योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-53

स्वयं दत्वैव दत्वैव भूतभिक्षां जिघृक्षति ।
तिमिरालीककबरी इन्द्वर्कचपलेक्षणा ॥ ५३ ॥

svayaṃ datvaiva datvaiva bhūtabhikṣāṃ jighṛkṣati ,
timirālīkakabarī indvarkacapalekṣaṇā 53

53. svayaṃ datvā eva datvā eva bhūtabhikṣāṃ
jighṛkṣati timirālīkakabarī indu-arka-capalekṣaṇā

53. timirālīkakabarī indu-arka-capalekṣaṇā sā svayaṃ
datvā eva datvā eva bhūtabhikṣāṃ jighṛkṣati

53. She herself, having repeatedly given (alms), then desires to seize the alms of beings (bhūta). Her braided hair is like a mass of darkness, and her eyes are restless like the moon and the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयं (svayaṁ) - oneself, by herself, personally

• दत्वा (datvā) - having given

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

• दत्वा (datvā) - having given

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

• भूतभिक्षां (bhūtabhikṣāṁ) - alms of beings/elements

• जिघृक्षति (jighṛkṣati) - she desires to seize/take/receive

• तिमिरालीककबरी (timirālīkakabarī) - whose braided hair is like a mass of darkness

• इन्दु-अर्क-चपलेक्षणा (indu-arka-capalekṣaṇā) - whose eyes are restless/flickering like the moon and the sun

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयं (svayaṁ) - oneself, by herself, personally

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of reflexive pronoun.

दत्वा (datvā) - having given

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dā (3rd class) + suffix tvā.

Root: dā (class 3)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

दत्वा (datvā) - having given

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dā (3rd class) + suffix tvā.

Root: dā (class 3)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

भूतभिक्षां (bhūtabhikṣāṁ) - alms of beings/elements

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūtabhikṣā

bhūtabhikṣā - alms consisting of beings, or alms for beings, or alms from beings

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+bhikṣā)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, ghost, spirit
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhikṣā – alms, food obtained by begging
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhikṣ (to beg)
  Root: bhikṣ (class 1)

जिघृक्षति (jighṛkṣati) - she desires to seize/take/receive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of grah

Desiderative, Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Desiderative stem jighṛkṣa- from root grah (9th class, gṛhṇāti), conjugated as 1st class jighṛkṣati.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Implied subject is Kālī.

तिमिरालीककबरी (timirālīkakabarī) - whose braided hair is like a mass of darkness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of timirālīkakabarī

timirālīkakabarī - whose braid of hair is a mass/multitude of darkness

Compound. ālīka here interpreted as 'resembling' or 'multitude-like' rather than 'false'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (timira+ālīka+kabarī)

• timira – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• ālīka – resembling, false, multitude
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Can mean false or resemblance, also derived from ālī (row/multitude) with suffix ka.
• kabarī – braid of hair, plaited hair
  noun (feminine)

Note: An epithet for Kālī.

इन्दु-अर्क-चपलेक्षणा (indu-arka-capalekṣaṇā) - whose eyes are restless/flickering like the moon and the sun

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of indvarkacapalekṣaṇa

indvarkacapalekṣaṇa - having restless eyes like the moon and the sun

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (indu+arka+capala+īkṣaṇa)

• indu – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun
  noun (masculine)
• capala – restless, flickering, unsteady, swift
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  From root īkṣ (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: An epithet for Kālī.