

derived from root śam (to be calm) + kta suffix

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: qualifies kathā

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (ascetics) (of those two, for those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

तापसयोः (tāpasayoḥ) - of the two ascetics (of two ascetics, for two ascetics)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tāpasa

tāpasa - an ascetic, hermit, practicing tapas

derived from tapas (austerity)

कथा (kathā) - a conversation (story, conversation, narrative)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, conversation, narrative, talk

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: subject of prāvartate

स्व-व्यापार-उचिता (sva-vyāpāra-ucitā) - suitable for their own spiritual practices (suitable for one's own activities/practices)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sva-vyāpāra-ucita

sva-vyāpāra-ucita - suitable for one's own activities

Tatpurusha compound describing kathā

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vyāpāra+ucita)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun
• vyāpāra – activity, occupation, business, practice
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)
• ucita – suitable, appropriate, fit
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vac (to speak), here meaning fitting
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: qualifies kathā

पुष्प-श्रीः (puṣpa-śrīḥ) - the beauty of flowers (splendor of flowers, beauty of flowers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṣpa-śrī

puṣpa-śrī - beauty/splendor of flowers

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣpa+śrī)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• śrī – splendor, beauty, prosperity, wealth, glory
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śrī

Note: subject of the simile

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

ऋतुत्वम् (ṛtutvam) - its proper season (seasonality, state of being a season, proper season)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ṛtutva

ṛtutva - seasonality, state of being a season, proper season

from ṛtu (season) + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Root: ṛ

आशययोः (āśayayoḥ) - of their receptive minds (of two intentions/minds/hearts/receptacles)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of āśaya

āśaya - intention, mind, heart, receptacle, repository

from root śī (to lie, rest) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: refers to the two ascetics' minds/hearts