योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-118, verse-6

अतिबहुकालविलोलानवलोक्य बकांस्तपोदम्भान् ।
अत्रैवातिमिरस्थांस्तटवनिता विस्मिता धूर्तान् ॥ ६ ॥

atibahukālavilolānavalokya bakāṃstapodambhān ,
atraivātimirasthāṃstaṭavanitā vismitā dhūrtān 6

6. atibahukālavilolān avalokya bakān tapas-dambhān
atra eva atimirasthān taṭavanitā vismitā dhūrtān

6. atra eva taṭavanitā atibahukālavilolān tapas-dambhān
atimirasthān dhūrtān bakān avalokya vismitā

6. Here, indeed, the women on the riverbank were astonished to see the cunning herons, who, having remained motionless for a very long time in the deep shadows, were practicing the pretense of asceticism (tapas).

6. בראותה את האנפות העומדות זמן רב ללא ניע ומעמידות פני עוסקות בסיגוף (תַפַּס) ממש כאן באור, תמהה האישה שעל הגדה למראה הנוכלים הללו.

Words meanings summery:

• अतिबहुकालविलोलान् (atibahukālavilolān) - motionless for a very long time (in pretense) (motionless for a very long time (in pretense), agitated for a very long time)

• अवलोक्य (avalokya) - having seen, observing, perceiving

• बकान् (bakān) - herons, cranes

• तपस्-दम्भान् (tapas-dambhān) - having the pretense of asceticism

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• अतिमिरस्थान् (atimirasthān) - remaining in deep darkness/shadows

• तटवनिता (taṭavanitā) - women of the bank (river/pond bank)

• विस्मिता (vismitā) - astonished, surprised, amazed

• धूर्तान् (dhūrtān) - cunning, deceitful ones, rogues

Words meanings and morphology

अतिबहुकालविलोलान् (atibahukālavilolān) - motionless for a very long time (in pretense) (motionless for a very long time (in pretense), agitated for a very long time)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of atibahukālavilola

atibahukālavilola - motionless for a very long time; agitated for a very long time

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+bahu+kāla+vilola)

• ati – very, exceedingly, beyond
  prefix/indeclinable
• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• vilola – swaying, agitated, unsteady; motionless (in meditation/pretense)
  adjective

अवलोक्य (avalokya) - having seen, observing, perceiving

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root lok with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: lok (class 10)

बकान् (bakān) - herons, cranes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of baka

baka - heron, crane

तपस्-दम्भान् (tapas-dambhān) - having the pretense of asceticism

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tapas-dambha

tapas-dambha - pretense of asceticism

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+dambha)

• tapas – asceticism, penance, austerity (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
• dambha – hypocrisy, pretense, deceit
  noun (masculine)

Note: functioning as an adjective for 'bakān'

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

अतिमिरस्थान् (atimirasthān) - remaining in deep darkness/shadows

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of atimirastha

atimirastha - remaining in deep darkness/shadows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati-mira+stha)

• ati-mira – deep darkness, intense darkness
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated (suffix)
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तटवनिता (taṭavanitā) - women of the bank (river/pond bank)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taṭavanitā

taṭavanitā - women of the bank (river/pond bank)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taṭa+vanitā)

• taṭa – bank, shore, slope
  noun (masculine)
• vanitā – woman, beloved woman
  noun (feminine)

विस्मिता (vismitā) - astonished, surprised, amazed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vismita

vismita - astonished, surprised, amazed

past passive participle

derived from root smi with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: smi (class 1)

धूर्तान् (dhūrtān) - cunning, deceitful ones, rogues

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhūrta

dhūrta - cunning, deceitful, rogue, cheat

Note: used as a noun referring to the herons

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