योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-82, verse-8

तत्रासने समे शुद्धे स्वास्तीर्णहरिणाजिने ।
विशश्रामाचले शान्ते वीतवर्ष इवाम्बुदः ॥ ८ ॥

tatrāsane same śuddhe svāstīrṇahariṇājine ,
viśaśrāmācale śānte vītavarṣa ivāmbudaḥ 8

8. tatra āsane same śuddhe svāstīrṇahariṇājine
viśaśrāma acale śānte vītavarṣaḥ iva ambudaḥ

8. saḥ tatra same śuddhe svāstīrṇahariṇājine āsane acale śānte viśaśrāma,
vītavarṣaḥ ambudaḥ iva

8. There, on a pure and level seat covered with his own well-spread deer skin, he rested, calm (śānta) and still (acala), like a cloud (ambuda) from which the rain (varṣa) has passed.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• आसने (āsane) - on a seat, in a sitting posture

• समे (same) - on a level, even, equal (seat)

• शुद्धे (śuddhe) - on a pure, clean (seat)

• स्वास्तीर्णहरिणाजिने (svāstīrṇahariṇājine) - on his own well-spread deer skin

• विशश्राम (viśaśrāma) - he rested, he relaxed

• अचले (acale) - motionless, still (describing Vītahavya's state) (motionless, immovable; on a mountain (locative))

• शान्ते (śānte) - calm, peaceful, tranquil

• वीतवर्षः (vītavarṣaḥ) - from which rain has passed; after the rain

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - cloud

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

आसने (āsane) - on a seat, in a sitting posture

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āsana

āsana - seat, sitting; posture for meditation (yoga)

समे (same) - on a level, even, equal (seat)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - even, level, equal, similar, same

शुद्धे (śuddhe) - on a pure, clean (seat)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, holy, innocent

स्वास्तीर्णहरिणाजिने (svāstīrṇahariṇājine) - on his own well-spread deer skin

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svāstīrṇahariṇājina

svāstīrṇahariṇājina - a deer skin well-spread by oneself

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+āstīrṇa+hariṇa+ajina)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• āstīrṇa – spread out, covered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √stṛ (to spread) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: stṛ (class 5)
• hariṇa – deer, antelope
  noun (masculine)
• ajina – skin, hide (especially of a deer, used as a seat)
  noun (neuter)

विशश्राम (viśaśrāma) - he rested, he relaxed

(verb)

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

Perfect

Reduplicated perfect form of √śram (4P) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

अचले (acale) - motionless, still (describing Vītahavya's state) (motionless, immovable; on a mountain (locative))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - immovable, steady, fixed; mountain

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• cala – moving, shaking, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: cal (class 1)

शान्ते (śānte) - calm, peaceful, tranquil

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, peaceful, tranquil, quiet; appeased

Past Passive Participle

From √śam (to be calm, cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

वीतवर्षः (vītavarṣaḥ) - from which rain has passed; after the rain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vītavarṣa

vītavarṣa - from which rain has passed; after the rain (e.g., a cloud)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+varṣa)

• vīta – gone, passed, removed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ī (to go) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ī (class 2)
• varṣa – rain, monsoon; year
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (lit. 'water-giver')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambas+da)

• ambas – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  suffix
  Derived from √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

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