योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-84, verse-20

कैलासकानने कान्ते कदम्बस्य तरोस्तले ।
मुनित्वं शतमब्दानां जीवन्मुक्तात्मनिर्मलम् ॥ २० ॥

kailāsakānane kānte kadambasya tarostale ,
munitvaṃ śatamabdānāṃ jīvanmuktātmanirmalam 20

20. kailāsakānane kānte kadambasya taroḥ tale |
munitvam śatam abdānām jīvanmuktaātmanirmalam

20. kānte kailāsakānane kadambasya taroḥ tale
abdānām śatam jīvanmuktaātmanirmalam munitvam

20. In the charming forest of Kailāsa, at the foot of a Kadamba tree, [there was] a state of sagehood (munitva) for a hundred years, pure like the self (ātman) of one liberated while living (jīvanmukta).

20. ביער קַאילָאסָה הקסום, תחת עץ קַדַמְבַּה, הוא חווה את היותו מוּנִי (קדוש) למשך מאה שנים, זך בנפשו כמשוחרר בעודו בחיים.

Words meanings summery:

• कैलासकानने (kailāsakānane) - in the Kailāsa forest

• कान्ते (kānte) - charming, beautiful, lovely

• कदम्बस्य (kadambasya) - of the Kadamba tree

• तरोः (taroḥ) - of the tree

• तले (tale) - at the foot, at the base, underneath

• मुनित्वम् (munitvam) - the state of a sage, sagely nature

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• अब्दानाम् (abdānām) - of years

• जीवन्मुक्तआत्मनिर्मलम् (jīvanmuktaātmanirmalam) - pure like the self of a living liberated one

Words meanings and morphology

कैलासकानने (kailāsakānane) - in the Kailāsa forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kailāsakānana

kailāsakānana - Kailāsa forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kailāsa+kānana)

• kailāsa – Mount Kailāsa (mythical abode of Shiva)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kānana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)

कान्ते (kānte) - charming, beautiful, lovely

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kānta

kānta - charming, beautiful, lovely, desired

Past Passive Participle

From root √kam

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kailāsakānane'.

कदम्बस्य (kadambasya) - of the Kadamba tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kadamba

kadamba - Kadamba tree (Neolamarckia cadamba)

तरोः (taroḥ) - of the tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree

Note: Agrees with 'kadambasya'.

तले (tale) - at the foot, at the base, underneath

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tala

tala - surface, foot, base, bottom

मुनित्वम् (munitvam) - the state of a sage, sagely nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of munitva

munitva - the state, quality, or condition of a sage (muni)

Derived from muni + suffix -tva

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

अब्दानाम् (abdānām) - of years

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of abda

abda - year

जीवन्मुक्तआत्मनिर्मलम् (jīvanmuktaātmanirmalam) - pure like the self of a living liberated one

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvanmuktaātmanirmala

jīvanmuktaātmanirmala - pure like the self (ātman) of a living liberated one (jīvanmukta)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvanmukta+ātman+nirmala)

• jīvanmukta – living liberated (jīvanmukta)
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of jīvan (living) and mukta (liberated)
• ātman – self (ātman), soul
  noun (masculine)
• nirmala – pure, spotless, clear
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: mal

Note: Agrees with 'munitvam'.

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