योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-77, verse-22

गायत्सु गहनेषूच्चैर्मिथुनेष्वलिनां मिथः ।
आवाति मधुरे वायौ शशिशीकरशीतले ॥ २२ ॥

gāyatsu gahaneṣūccairmithuneṣvalināṃ mithaḥ ,
āvāti madhure vāyau śaśiśīkaraśītale 22

22. gāyatsu gahaneṣu uccaiḥ mithuneṣu alinām
mithaḥ āvāti madhure vāyau śaśiśīkaraśītale

22. alinām mithuneṣu gahaneṣu uccaiḥ mithaḥ
gāyatsu madhure śaśiśīkaraśītale vāyau āvāti

22. When couples of bees were singing loudly to each other in dense groves, and when the sweet wind, cool with moon-spray, was blowing,

Words meanings summery:

• गायत्सु (gāyatsu) - in the singing ones, among those singing

• गहनेषु (gahaneṣu) - in dense groves, in secret places

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, aloud

• मिथुनेषु (mithuneṣu) - among pairs, in couples

• अलिनाम् (alinām) - of bees

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, to each other, secretly

• आवाति (āvāti) - when it blows (functioning in a locative absolute sense) (blows, comes)

• मधुरे (madhure) - sweet, pleasant

• वायौ (vāyau) - in the wind, when the wind

• शशिशीकरशीतले (śaśiśīkaraśītale) - cool with moon-spray

Words meanings and morphology

गायत्सु (gāyatsu) - in the singing ones, among those singing

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of gāyat

gāyat - singing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √gai (to sing) with suffix -at.

Root: gai (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mithuneṣu'.

गहनेषु (gahaneṣu) - in dense groves, in secret places

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gahana

gahana - dense, deep, impenetrable; thicket, grove, secret place

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, aloud

(indeclinable)

मिथुनेषु (mithuneṣu) - among pairs, in couples

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, twin

अलिनाम् (alinām) - of bees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ali

ali - bee

Note: Possessive for 'mithuneṣu'.

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, to each other, secretly

(indeclinable)

आवाति (āvāti) - when it blows (functioning in a locative absolute sense) (blows, comes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-√vā

Present Active 3rd Singular

Root √vā (to blow) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: vā (class 2)

मधुरे (madhure) - sweet, pleasant

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

Note: Agrees with 'vāyau'.

वायौ (vāyau) - in the wind, when the wind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with 'āvāti'.

शशिशीकरशीतले (śaśiśīkaraśītale) - cool with moon-spray

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śaśiśīkaraśītala

śaśiśīkaraśītala - cool by moon-spray

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaśi+śīkara+śītala)

• śaśi – moon
  noun (masculine)
• śīkara – spray, mist, drop of water
  noun (masculine)
• śītala – cool, cold, fresh
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vāyau'.