योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-128, verse-18

ददर्श तत्र शिखरप्रतिमैर्विहगैर्वपुः ।
विकर्तितं मनोदेहं प्रसृतं च स्वचिन्तिते ॥ १८ ॥

dadarśa tatra śikharapratimairvihagairvapuḥ ,
vikartitaṃ manodehaṃ prasṛtaṃ ca svacintite 18

18. dadarśa tatra śikharapratimaiḥ vihagaiḥ vapuḥ
vikartitam manodeham prasṛtam ca svacintite

18. tatra saḥ śikharapratimaiḥ vihagaiḥ vapuḥ
vikartitam manodeham ca svacintite prasṛtam dadarśa

18. There he saw his body mangled by birds resembling mountain peaks. And his subtle body (manodeha) was diffused into his own thoughts.

Words meanings summery:

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, beheld

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• शिखरप्रतिमैः (śikharapratimaiḥ) - by those resembling mountain peaks, by mountain-peak-like ones

• विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

• विकर्तितम् (vikartitam) - mangled, torn apart, mutilated

• मनोदेहम् (manodeham) - subtle body, mind-body

• प्रसृतम् (prasṛtam) - spread out, diffused, extended

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्वचिन्तिते (svacintite) - in his own thought, in his own meditation/conception

Words meanings and morphology

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect Tense (lit)

Reduplicated root form.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The subject is implied from the previous verse (saḥ).

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'tad' (that) + 'tral' (locative suffix).

शिखरप्रतिमैः (śikharapratimaiḥ) - by those resembling mountain peaks, by mountain-peak-like ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śikharapratima

śikharapratima - resembling a mountain peak, mountain-peak-like

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'that whose resemblance is with a mountain peak'.

Compound type : Upamāna-Pūrvapada Bahuvrīhi (śikhara+pratima)

• śikhara – peak, summit, crest
  noun (neuter)
• pratima – resembling, like, image, likeness
  adjective
  From 'prati' + 'mā' (to measure, compare).
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'vihagaiḥ'.

विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird (literally 'going in the sky')

Upapada Tatpurusha: 'vi' (sky) + 'ga' (going).

Compound type : Upapada Tatpuruṣa (vi+ga)

• vi – sky, air
  noun (neuter)
  From 'vi' (prefix) or 'ākāśa' (sky).
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun from root 'gam'
  From root 'gam' (to go) + 'ḍa' suffix.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agent of mangling.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'saw' and modified by 'vikartitam'.

विकर्तितम् (vikartitam) - mangled, torn apart, mutilated

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vikartita

vikartita - mangled, torn, cut up

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'vi' + 'kṛt' (to cut, divide) + 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Describes the condition of the body.

मनोदेहम् (manodeham) - subtle body, mind-body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manodeha

manodeha - subtle body, mental body, mind-body (often referring to the liṅga-śarīra or sūkṣma-śarīra)

Tatpurusha compound: 'manas' (mind) + 'deha' (body).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (manas+deha)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'man' (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dih' (to smear, grow).
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Direct object, linked by 'ca'.

प्रसृतम् (prasṛtam) - spread out, diffused, extended

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread out, extended, diffused, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'pra' + 'sṛ' (to flow, to spread) + 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Describes the state of the subtle body.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

स्वचिन्तिते (svacintite) - in his own thought, in his own meditation/conception

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svacintita

svacintita - one's own thought, own meditation, own conception

Past Passive Participle used as noun

Tatpurusha compound: 'sva' (own) + 'cintita' (thought).

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-Tatpuruṣa (sva+cintita)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• cintita – thought, considered, meditated upon
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'cint' (to think) + 'kta' suffix.
  Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Locative of place or state 'in his own thought'.