योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-17

वसिष्ठस्यानने रामः शनैर्दृष्टिं न्यवेशयत् ।
भ्रमन्तीमम्बरोपान्ते फुल्लपद्म इवालिनीम् ॥ १७ ॥

vasiṣṭhasyānane rāmaḥ śanairdṛṣṭiṃ nyaveśayat ,
bhramantīmambaropānte phullapadma ivālinīm 17

17. vasiṣṭhasya ānane rāmaḥ śanaiḥ dṛṣṭim nyaveśayat
bhramantīm ambara-upānte phulla-padmaḥ iva ālinīm

17. rāmaḥ bhramantīm ambara-upānte phulla-padmaḥ iva
ālinīm dṛṣṭim śanaiḥ vasiṣṭhasya ānane nyaveśayat

17. Rāma slowly fixed his gaze upon Vasiṣṭha's face, a gaze that had been wandering on the horizon (or edge of the sky), just like a female bee (ālinī) on a full-blown lotus.

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• आनने (ānane) - on Vasiṣṭha's face (on the face, in the mouth)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - his gaze (gaze, sight, vision)

• न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he fixed, he cast, he placed

• भ्रमन्तीम् (bhramantīm) - his gaze, which was wandering (wandering, moving about)

• अम्बर-उपान्ते (ambara-upānte) - on the edge of the sky, on the horizon

• फुल्ल-पद्मः (phulla-padmaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha's face, compared to a full-blown lotus in this simile (a full-blown lotus, a bloomed lotus)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• आलिनीम् (ālinīm) - Rāma's gaze, compared to a female bee in this simile (a female bee, a swarm of bees)

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a celebrated sage), most wealthy, best, most excellent

आनने (ānane) - on Vasiṣṭha's face (on the face, in the mouth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ānana

ānana - face, mouth, surface

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a prominent deity), pleasing, charming

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

(indeclinable)

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - his gaze (gaze, sight, vision)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, eye, view, gaze

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he fixed, he cast, he placed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ni-√viś

Causative from root 'viś' (to enter) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

भ्रमन्तीम् (bhramantīm) - his gaze, which was wandering (wandering, moving about)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhramantī

bhramat - wandering, moving, roaming

Present Active Participle

Feminine accusative singular form of the present active participle of root 'bhram'

Root: bhram (class 1)

अम्बर-उपान्ते (ambara-upānte) - on the edge of the sky, on the horizon

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ambara-upānta

ambara-upānta - horizon, edge of the sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambara+upānta)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, cloth
  noun (neuter)
• upānta – edge, border, vicinity
  noun (masculine)

फुल्ल-पद्मः (phulla-padmaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha's face, compared to a full-blown lotus in this simile (a full-blown lotus, a bloomed lotus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phulla-padma

phulla-padma - full-blown lotus

Compound type : karmadhāraya (phulla+padma)

• phulla – blown, bloomed, expanded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'phull' (to open, to bloom)
  Root: phull (class 1)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here in an elliptical comparison, implying 'like a full-blown lotus (is the face)'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

आलिनीम् (ālinīm) - Rāma's gaze, compared to a female bee in this simile (a female bee, a swarm of bees)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ālinī

ālinī - female bee, a swarm of bees