योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-16, verse-4

पत्रपुञ्जात्समुत्तस्थौ मेघशाव इवाचलात् ।
हे मुने स्वागतमिति प्रोवाच मधुराक्षरम् ॥ ४ ॥

patrapuñjātsamuttasthau meghaśāva ivācalāt ,
he mune svāgatamiti provāca madhurākṣaram 4

4. patrapuñjāt samuttasthau meghaśāvaḥ iva acalāt
he mune svāgatam iti provāca madhurākṣaram

4. saḥ patrapuñjāt samuttasthau acalāt meghaśāvaḥ
iva madhurākṣaram provāca he mune svāgatam iti

4. He arose from his bed of leaves, like a young cloud rising from a mountain, and addressed me with sweet words, saying, "O sage! Welcome!"

Words meanings summery:

• पत्रपुञ्जात् (patrapuñjāt) - from Bhūśuṇḍa's nest or bed made of leaves. (from the heap of leaves, from the collection of leaves)

• समुत्तस्थौ (samuttasthau) - rose up, stood up, emerged

• मेघशावः (meghaśāvaḥ) - a young cloud, a cloud-calf

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अचलात् (acalāt) - from a mountain, from an immovable object

• हे (he) - O! (vocative particle)

• मुने (mune) - O sage!

• स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome!

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke, said, declared

• मधुराक्षरम् (madhurākṣaram) - with sweet words, having sweet syllables

Words meanings and morphology

पत्रपुञ्जात् (patrapuñjāt) - from Bhūśuṇḍa's nest or bed made of leaves. (from the heap of leaves, from the collection of leaves)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of patrapuñja

patrapuñja - heap of leaves, collection of leaves

Tatpuruṣa compound: patra (leaf) + puñja (heap, collection).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (patra+puñja)

• patra – leaf, feather, wing
  noun (neuter)
• puñja – heap, pile, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)

समुत्तस्थौ (samuttasthau) - rose up, stood up, emerged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of utthā

perfect active

Perfect 3rd person singular, ātmanepada, from root √sthā (1st class) with prefixes sam-ud-.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

मेघशावः (meghaśāvaḥ) - a young cloud, a cloud-calf

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meghaśāva

meghaśāva - young cloud, cloud-calf, small cloud

Tatpuruṣa compound: megha (cloud) + śāva (young one, cub).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (megha+śāva)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• śāva – young one, cub, offspring
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अचलात् (acalāt) - from a mountain, from an immovable object

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - mountain, immovable

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'cala' (moving).

Prefix: a

Root: cal (class 1)

हे (he) - O! (vocative particle)

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - O sage!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, saint

स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome!

(indeclinable)

Compound: su (good) + āgata (arrived). Can be used as an indeclinable or a neuter noun.

Note: Used here as an interjection/indeclinable for greeting.

इति (iti) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke, said, declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

Perfect 3rd person singular, parasmaipada, from root √vac (2nd class) with prefix pra-. Irregular formation.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

मधुराक्षरम् (madhurākṣaram) - with sweet words, having sweet syllables

(indeclinable)

Bahuvrīhi compound: madhura (sweet) + akṣara (word/syllable). Can be used adverbially.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (madhura+akṣara)

• madhura – sweet, pleasant, charming
  adjective
• akṣara – syllable, word, letter, imperishable
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here adverbially, modifying 'provāca'.