योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-124, verse-31

क्व प्रयातो मृग इति प्रत्युवाच स तं मुनिः ।
समशीला वयं साधो मुनयो वनवासिनः ॥ ३१ ॥

kva prayāto mṛga iti pratyuvāca sa taṃ muniḥ ,
samaśīlā vayaṃ sādho munayo vanavāsinaḥ 31

31. kva prayātaḥ mṛgaḥ iti pratyuvāca saḥ tam muniḥ
| samaśīlā vayam sādho munayaḥ vanavāsinaḥ ||

31. saḥ muniḥ tam iti pratyuvāca sādho,
vayam vanavāsinaḥ munayaḥ samaśīlāḥ

31. "Where has the deer gone?" — to this, that sage replied to him: "O good one, we are sages living in the forest, possessing an equal nature."

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place

• प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - gone (where has the deer gone) (gone forth, departed, went away)

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - deer, wild animal, game

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this way)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied, he answered

• सः (saḥ) - that sage (he, that)

• तम् (tam) - to him (the person asking about the deer) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

• समशीला (samaśīlā) - of equal nature, of similar disposition

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• साधो (sādho) - O good one (addressing the questioner) (O good one, O virtuous one, O saint)

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

• वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - sages who live in the forest (forest dwellers, ascetics)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - gone (where has the deer gone) (gone forth, departed, went away)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayāta

prayāta - gone forth, departed, gone away, proceeded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yā' (to go) with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'mṛgaḥ'.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - deer, wild animal, game

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, gazelle, wild animal, game

इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied, he answered

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (to speak) with upasarga 'prati'. Perfect 3rd person singular.

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that sage (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - to him (the person asking about the deer) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

समशीला (samaśīlā) - of equal nature, of similar disposition

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samaśīla

samaśīla - of equal nature, of similar disposition, having the same character

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sama+śīla)

• sama – same, equal, similar, even, uniform
  adjective (masculine)
• śīla – nature, character, disposition, habit, conduct
  noun (neuter)

Note: Declined in feminine plural nominative to agree with 'vayam' (referring to a group of sages, hence the attribute is feminine for grammatical agreement if 'vayam' is taken as referring to a class of beings, or more likely, as a universal adjective form that applies to 'munayaḥ' which is masculine plural, but the adjective might take the neuter/feminine form in some contexts for broad agreement or as a generic adjective)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

साधो (sādho) - O good one (addressing the questioner) (O good one, O virtuous one, O saint)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent; a good man, a saint, an ascetic

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - sages who live in the forest (forest dwellers, ascetics)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - forest-dweller, hermit, ascetic

Derived from 'vana' (forest) + 'vāsin' (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'vas' (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)