योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-107, verse-20

इन्द्र उवाच ।
इमे वयमिहायातास्त्वद्गुणातिशयेन खात् ।
हृदि लग्नेन सूत्रेण खगा वनगता इव ॥ २० ॥

indra uvāca ,
ime vayamihāyātāstvadguṇātiśayena khāt ,
hṛdi lagnena sūtreṇa khagā vanagatā iva 20

20. indraḥ uvāca | ime vayam iha āyātāḥ tvadguṇātiśayena
khāt | hṛdi lagnena sūtreṇa khagāḥ vanagatāḥ iva

20. indraḥ uvāca vayam ime khāt iha āyātāḥ,
tvadguṇātiśayena,
hṛdi lagnena sūtreṇa vanagatāḥ khagāḥ iva

20. Indra said: 'We have arrived here from the sky (kha), drawn by the surpassing excellence of your qualities (guṇa), just as birds (khaga), even those gone to the forest, are drawn by a thread (sūtra) attached to their hearts.'

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इमे (ime) - Refers to 'we' (vayam), emphasizing 'these us'. (these)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• आयाताः (āyātāḥ) - arrived, come

• त्वद्गुणातिशयेन (tvadguṇātiśayena) - by the exceeding excellence of your qualities

• खात् (khāt) - from the sky, from space

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

• लग्नेन (lagnena) - by that which is attached, fastened

• सूत्रेण (sūtreṇa) - by a thread

• खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds

• वनगताः (vanagatāḥ) - gone to the forest, residing in the forest

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of the king of gods)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect tense

Perfect tense (lit) 3rd person singular active of root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

इमे (ime) - Refers to 'we' (vayam), emphasizing 'these us'. (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

आयाताः (āyātāḥ) - arrived, come

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āyāta

āyāta - arrived, come, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go) with upasarga 'ā-' and '-kta' suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'vayam'.

त्वद्गुणातिशयेन (tvadguṇātiśayena) - by the exceeding excellence of your qualities

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tvadguṇātiśaya

tvadguṇātiśaya - exceeding excellence of your qualities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+guṇa+atiśaya)

• tvad – your (stem for 'you')
  pronoun
• guṇa – quality, virtue, attribute
  noun (masculine)
• atiśaya – excellence, superiority, abundance
  noun (masculine)

खात् (khāt) - from the sky, from space

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, ether, space, zero

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, breast

लग्नेन (lagnena) - by that which is attached, fastened

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of lagna

lagna - attached, fastened, fixed, connected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'lag' (to attach, cling) with '-kta' suffix.

Root: lag (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sūtreṇa'.

सूत्रेण (sūtreṇa) - by a thread

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sūtra

sūtra - thread, string, aphorism, rule

खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaga

khaga - bird, one who moves in the sky

वनगताः (vanagatāḥ) - gone to the forest, residing in the forest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanagata

vanagata - gone to the forest, living in the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gata)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, passed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with '-kta' suffix.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'khagāḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)