योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-15, verse-13

तस्य कक्षेषु कुञ्जेषु लतापत्रेषु पर्वसु ।
पुष्पेष्वालयसंलीनान्विहगान्दृष्टवानहम् ॥ १३ ॥

tasya kakṣeṣu kuñjeṣu latāpatreṣu parvasu ,
puṣpeṣvālayasaṃlīnānvihagāndṛṣṭavānaham 13

13. tasya kakṣeṣu kuñjeṣu latāpatreṣu parvasu
puṣpeṣu ālayasaṃlīnān vihagān dṛṣṭavān aham

13. aham tasya kakṣeṣu kuñjeṣu latāpatreṣu
parvasu puṣpeṣu ālayasaṃlīnān vihagān dṛṣṭavān

13. I saw birds hidden in their nests within its thickets, in its bowers, among the leaves of its vines, on the knots of its plants, and upon its flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of the forest/garden previously described (of that, its)

• कक्षेषु (kakṣeṣu) - in the thickets, in the depths

• कुञ्जेषु (kuñjeṣu) - in the bowers, in the groves

• लतापत्रेषु (latāpatreṣu) - on the creeper-leaves

• पर्वसु (parvasu) - referring to the nodes or joints of plants in the forest/garden (on the joints, on the knots, on the sections (of plants like bamboo))

• पुष्पेषु (puṣpeṣu) - on the flowers

• आलयसंलीनान् (ālayasaṁlīnān) - describing the birds as concealed in their dwelling places (hidden or absorbed in their nests/abodes)

• विहगान् (vihagān) - birds

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - saw, has seen

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of the forest/garden previously described (of that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

कक्षेषु (kakṣeṣu) - in the thickets, in the depths

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kakṣa

kakṣa - thicket, depth, armpit, side

कुञ्जेषु (kuñjeṣu) - in the bowers, in the groves

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kuñja

kuñja - bower, grove, thicket

लतापत्रेषु (latāpatreṣu) - on the creeper-leaves

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of latāpatra

latāpatra - leaf of a creeper/vine

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (latā+patra)

• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• patra – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)

पर्वसु (parvasu) - referring to the nodes or joints of plants in the forest/garden (on the joints, on the knots, on the sections (of plants like bamboo))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, section, limb, festival

पुष्पेषु (puṣpeṣu) - on the flowers

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower

आलयसंलीनान् (ālayasaṁlīnān) - describing the birds as concealed in their dwelling places (hidden or absorbed in their nests/abodes)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ālayasaṃlīna

ālayasaṁlīna - hidden or absorbed in an abode/nest

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (ālaya+saṃlīna)

• ālaya – abode, house, nest
  noun (masculine)
• saṃlīna – hidden, absorbed, merged, disappeared
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix saṃ- + root √lī (to cling, dissolve)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: lī (class 4)

विहगान् (vihagān) - birds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird (literally 'sky-goer')

Derived from vi (sky) + √gam (to go) + ḍa suffix

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (vi+haga)

• vi – sky, bird (short form for vihaga), prefix meaning apart, away
  indeclinable
• haga – goer (derived from √gam)
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix -ga from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - saw, has seen

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen

Past Active Participle

Derived from root √dṛś (to see) + -vat suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

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