योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-115, verse-3

अमी दूरालोकव्यवहितमहावर्त्मनिचयाः पुरःप्राकाराणां कुलशिखरिणो बिभ्रति वपुः ।
विशन्तीरम्भोधिं कलय लुलिता भान्ति सरितः पटस्यान्तः सक्ताः प्रतनुसितसूत्रा इव दशाः ॥ ३ ॥

amī dūrālokavyavahitamahāvartmanicayāḥ puraḥprākārāṇāṃ kulaśikhariṇo bibhrati vapuḥ ,
viśantīrambhodhiṃ kalaya lulitā bhānti saritaḥ paṭasyāntaḥ saktāḥ pratanusitasūtrā iva daśāḥ 3

3. amī dūrālokavyavahitāmahāvartmanicayāḥ
puraḥprākārāṇām kulaśikhariṇaḥ bibhrati vapuḥ | viśantīḥ
ambhodhim kalaya lulitāḥ bhānti saritaḥ
paṭasya antaḥ saktāḥ pratanusitasūtrāḥ iva daśāḥ ||

3. amī dūrālokavyavahitāmahāvartmanicayāḥ kulaśikhariṇaḥ,
puraḥprākārāṇām vapuḥ bibhrati (tvam) lulitāḥ ambhodhim viśantīḥ saritaḥ kalaya,
(tāḥ) paṭasya antaḥ saktāḥ pratanusitasūtrāḥ daśāḥ iva bhānti

3. These principal mountains, whose numerous great pathways are hidden from distant sight, assume the form of city walls. And behold, the agitated rivers entering the ocean appear like thin white threads attached to the fringes within a cloth.

Words meanings summery:

• अमी (amī) - these

• दूरालोकव्यवहितामहावर्त्मनिचयाः (dūrālokavyavahitāmahāvartmanicayāḥ) - groups of great roads hidden from distant sight

• पुरःप्राकाराणाम् (puraḥprākārāṇām) - of city walls, of ramparts

• कुलशिखरिणः (kulaśikhariṇaḥ) - principal mountains, family mountains

• बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they bear, they hold, they show

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - form, body, appearance

• विशन्तीः (viśantīḥ) - entering

• अम्भोधिम् (ambhodhim) - the ocean

• कलय (kalaya) - observe, see, behold

• लुलिताः (lulitāḥ) - agitated, stirred

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• पटस्य (paṭasya) - of the cloth

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside, within

• सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, adhering

• प्रतनुसितसूत्राः (pratanusitasūtrāḥ) - thin white threads

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• दशाः (daśāḥ) - fringes, borders, threads (of cloth)

Words meanings and morphology

अमी (amī) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adas

adas - this, that, these

दूरालोकव्यवहितामहावर्त्मनिचयाः (dūrālokavyavahitāmahāvartmanicayāḥ) - groups of great roads hidden from distant sight

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dūrālokavyavahitāmahāvartmanicaya

dūrālokavyavahitāmahāvartmanicaya - group of great roads concealed from distant sight

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dūrāloka+vyavahita+mahāvartmanicaya)

• dūrāloka – distant sight, view from afar
  noun (masculine)
• vyavahita – separated, concealed, hidden
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb vi-ava-dhā (to interpose, separate)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• mahāvartmanicaya – group of great paths/roads
  noun (masculine)

पुरःप्राकाराणाम् (puraḥprākārāṇām) - of city walls, of ramparts

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puraḥprākāra

puraḥprākāra - city wall, rampart

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pura+prākāra)

• pura – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• prākāra – wall, rampart, enclosure
  noun (masculine)

कुलशिखरिणः (kulaśikhariṇaḥ) - principal mountains, family mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kulaśikharin

kulaśikharin - principal mountain, family mountain (one of the seven main mountain ranges of India)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kula+śikharin)

• kula – family, race, distinguished, principal
  noun (neuter)
• śikharin – mountain (literally, having peaks)
  noun (masculine)

बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they bear, they hold, they show

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - form, body, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, appearance

विशन्तीः (viśantīḥ) - entering

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, plural of viśant

viśant - entering

present active participle

from verb viś (to enter)

Prefix: vi

Root: viś (class 6)

अम्भोधिम् (ambhodhim) - the ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ambhodhi

ambhodhi - ocean (literally, holder of water)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambhas+dhi)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – holding, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  from root dhā (to place, hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

कलय (kalaya) - observe, see, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kalay

causative/10th class root

derived from root kal (to count, compute) or causative of kal

Root: kal (class 10)

लुलिताः (lulitāḥ) - agitated, stirred

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lulita

lulita - agitated, stirred, shaken

Past Passive Participle

from root lul (to agitate, stir)

Root: lul (class 1)

भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

पटस्य (paṭasya) - of the cloth

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paṭa

paṭa - cloth, garment

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside, within

(indeclinable)

सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, adhering

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sakta

sakta - attached, joined, clinging to

Past Passive Participle

from root sañj (to cling to, be attached)

Root: sañj (class 1)

प्रतनुसितसूत्राः (pratanusitasūtrāḥ) - thin white threads

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pratanusitasūtra

pratanusitasūtra - very thin white thread

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pratanu+sita+sūtra)

• pratanu – very thin, slender, delicate
  adjective
• sita – white, pure
  adjective
• sūtra – thread, string
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agreeing with 'daśāḥ' (feminine plural) in sense, though 'sūtra' is typically neuter. It functions here as an adjective or appositive.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

दशाः (daśāḥ) - fringes, borders, threads (of cloth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of daśā

daśā - fringe, edge, border (of cloth), wick, condition