योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-104, verse-3

तेनाचारेण ताभिश्च कथाभिस्तौ वने ततः ।
नीतवन्तौ दिनान्यष्टौ तासु काननवीथिषु ॥ ३ ॥

tenācāreṇa tābhiśca kathābhistau vane tataḥ ,
nītavantau dinānyaṣṭau tāsu kānanavīthiṣu 3

3. tena ācāreṇa tābhiḥ ca kathābhiḥ tau vane tataḥ
nītavantau dināni aṣṭau tāsu kānanavīthiṣu

3. tataḥ tau tena ācāreṇa ca tābhiḥ kathābhiḥ vane
tāsu kānanavīthiṣu aṣṭau dināni nītavantau

3. Then, in that forest, those two spent eight days in those forest paths, maintaining that same way of life (ācāra) and continuing those discussions.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that (by that, with that)

• आचारेण (ācāreṇa) - by that way of life (ācāra) (by conduct, by custom, by manner, by practice)

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• कथाभिः (kathābhiḥ) - by discussions (by stories, by discussions, by narratives)

• तौ (tau) - those two (Rama and Vasiṣṭha) (those two, they two)

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from there, thereupon)

• नीतवन्तौ (nītavantau) - they two spent (time) (they two led, they two spent (time))

• दिनानि (dināni) - days

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• तासु (tāsu) - in those

• काननवीथिषु (kānanavīthiṣu) - in those forest paths (in forest paths, in forest avenues)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

आचारेण (ācāreṇa) - by that way of life (ācāra) (by conduct, by custom, by manner, by practice)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - conduct, custom, practice, tradition, way of life

From prefix 'ā' + root √car (to move, behave).

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

कथाभिः (kathābhiḥ) - by discussions (by stories, by discussions, by narratives)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse, discussion

From root √kath (to tell, relate).

Root: kath (class 10)

तौ (tau) - those two (Rama and Vasiṣṭha) (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Root: van (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, from there, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' + suffix -tas.

नीतवन्तौ (nītavantau) - they two spent (time) (they two led, they two spent (time))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nītavat

nītavat - having led, having carried, having spent

Past Active Participle

From root √nī (to lead, carry, spend) + suffix -tavat.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Past active participle.

दिनानि (dināni) - days

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dina

dina - day

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

Note: Adjective modifying 'dināni'.

तासु (tāsu) - in those

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

काननवीथिषु (kānanavīthiṣu) - in those forest paths (in forest paths, in forest avenues)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kānanavīthi

kānanavīthi - forest path, forest avenue

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (kānana+vīthi)

• kānana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)
• vīthi – path, road, avenue, street
  noun (feminine)