योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-24

हंसः पद्मवने भूत्वा विन्ध्यकच्छे च वारणः ।
हरिणो देहयन्त्रादौ दशामहमिमां गतः ॥ २४ ॥

haṃsaḥ padmavane bhūtvā vindhyakacche ca vāraṇaḥ ,
hariṇo dehayantrādau daśāmahamimāṃ gataḥ 24

24. haṃsaḥ padmavane bhūtvā vindhyakacche ca vāraṇaḥ
hariṇaḥ dehayantrādau daśām aham imām gataḥ

24. aham padmavane haṃsaḥ bhūtvā ca vindhyakacche
vāraṇaḥ hariṇaḥ dehayantrādau imām daśām gataḥ

24. Having been a swan in a lotus pond, an elephant in the Vindhya region, and a deer, I have passed through various bodily forms and arrived at this present condition.

Words meanings summery:

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - a swan, a goose, the self

• पद्मवने (padmavane) - in a lotus forest/pond

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

• विन्ध्यकच्छे (vindhyakacche) - in the Vindhya region (or slope/bank)

• च (ca) - and

• वारणः (vāraṇaḥ) - an elephant

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - a deer

• देहयन्त्रादौ (dehayantrādau) - in various bodily forms, in forms like the body-machine

• दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• गतः (gataḥ) - attained, gone, reached

Words meanings and morphology

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - a swan, a goose, the self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, the soul (ātman), a particular type of ascetic

पद्मवने (padmavane) - in a lotus forest/pond

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of padmavana

padmavana - lotus forest, lotus pond

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padma+vana)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, grove, pond
  noun (neuter)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root bhū (to be) with suffix ktvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

विन्ध्यकच्छे (vindhyakacche) - in the Vindhya region (or slope/bank)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vindhyakaccha

vindhyakaccha - region/slope/bank of the Vindhya mountains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vindhya+kaccha)

• vindhya – the Vindhya mountain range (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kaccha – bank, shore, marshy land, border, region
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वारणः (vāraṇaḥ) - an elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, that which wards off or protects

Root: vṛ (class 5)

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - a deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope

देहयन्त्रादौ (dehayantrādau) - in various bodily forms, in forms like the body-machine

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehayantrādi

dehayantrādi - the body-machine and so on, various bodily forms

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dehayantra+ādi)

• dehayantra – body-machine, mechanical body
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, commencement, first, and so on (as a suffix)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ad (class 1)

दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of daśā

daśā - state, condition, period of life, phase

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

गतः (gataḥ) - attained, gone, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained, passed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)