योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-62, verse-17

सा मृगी लोलनयना कदाचिन्निद्रया हृता ।
स्वप्ने ददर्श वल्लीत्वं स्वाभ्यासाद्दृढमात्मनि ॥ १७ ॥

sā mṛgī lolanayanā kadācinnidrayā hṛtā ,
svapne dadarśa vallītvaṃ svābhyāsāddṛḍhamātmani 17

17. sā mṛgī lola-nayanā kadācit nidrayā hṛtā svapne
dadarśa vallītvam sva-abhyāsāt dṛḍham ātmani

17. sā lola-nayanā mṛgī kadācit nidrayā hṛtā svapne
sva-abhyāsāt dṛḍham ātmani vallītvam dadarśa

17. That doe, with her restless eyes, once overcome by sleep, saw herself firmly transformed into a creeper in a dream, due to her firm mental habit (karma) within her self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe, female deer

• लोल-नयना (lola-nayanā) - having restless eyes, with rolling eyes

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, sometime, perhaps

• निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep

• हृता (hṛtā) - carried away, taken, overcome

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw, perceived

• वल्लीत्वम् (vallītvam) - the state of being a creeper

• स्व-अभ्यासात् (sva-abhyāsāt) - from one's own practice, due to one's own habit

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, intensely

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in herself, within her (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe, female deer

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgī

mṛgī - doe, female deer

लोल-नयना (lola-nayanā) - having restless eyes, with rolling eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lola-nayanā

lola-nayanā - having restless eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+nayana)

• lola – moving, trembling, restless
  adjective
• nayana – eye; leading, guiding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, sometime, perhaps

(indeclinable)

निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep

हृता (hṛtā) - carried away, taken, overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - carried, taken, seized, overcome

Past Passive Participle

From root hṛ (to seize, carry) with -ta suffix.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw, perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वल्लीत्वम् (vallītvam) - the state of being a creeper

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vallī-tva

vallī-tva - the state or condition of being a creeper

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vallī+tva)

• vallī – creeper, climbing plant
  noun (feminine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun suffix

स्व-अभ्यासात् (sva-abhyāsāt) - from one's own practice, due to one's own habit

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sva-abhyāsa

sva-abhyāsa - one's own practice, self-discipline, personal habit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+abhyāsa)

• sva – one's own, self
  adjective
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, habit, study
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root as (to throw, cast) with prefix abhi and nominal suffix -a.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, intensely

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, solid, intense

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in herself, within her (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath