योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-102, verse-3

उपला अपि मित्राणि बन्धवो वनपादपाः ।
वनमध्ये स्थितस्यापि स्वजना मृगपोतकाः ॥ ३ ॥

upalā api mitrāṇi bandhavo vanapādapāḥ ,
vanamadhye sthitasyāpi svajanā mṛgapotakāḥ 3

3. upalāḥ api mitrāṇi bandhavaḥ vanapādapāḥ
vanamadhye sthitasya api svajanāḥ mṛgapotakāḥ

3. For one residing in the forest, even stones are friends, trees of the forest are relatives, and deer fawns are one's own kin.

Words meanings summery:

• उपलाः (upalāḥ) - stones, rocks, pebbles

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends

• बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

• वनपादपाः (vanapādapāḥ) - forest trees

• वनमध्ये (vanamadhye) - in the middle of the forest, in the forest

• स्थितस्य (sthitasya) - of one who is situated, of one who dwells

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• स्वजनाः (svajanāḥ) - one's own people, kin, family

• मृगपोतकाः (mṛgapotakāḥ) - fawns of deer, young deer

Words meanings and morphology

उपलाः (upalāḥ) - stones, rocks, pebbles

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of upalā

upalā - stone, rock, pebble

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally

बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend

वनपादपाः (vanapādapāḥ) - forest trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanapādapa

vanapādapa - forest tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+pādapa)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• pādapa – tree (drinker by foot/root)
  noun (masculine)

वनमध्ये (vanamadhye) - in the middle of the forest, in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vanamadhya

vanamadhya - middle of the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+madhya)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

स्थितस्य (sthitasya) - of one who is situated, of one who dwells

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, staying, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

Root: sthā (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

स्वजनाः (svajanāḥ) - one's own people, kin, family

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svajana

svajana - one's own person, kinsman, relative

मृगपोतकाः (mṛgapotakāḥ) - fawns of deer, young deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgapotaka

mṛgapotaka - young of a deer, fawn

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+potaka)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• potaka – young animal, cub, fawn
  noun (masculine)

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