योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-91, verse-2

योऽसौ विन्ध्यवने हस्ती सोऽस्मिन्भूमितले भवान् ।
यौ वैराग्यविवेकौ तौ द्वौ तस्य दशनौ सितौ ॥ २ ॥

yo'sau vindhyavane hastī so'sminbhūmitale bhavān ,
yau vairāgyavivekau tau dvau tasya daśanau sitau 2

2. yaḥ asau vindhyavane hastī saḥ asmin bhūmitale bhavān
yau vairāgyavivekau tau dvau tasya daśanau sitau

2. vindhyavane yaḥ asau hastī saḥ bhavān asmin bhūmitale
yau vairāgyavivekau tau dvau tasya sitau daśanau

2. The elephant who was in the Vindhya forest is you, here on this earth. Those two — detachment (vairāgya) and discernment (viveka) — are his two white tusks.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

• असौ (asau) - that one (that, that one)

• विन्ध्यवने (vindhyavane) - in the Vindhya forest

• हस्ती (hastī) - elephant

• सः (saḥ) - that one (referring to the king) (he, that)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• भूमितले (bhūmitale) - on the earth's surface, on the ground

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honourific), your honor

• यौ (yau) - those two which (who (dual), those two which)

• वैराग्यविवेकौ (vairāgyavivekau) - detachment (vairāgya) and discernment (viveka)

• तौ (tau) - those two

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• तस्य (tasya) - his (the elephant's) (his, of that)

• दशनौ (daśanau) - tusks (tusks, teeth)

• सितौ (sitau) - white, pale

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

असौ (asau) - that one (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote demonstrative pronoun)

विन्ध्यवने (vindhyavane) - in the Vindhya forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vindhyavana

vindhyavana - Vindhya forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vindhya+vana)

• vindhya – Vindhya (name of a mountain range)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)

हस्ती (hastī) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hastin

hastin - elephant (possessing a hand/trunk)

सः (saḥ) - that one (referring to the king) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with bhūmitale, which is neuter.

भूमितले (bhūmitale) - on the earth's surface, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūmitāla

bhūmitāla - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+tala)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plain, level
  noun (neuter)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honourific), your honor

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honourific); being, existing

present active participle of bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

यौ (yau) - those two which (who (dual), those two which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - who, which, what

वैराग्यविवेकौ (vairāgyavivekau) - detachment (vairāgya) and discernment (viveka)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vairāgyaviveka

vairāgyaviveka - detachment and discernment

Compound type : dvandva (vairāgya+viveka)

• vairāgya – detachment, dispassion, non-attachment
  noun (neuter)
• viveka – discernment, discrimination, wisdom
  noun (masculine)
  From root vic (to discern) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

तस्य (tasya) - his (the elephant's) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दशनौ (daśanau) - tusks (tusks, teeth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of daśana

daśana - tooth, tusk

Root: daṃś (class 1)

सितौ (sitau) - white, pale

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sita

sita - white, pure, pale