योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-76

अस्मिन्महीतलारण्ये चरन्ति मृगपोतकाः ।
त्वमज्ञानगजं भुक्त्वा सैंहीं वृत्तिमुपाश्रय ॥ ७६ ॥

asminmahītalāraṇye caranti mṛgapotakāḥ ,
tvamajñānagajaṃ bhuktvā saiṃhīṃ vṛttimupāśraya 76

76. asmin mahītala-araṇye caranti mṛga-potakāḥ | tvam
ajñāna-gajam bhuktvā saiṃhīm vṛttim upāśraya ||

76. asmin mahītala-araṇye mṛga-potakāḥ caranti tvam
ajñāna-gajam bhuktvā saiṃhīm vṛttim upāśraya

76. In this forest of the earthly realm, young deer roam. You, however, having devoured the elephant of ignorance, should adopt a lion-like way of life.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• महीतल-अरण्ये (mahītala-araṇye) - in the forest on the surface of the earth, in the earthly forest

• चरन्ति (caranti) - they roam, they wander, they move about

• मृग-पोतकाः (mṛga-potakāḥ) - young deer, fawns

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अज्ञान-गजम् (ajñāna-gajam) - the elephant of ignorance

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having devoured, having consumed, having overcome

• सैंहीम् (saiṁhīm) - lion-like, pertaining to a lion

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - mode of conduct, way of life, behavior

• उपाश्रय (upāśraya) - adopt, take refuge in, resort to

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

महीतल-अरण्ये (mahītala-araṇye) - in the forest on the surface of the earth, in the earthly forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala-araṇya

mahītala-araṇya - forest on the earth's surface

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahītala+araṇya)

• mahītala – earth's surface, ground
  noun (neuter)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

चरन्ति (caranti) - they roam, they wander, they move about

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of car

Root verb, Parasmaipada

Root: car (class 1)

मृग-पोतकाः (mṛga-potakāḥ) - young deer, fawns

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga-potaka

mṛga-potaka - young deer, fawn, young animal of a deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+potaka)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• potaka – young animal, cub, fawn
  noun (masculine)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

अज्ञान-गजम् (ajñāna-gajam) - the elephant of ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajñāna-gaja

ajñāna-gaja - elephant of ignorance (ignorance conceived as a powerful elephant)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+gaja)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (neuter)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having devoured, having consumed, having overcome

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā, indicating 'having done X'.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

सैंहीम् (saiṁhīm) - lion-like, pertaining to a lion

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saiṃha

saiṁha - lion-like, leonine, relating to a lion

Derived from siṃha (lion) with aṇ suffix.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - mode of conduct, way of life, behavior

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - mode of conduct, way of life, behavior, occupation, existence

Derived from root vṛt (to be, to exist, to proceed)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

उपाश्रय (upāśraya) - adopt, take refuge in, resort to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śrī

Root verb, Parasmaipada, with prefix upa-ā-

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: śrī (class 1)