योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-104

प्रत्यग्रपादपश्छिन्नलतावृन्त इवोत्तम ।
अवश्यायकणस्पन्दी शशाङ्क इव वा मुनिः ॥ १०४ ॥

pratyagrapādapaśchinnalatāvṛnta ivottama ,
avaśyāyakaṇaspandī śaśāṅka iva vā muniḥ 104

104. pratyagrapādapaḥ chinnalatāvṛntaḥ iva uttama
avaśyāyakaṇaspandī śaśāṅkaḥ iva vā muniḥ

104. uttama muniḥ chinnalatāvṛntaḥ pratyagrapādapaḥ
iva vā avaśyāyakaṇaspandī śaśāṅkaḥ iva

104. O best one, the sage was like a fresh tree whose vine-stem had been cut, or like the moon shimmering with dew-drops.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रत्यग्रपादपः (pratyagrapādapaḥ) - a freshly grown tree, a new tree

• छिन्नलतावृन्तः (chinnalatāvṛntaḥ) - having a cut vine-stalk, whose creeper's base is cut

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उत्तम (uttama) - O best one! O excellent one!

• अवश्यायकणस्पन्दी (avaśyāyakaṇaspandī) - trembling with dew-drops, shimmering with particles of dew

• शशाङ्कः (śaśāṅkaḥ) - moon (marked by a hare)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic, seer

Words meanings and morphology

प्रत्यग्रपादपः (pratyagrapādapaḥ) - a freshly grown tree, a new tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyagrapādapa

pratyagrapādapa - a newly grown tree, a fresh tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratyagra+pādapa)

• pratyagra – fresh, new, recent
  adjective (masculine)
• pādapa – tree (drinking with feet/roots)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pāda (foot) + pa (drinker, from root pā)

Note: Part of the simile describing the muni.

छिन्नलतावृन्तः (chinnalatāvṛntaḥ) - having a cut vine-stalk, whose creeper's base is cut

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chinnalatāvṛnta

chinnalatāvṛnta - whose creeper-stem is cut

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+latāvṛnta)

• chinna – cut, severed, broken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root chid + kta
  Root: chid (class 7)
• latāvṛnta – creeper-stem, vine-stalk
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'pratyagrapādapaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्तम (uttama) - O best one! O excellent one!

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest

Note: Addressed to Rāma, typical in Yoga Vasiṣṭha.

अवश्यायकणस्पन्दी (avaśyāyakaṇaspandī) - trembling with dew-drops, shimmering with particles of dew

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avaśyāyakaṇaspandin

avaśyāyakaṇaspandin - trembling with dew-drops

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avaśyāyakaṇa+spandin)

• avaśyāyakaṇa – dew-drop, particle of dew
  noun (masculine)
• spandin – trembling, throbbing, vibrating
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root spand
  Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śaśāṅkaḥ'.

शशाङ्कः (śaśāṅkaḥ) - moon (marked by a hare)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśāṅka

śaśāṅka - moon (having the mark of a hare)

Note: Part of the second simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two similes.

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic, seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

Note: Subject of the implied verb (was/became).