योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-3

रुद्रभूतवपुस्तत्र तनुं तत्याज तामसौ ।
गन्धः पवनतां गच्छन्कुसुमस्तबकं यथा ॥ ३ ॥

rudrabhūtavapustatra tanuṃ tatyāja tāmasau ,
gandhaḥ pavanatāṃ gacchankusumastabakaṃ yathā 3

3. rudrabhūtavapuḥ tatra tanum tatyāja tām asau
gandhaḥ pavanatām gacchan kusumastabakam yathā

3. rudrabhūtavapuḥ asau tatra tām tanum tatyāja
yathā gandhaḥ kusumastabakam pavanatām gacchan

3. Having taken on a Rudra-like form, he then abandoned that (previous) body, just as a fragrance leaves a cluster of flowers and merges into the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• रुद्रभूतवपुः (rudrabhūtavapuḥ) - whose body had become Rudra, having a Rudra-like body

• तत्र (tatra) - then, there

• तनुम् (tanum) - body

• तत्याज (tatyāja) - abandoned, cast off, gave up

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• असौ (asau) - he, that one

• गन्धः (gandhaḥ) - fragrance, smell

• पवनताम् (pavanatām) - the state of being wind, wind-ness

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, moving, attaining

• कुसुमस्तबकम् (kusumastabakam) - a cluster of flowers, a bouquet

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

रुद्रभूतवपुः (rudrabhūtavapuḥ) - whose body had become Rudra, having a Rudra-like body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rudrabhūtavapus

rudrabhūtavapus - one whose body has become Rudra, having a Rudra-like form

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (rudra+bhūta+vapus)

• rudra – Rudra
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

तत्र (tatra) - then, there

(indeclinable)

तनुम् (tanum) - body

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, person

तत्याज (tatyāja) - abandoned, cast off, gave up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'tanum'

असौ (asau) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote demonstrative pronoun), he, she, it

Note: Refers to the subject of the previous verse, the crow-sage.

गन्धः (gandhaḥ) - fragrance, smell

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandha

gandha - smell, odor, fragrance

Root: gandh (class 10)

पवनताम् (pavanatām) - the state of being wind, wind-ness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pavanatā

pavanatā - the state or condition of being wind

Derived with the suffix '-tā' (state of being) from 'pavana'

गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, moving, attaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, proceeding

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

कुसुमस्तबकम् (kusumastabakam) - a cluster of flowers, a bouquet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kusumastabaka

kusumastabaka - a cluster of flowers, a nosegay

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kusuma+stabaka)

• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• stabaka – cluster, bunch, bouquet
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)