योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-80, verse-8

सलिलस्पन्दवद्दृष्टिः पिच्छिकेवाम्बरोत्थिता ।
सुजातिबन्धा स्फुरति तव चित्त किमागतम् ॥ ८ ॥

salilaspandavaddṛṣṭiḥ picchikevāmbarotthitā ,
sujātibandhā sphurati tava citta kimāgatam 8

8. salilaspandavat dṛṣṭiḥ picchikā iva ambara utthitā
sujātibandhā sphurati tava citta kim āgatam

8. tava citta kim āgatam? salilaspandavat dṛṣṭiḥ,
ambara utthitā sujātibandhā picchikā iva sphurati.

8. O mind (citta), what has come upon you? You flicker like a vision (dṛṣṭi) quivering like water (salilaspanda), and like a well-constituted (sujātibandha) peacock's feather (picchikā) arisen from space (ambara).

Words meanings summery:

• सलिलस्पन्दवत् (salilaspandavat) - like the quivering of water

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - vision, sight

• पिच्छिका (picchikā) - peacock's feather, brush

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अम्बर (ambara) - sky, space

• उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen from space (arisen, risen up)

• सुजातिबन्धा (sujātibandhā) - well-constituted (referring to the peacock feather) (well-formed, well-constituted, of good structure)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - quivers, throbs, flashes, manifests

• तव (tava) - your

• चित्त (citta) - O mind! (citta)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, happened

Words meanings and morphology

सलिलस्पन्दवत् (salilaspandavat) - like the quivering of water

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salilaspandavat

salilaspandavat - like the quivering of water, having the tremor of water

Derived from 'salila-spanda' (water-quiver) + suffix 'vat' (like, possessing).

Note: Adjective, here in the nominative singular neuter, functioning adverbially or as an appositional predicate to 'dṛṣṭiḥ'.

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - vision, sight

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, view, eye

From root 'dṛś' (to see) + suffix 'kti'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative describing how the mind manifests.

पिच्छिका (picchikā) - peacock's feather, brush

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of picchikā

picchikā - peacock's tail feather, brush

Note: Predicate nominative, part of a simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अम्बर (ambara) - sky, space

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, space, garment

Note: First part of the compound 'ambarotthitā', implicitly in the ablative case (arisen *from* space).

उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen from space (arisen, risen up)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utthita

utthita - arisen, risen, standing up, produced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'ud' (up).

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'picchikā'.

सुजातिबन्धा (sujātibandhā) - well-constituted (referring to the peacock feather) (well-formed, well-constituted, of good structure)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sujātibandha

sujātibandha - well-formed, well-constituted, of good origin bond/structure

Compound 'sujāti' (good origin/class) + 'bandha' (bond/structure).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sujāti+bandha)

• sujāti – good origin, good birth, noble family
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: su
• bandha – bond, binding, structure, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'picchikā'.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - quivers, throbs, flashes, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Present active

Conjugated from 'sphur' root, 3rd singular present active indicative.

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Verb for the subject 'citta'.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Genitive singular of 'yuṣmad'.

Note: Possessive pronoun for 'citta'.

चित्त (citta) - O mind! (citta)

(noun)

Vocative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: The subject being addressed.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, happened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, happened, come into existence

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā' (towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate for 'kim' or implies 'what has happened'.