योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-19

आययुर्भयवित्रस्ता बाला धात्रीकुचान्तरम् ।
सारवं प्रावृषीवाब्दाः प्रोन्नतं श्रृङ्गकोटरम् ॥ १९ ॥

āyayurbhayavitrastā bālā dhātrīkucāntaram ,
sāravaṃ prāvṛṣīvābdāḥ pronnataṃ śrṛṅgakoṭaram 19

19. āyayuḥ bhayavitrastāḥ bālāḥ dhātrīkucāntaram
sāravam prāvṛṣi iva abdāḥ pronnataṁ śr̥ṅgakoṭaram

19. bhayavitrastāḥ bālāḥ dhātrīkucāntaram āyayuḥ yathā
sāravam abdāḥ prāvṛṣi pronnatam śr̥ṅgakoṭaram iva

19. The children, panic-stricken by fear, rushed to the protective space between their nursemaids' breasts, just as roaring clouds gather within a high mountain cave during the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

• आययुः (āyayuḥ) - they came, they reached

• भयवित्रस्ताः (bhayavitrastāḥ) - terrified by fear, panic-stricken

• बालाः (bālāḥ) - children, young girls

• धात्रीकुचान्तरम् (dhātrīkucāntaram) - the space between the nursemaids' breasts

• सारवम् (sāravam) - noisy, roaring, with sound

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अब्दाः (abdāḥ) - clouds, in the context of the rainy season and roaring (clouds)

• प्रोन्नतं (pronnataṁ) - high, elevated, lofty

• श्र्̥ङ्गकोटरम् (śr̥ṅgakoṭaram) - the hollow of a mountain peak, mountain cave

Words meanings and morphology

आययुः (āyayuḥ) - they came, they reached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (lit) of i

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

भयवित्रस्ताः (bhayavitrastāḥ) - terrified by fear, panic-stricken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhayavitrasta

bhayavitrasta - terrified by fear, panic-stricken

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+vitrasta)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• vitrasta – terrified, frightened
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tras with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tras (class 1)

बालाः (bālāḥ) - children, young girls

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bālā

bālā - young girl, child (female)

धात्रीकुचान्तरम् (dhātrīkucāntaram) - the space between the nursemaids' breasts

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhātrīkucāntara

dhātrīkucāntara - space between nursemaids' breasts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhātrī+kuca+antara)

• dhātrī – nursemaid, mother, foster-mother
  noun (feminine)
• kuca – breast
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interior, middle, space between
  noun (neuter)

सारवम् (sāravam) - noisy, roaring, with sound

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to describe the clouds.

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अब्दाः (abdāḥ) - clouds, in the context of the rainy season and roaring (clouds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abda

abda - cloud, year

प्रोन्नतं (pronnataṁ) - high, elevated, lofty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pronnata

pronnata - highly elevated, lofty, prominent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nam with prefixes pra and ud

Prefixes: pra+ud

Root: nam (class 1)

श्र्̥ङ्गकोटरम् (śr̥ṅgakoṭaram) - the hollow of a mountain peak, mountain cave

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śr̥ṅgakoṭara

śr̥ṅgakoṭara - cave of a mountain peak, mountain cave

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śr̥ṅga+koṭara)

• śr̥ṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, cave
  noun (neuter)