योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-77, verse-46

बालः कालादिवागृह्य साऽसीत्सर्वार्थपण्डिता ।
नृत्यवाद्यादि यावच्च चूडालावदनादसौ ॥ ४६ ॥

bālaḥ kālādivāgṛhya sā'sītsarvārthapaṇḍitā ,
nṛtyavādyādi yāvacca cūḍālāvadanādasau 46

46. bālaḥ kālāt iva āgṛhya sā asīt sarvārthapaṇḍitā
nṛtyavādya ādi yāvat ca cūḍālavadanāt asau

46. bālaḥ; sā asau kālāt iva āgṛhya sarvārthapaṇḍitā asīt; ca yāvat nṛtyavādya ādi,
cūḍālavadanāt.

46. The young boy [too was skilled in this manner]. As for her (the girl), having absorbed knowledge as if directly from Time itself, she became adept in all subjects. And everything, including dance, instrumental music, and so forth, she mastered from the time of her head-shaving ceremony until she could speak.

Words meanings summery:

• बालः (bālaḥ) - Refers to a male child or young person. (boy, child, young one)

• कालात् (kālāt) - from time, from destiny

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• आगृह्य (āgṛhya) - having grasped knowledge (having grasped, having seized, having taken)

• सा (sā) - Refers to the female child. (she)

• असीत् (asīt) - she was

• सर्वार्थपण्डिता (sarvārthapaṇḍitā) - expert in all subjects/meanings

• नृत्यवाद्य (nṛtyavādya) - dance and instrumental music

• आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

• यावत् (yāvat) - whatever there was (of these arts) (as much as, as many as, whatever)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चूडालवदनात् (cūḍālavadanāt) - Indicates the very early age range of the girl's learning. (from the time of the top-knot ceremony to the time of speaking)

• असौ (asau) - Refers to the female child, subject of the sentence. (she, that one)

Words meanings and morphology

बालः (bālaḥ) - Refers to a male child or young person. (boy, child, young one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent, ignorant

Note: Implies the male counterpart of `asau`.

कालात् (kālāt) - from time, from destiny

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, destiny, appropriate moment

Note: Indicates the source of her precocious knowledge.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison or similitude

आगृह्य (āgṛhya) - having grasped knowledge (having grasped, having seized, having taken)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root `grah` (to seize, grasp) with prefix `ā`

Prefix: ā

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates a prior action.

सा (sā) - Refers to the female child. (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine nominative singular

Note: Refers to the girl in the narrative.

असीत् (asīt) - she was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of as

Imperfect active

3rd person, singular, imperfect active

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Null gender as it's a verb, subject `sā` (feminine).

सर्वार्थपण्डिता (sarvārthapaṇḍitā) - expert in all subjects/meanings

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvārthapaṇḍita

sarvārthapaṇḍita - expert in all subjects, wise in all matters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+artha+paṇḍita)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective/pronoun (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, subject, object
  noun (masculine)
• paṇḍita – learned, wise, expert, scholar
  adjective/noun (masculine)

नृत्यवाद्य (nṛtyavādya) - dance and instrumental music

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nṛtyavādya

nṛtyavādya - dance and instrumental music

Dvandva compound of `nṛtya` (dance) and `vādya` (music, instrumental music)

Compound type : dvandva (nṛtya+vādya)

• nṛtya – dance, act of dancing
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Verbal Noun
  From root `nṛt` (to dance)
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• vādya – music, instrumental music, that which is played
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Verbal Noun
  From root `vad` (to speak, play an instrument)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Null case because it's part of `nṛtyavādyādi`.

आदि (ādi) - and so on, beginning, etc.

(indeclinable)

Root: ad (class 2)

यावत् (yāvat) - whatever there was (of these arts) (as much as, as many as, whatever)

(indeclinable)

Correlative pronoun/adjective

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Connects parts of the sentence.

चूडालवदनात् (cūḍālavadanāt) - Indicates the very early age range of the girl's learning. (from the time of the top-knot ceremony to the time of speaking)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cūḍālavadana

cūḍālavadana - (period) from the top-knot ceremony to vocal ability, early childhood

Compound possibly combining `cūḍā` (top-knot ceremony/age), `lava` (cutting, referring to the hair-cutting ceremony, or perhaps a phonetic element) and `vadana` (face, speech, mouth, indicating age of speech).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cūḍā+lava+vadana)

• cūḍā – top-knot, crest, hair-cutting ceremony (for children)
  noun (feminine)
• lava – cutting, reaping, fragment
  noun (masculine)
  From root `lū` (to cut). Used here potentially in context of hair-cutting ceremony (cūḍālavana).
  Root: lū (class 9)
• vadana – face, mouth, speech, speaking
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Indicates the starting point of the learning period.

असौ (asau) - Refers to the female child, subject of the sentence. (she, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it (often refers to something remote or remarkable)

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine nominative singular

Note: Emphasizes the subject, `sā`.