योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-85, verse-16

पुर्यष्टकवपुर्भूत्वा भस्त्राखमिव चानलः ।
भगवान्मुनिरप्येनं हृद्गतं मुनिनायकम् ॥ १६ ॥

puryaṣṭakavapurbhūtvā bhastrākhamiva cānalaḥ ,
bhagavānmunirapyenaṃ hṛdgataṃ munināyakam 16

16. puryaṣṭakavapuḥ bhūtvā bhastrākham iva ca analaḥ
bhagavān muniḥ api enam hṛdgataṃ munināyakam

16. bhagavān muniḥ api enam munināyakam (yaḥ) puryaṣṭakavapuḥ bhūtvā ca analaḥ bhastrākham iva hṛdgataṃ.

16. The revered sage (bhagavān muni) also perceived this chief of sages (munināyakam), who had become a body of eight constituents (puryaṣṭakavapus) and was like fire (analaḥ) within a bellows-like cavity (bhastrākham), abiding within his (the Sun's) heart (hṛdgatam). (The perception continues in the next verse.)

Words meanings summery:

• पुर्यष्टकवपुः (puryaṣṭakavapuḥ) - (Agastya's subtle body) having the eightfold subtle body (having a body of eight constituents, consisting of the eightfold subtle body)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having assumed (the form of) (having become, having been)

• भस्त्राखम् (bhastrākham) - a bellows-like cavity (bellows-like cavity, cavity of a bellows)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• च (ca) - and, also (and, also, moreover)

• अनलः (analaḥ) - fire (fire, Agni, digestive fire)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered, the divine (epithet for the Sun-god) (blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable, lord)

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (referring to the Sun-god here) (sage, ascetic, saint)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

• एनम् (enam) - this one (referring to Agastya's subtle body) (him, this one)

• हृद्गतं (hṛdgataṁ) - abiding within his (the Sun's) heart (situated in the heart, being in the mind)

• मुनिनायकम् (munināyakam) - the chief of sages (referring to Agastya's subtle body within the Sun-god) (chief of sages, leader of ascetics)

Words meanings and morphology

पुर्यष्टकवपुः (puryaṣṭakavapuḥ) - (Agastya's subtle body) having the eightfold subtle body (having a body of eight constituents, consisting of the eightfold subtle body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puryaṣṭakavapus

puryaṣṭakavapus - body composed of eight constituents (5 elements, mind, intellect, ego)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puri+aṣṭaka+vapus)

• puri – city, body, subtle body
  noun (feminine)
• aṣṭaka – eightfold, group of eight
  adjective (neuter)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicative nominative to 'munināyakam' (which is in accusative, but conceptually described as such). It describes the state of Agastya's subtle body.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having assumed (the form of) (having become, having been)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √bhū with suffix -tvā

Root: √bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the state of 'munināyakam'.

भस्त्राखम् (bhastrākham) - a bellows-like cavity (bellows-like cavity, cavity of a bellows)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhastrākha

bhastrākha - bellows-cavity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhastrā+akha)

• bhastrā – bellows, leather bag
  noun (feminine)
• akha – cavity, hole, space
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of comparison for 'analaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks a simile.

च (ca) - and, also (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अनलः (analaḥ) - fire (fire, Agni, digestive fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, the god of fire (Agni), heat

Note: Subject of the simile, 'like fire'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered, the divine (epithet for the Sun-god) (blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable, lord)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, glorious, adorable, blessed, lord, god

Nom. sing. masc. of bhagavat

Note: Qualifies 'muniḥ'.

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (referring to the Sun-god here) (sage, ascetic, saint)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, inspired person, silent one

Note: Subject of the implied verb from the next verse.

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that the Sun-god also perceived.

एनम् (enam) - this one (referring to Agastya's subtle body) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enas

enas - this, that

demonstrative pronoun, accusative singular masculine

Note: Object of the verb from next verse ('dṛṣṭvā').

हृद्गतं (hṛdgataṁ) - abiding within his (the Sun's) heart (situated in the heart, being in the mind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hṛdgata

hṛdgata - situated in the heart, known by heart, understood deeply

Past Passive Participle in compound

Compound of 'hṛd' (heart) and 'gata' (gone, reached, situated)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛd+gata)

• hṛd – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √gam (to go) with suffix -ta
  Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'munināyakam'.

मुनिनायकम् (munināyakam) - the chief of sages (referring to Agastya's subtle body within the Sun-god) (chief of sages, leader of ascetics)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of munināyaka

munināyaka - chief of sages, leader of ascetics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+nāyaka)

• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)
• nāyaka – leader, chief, guide
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the verb from next verse ('dṛṣṭvā').