योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-30

जलदान्वलयन्वायुरलकालकतां गतान् ।
इत आयाति पुष्पाभ्रं रचयन्वनवीथिषु ॥ ३० ॥

jaladānvalayanvāyuralakālakatāṃ gatān ,
ita āyāti puṣpābhraṃ racayanvanavīthiṣu 30

30. jaladān valayan vāyuḥ alakālakatām gatān
itaḥ āyāti puṣpābhram racayan vanavīthiṣu

30. vāyuḥ itaḥ alakālakatām gatān jaladān
valayan vanavīthiṣu puṣpābhram racayan āyāti

30. The wind, making the clouds swirl and assume the appearance of curly locks, comes from this direction, creating flower-clouds along the forest paths.

Words meanings summery:

• जलदान् (jaladān) - clouds

• वलयन् (valayan) - causing to swirl, revolving, turning

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• अलकालकताम् (alakālakatām) - the state of being curly locks, state of resembling curly hair

• गतान् (gatān) - having become, having attained (the state of) (having gone, attained, become)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from this direction (from here, hence, from this place)

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

• पुष्पाभ्रम् (puṣpābhram) - flower-cloud, cloud of flowers

• रचयन् (racayan) - creating, arranging, composing

• वनवीथिषु (vanavīthiṣu) - in the forest paths

Words meanings and morphology

जलदान् (jaladān) - clouds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jalada

jalada - cloud (literally 'water-giver')

Formed from `jala` (water) and root √dā (to give) with kṛt suffix `ḍa`.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jala+da)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  kṛt suffix
  From root √dā (to give). Often used as the second part of a compound.
  Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'valayan'.

वलयन् (valayan) - causing to swirl, revolving, turning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of valay

valay - to cause to turn, to whirl, to revolve

present active participle (causative)

Formed from causative stem `valay` of root √val (to move, turn) with `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: val (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vāyuḥ'.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'āyāti'.

अलकालकताम् (alakālakatām) - the state of being curly locks, state of resembling curly hair

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of alakālakatā

alakālakatā - the state of being or resembling curly locks

Compound noun, likely formed from 'alaka' (a curl) and 'alakatā' (the state of being a curl, derived from 'alaka' + 'tā'). The long 'ā' may arise from internal sandhi or poetic usage.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (alaka+alakatā)

• alaka – a curl, a lock of hair (especially a woman's)
  noun (masculine)
• alakatā – the state of being a curl, curly-hairedness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'alaka' (a curl, a lock of hair) with the abstract suffix 'tā'.

Note: Goal of the action, describing what the clouds become.

गतान् (gatān) - having become, having attained (the state of) (having gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, become

past passive participle

From root √gam (to go) with `kta` suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'jaladān'.

इतः (itaḥ) - from this direction (from here, hence, from this place)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb formed with suffix `tasi` from `idam` (this).

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root `√yā` with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

पुष्पाभ्रम् (puṣpābhram) - flower-cloud, cloud of flowers

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣpābhra

puṣpābhra - cloud of flowers, flower-cloud

Compound type : karmadhāraya (puṣpa+abhra)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• abhra – cloud, sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'racayan'.

रचयन् (racayan) - creating, arranging, composing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of racay

racay - to create, to arrange, to prepare

present active participle

From root √rac (to prepare, compose) with `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: rac (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'vāyuḥ'.

वनवीथिषु (vanavīthiṣu) - in the forest paths

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of vanavīthi

vanavīthi - forest path, lane in a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vīthi)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)
• vīthi – path, road, lane, row
  noun (feminine)

Note: Location of the action of 'racayan'.