योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-119, verse-11

अस्मिन्काले कुवलयलताकोमला धूमलेखा नासारन्ध्रं मृदुगलबिलं मे प्रवृत्ता नियातुम् ।
उष्णा कृष्णा नकुलकलिता सत्वरं बालसर्पी भूमे रन्ध्रं तनुमिव दराद्दैर्घ्यसंकोचकुब्जा ॥ ११ ॥

asminkāle kuvalayalatākomalā dhūmalekhā nāsārandhraṃ mṛdugalabilaṃ me pravṛttā niyātum ,
uṣṇā kṛṣṇā nakulakalitā satvaraṃ bālasarpī bhūme randhraṃ tanumiva darāddairghyasaṃkocakubjā 11

11. asmin kāle kuvalayalatakomalā dhūmalekhā nāsārandhram
mṛdu galabilam me pravṛttā niyātum | uṣṇā
kṛṣṇā nakulakalitā satvaram bālasarpī bhūmeḥ
randhram tanum iva darāt dairghyasaṃkocakubjā ||

11. asmin kāle kuvalayalatākomalā dhūmalekhā me nāsārandhram mṛdu galabilam niyātum pravṛttā uṣṇā kṛṣṇā nakulakalitā bālasarpī darāt dairghyasaṃkocakubjā,
tanum randhram iva bhūmeḥ satvaram (pravṛttā)

11. At that moment, a plume of smoke (dhūmalekhā), soft and delicate like a blue lotus creeper, began to enter my nostril and my soft throat passage. It was like a hot, dark, coiling baby snake, swiftly entering a narrow hole in the earth, hunched and contracting its length out of fear.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• काले (kāle) - at the time, in the moment

• कुवलयलतकोमला (kuvalayalatakomalā) - soft and delicate like a blue lotus creeper

• धूमलेखा (dhūmalekhā) - line of smoke, plume of smoke

• नासारन्ध्रम् (nāsārandhram) - nostril, nasal aperture

• मृदु (mṛdu) - soft, tender, gentle

• गलबिलम् (galabilam) - throat passage, gullet

• मे (me) - my, to me

• प्रवृत्ता (pravṛttā) - commenced, began, proceeded

• नियातुम् (niyātum) - to enter, to go down

• उष्णा (uṣṇā) - hot, warm

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - black, dark

• नकुलकलिता (nakulakalitā) - coiling, wriggling (like a mongoose's agility or a snake's movement)

• सत्वरम् (satvaram) - swiftly, quickly

• बालसर्पी (bālasarpī) - a baby snake, young serpent

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

• रन्ध्रम् (randhram) - hole, opening

• तनुम् (tanum) - thin, narrow, slender

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• दरात् (darāt) - from fear, due to fear

• दैर्घ्यसंकोचकुब्जा (dairghyasaṁkocakubjā) - hunched and contracting its length

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

काले (kāle) - at the time, in the moment

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

Root: kal (class 10)

कुवलयलतकोमला (kuvalayalatakomalā) - soft and delicate like a blue lotus creeper

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuvalayalatakomala

kuvalayalatakomala - soft and delicate like a blue lotus creeper

Compound type : upamāna-tatpuruṣa (kuvalaya+latā+komala)

• kuvalaya – blue lotus, water-lily
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine, slender branch
  noun (feminine)
• komala – soft, tender, delicate, pleasing
  adjective

धूमलेखा (dhūmalekhā) - line of smoke, plume of smoke

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhūmalekhā

dhūmalekhā - line of smoke, streak of smoke

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūma+lekhā)

• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing
  noun (feminine)
  Root: likh (class 6)

नासारन्ध्रम् (nāsārandhram) - nostril, nasal aperture

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāsārandhra

nāsārandhra - nostril, nasal aperture

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāsā+randhra)

• nāsā – nose
  noun (feminine)
• randhra – hole, opening, cavity
  noun (neuter)

मृदु (mṛdu) - soft, tender, gentle

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, tender, gentle, mild

गलबिलम् (galabilam) - throat passage, gullet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of galabila

galabila - throat passage, gullet, windpipe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gala+bila)

• gala – throat, neck
  noun (masculine)
• bila – hole, cavity, opening
  noun (neuter)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, my

प्रवृत्ता (pravṛttā) - commenced, began, proceeded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, began, proceeded, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt- with upasarga pra- and past passive participle suffix -ta.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नियातुम् (niyātum) - to enter, to go down

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root yā- with upasarga ni- and infinitive suffix -tum.

Prefix: ni

Root: yā (class 2)

उष्णा (uṣṇā) - hot, warm

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm, fiery

Root: uṣ (class 1)

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - black, dark

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue

नकुलकलिता (nakulakalitā) - coiling, wriggling (like a mongoose's agility or a snake's movement)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nakulakalita

nakulakalita - accompanied by a mongoose; endowed with mongoose-like qualities; variegated (less common)

Past Passive Participle (for kalita)

Compound of nakula (mongoose) and kalita (possessed of, made). In context of a snake, it implies an agile or coiling movement.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nakula+kalita)

• nakula – mongoose
  noun (masculine)
• kalita – joined, endowed with, marked with, understood
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kal- (to count, know, make) with past passive participle suffix -ta.
  Root: kal (class 10)

सत्वरम् (satvaram) - swiftly, quickly

(indeclinable)

बालसर्पी (bālasarpī) - a baby snake, young serpent

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālasarpin

bālasarpin - a young snake, baby serpent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bāla+sarpin)

• bāla – young, child, infant
  adjective
• sarpin – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

रन्ध्रम् (randhram) - hole, opening

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of randhra

randhra - hole, opening, aperture, defect

Root: radh (class 1)

तनुम् (tanum) - thin, narrow, slender

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tanu

tanu - thin, narrow, slender, delicate

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

दरात् (darāt) - from fear, due to fear

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dara

dara - fear, terror, dread

Root: dṝ (class 9)

दैर्घ्यसंकोचकुब्जा (dairghyasaṁkocakubjā) - hunched and contracting its length

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dairghyasaṃkocakubjā

dairghyasaṁkocakubja - hunched due to the contraction of length

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dairghya+saṃkoca+kubja)

• dairghya – length, tallness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from dīrgha (long).
• saṃkoca – contraction, shrinking, drawing together
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kuc (class 6)
• kubja – hunched, crooked, bent
  adjective