योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-121, verse-4

आययौ यामिनीश्यामा मेघलेखेव तानवम् ।
संपादिताहर्व्यापारास्तस्थुः स्वशयनेषु ते ॥ ४ ॥

āyayau yāminīśyāmā meghalekheva tānavam ,
saṃpāditāharvyāpārāstasthuḥ svaśayaneṣu te 4

4. āyayau yāminīśyāmā meghalekhā iva tānavam
sampādita ahar vyāpārāḥ tasthuḥ sva śayaneṣu te

4. yāminīśyāmā meghalekhā tānavam iva āyayau te
sampādita ahar vyāpārāḥ sva śayaneṣu tasthuḥ

4. The dark night (yāminīśyāmā) arrived, like a fading streak of clouds. Those (the warriors) whose day's activities were completed settled into their own beds.

Words meanings summery:

• आययौ (āyayau) - she came, she arrived

• यामिनीश्यामा (yāminīśyāmā) - dark night

• मेघलेखा (meghalekhā) - line of clouds, cloud streak

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• तानवम् (tānavam) - fading, thinning (slenderness, thinness, attenuation)

• सम्पादित (sampādita) - completed, accomplished, brought about

• अहर् (ahar) - day

• व्यापाराः (vyāpārāḥ) - day's activities (activities, business, actions)

• तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood, they remained, they settled

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• शयनेषु (śayaneṣu) - in beds, on couches, in resting places

• ते (te) - the warriors/army (they)

Words meanings and morphology

आययौ (āyayau) - she came, she arrived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of yā

perfect active

third person singular perfect active of root yā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'yāminīśyāmā'.

यामिनीश्यामा (yāminīśyāmā) - dark night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāminīśyāmā

yāminīśyāmā - dark night

Compound type : karmadhāraya (yāminī+śyāmā)

• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)
• śyāmā – dark, black, dark-skinned woman
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'āyayau'.

मेघलेखा (meghalekhā) - line of clouds, cloud streak

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of meghalekhā

meghalekhā - line of clouds, cloud streak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+lekhā)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of the simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

तानवम् (tānavam) - fading, thinning (slenderness, thinness, attenuation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tānava

tānava - slenderness, thinness, attenuation, meagerness

from tanu (thin) + -a suffix

Note: Adverbial accusative, describing the manner of arrival (with thinness/fading).

सम्पादित (sampādita) - completed, accomplished, brought about

(adjective)

of sampādita

sampādita - completed, accomplished

past passive participle

past passive participle of root pad with prefixes sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: First member of the Bahuvrīhi compound 'sampāditāharvyāpārāḥ'.

अहर् (ahar) - day

(noun)

of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Second member of the Bahuvrīhi compound 'sampāditāharvyāpārāḥ'.

व्यापाराः (vyāpārāḥ) - day's activities (activities, business, actions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāpāra

vyāpāra - activity, business, occupation

from vi-ā-pṛ 'to be engaged'

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Final member of the Bahuvrīhi compound 'sampāditāharvyāpārāḥ', which functions as an adjective modifying 'te'.

तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood, they remained, they settled

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

perfect active

third person plural perfect active of root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(pronoun)

of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: First member of the Tatpuruṣa compound 'svaśayaneṣu'.

शयनेषु (śayaneṣu) - in beds, on couches, in resting places

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śayana

śayana - bed, couch, resting place

from root śī 'to lie'

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Locative plural, referring to where they settled.

ते (te) - the warriors/army (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it