योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-36

पादाष्टकैरावलितात्मपृष्ठो मृतेऽम्भसः क्लेशकृतात्ममृत्युः ।
समाः शतार्धं शरभोऽहमासं क्रौञ्चाचले काञ्चनकन्दरासु ॥ ३६ ॥

pādāṣṭakairāvalitātmapṛṣṭho mṛte'mbhasaḥ kleśakṛtātmamṛtyuḥ ,
samāḥ śatārdhaṃ śarabho'hamāsaṃ krauñcācale kāñcanakandarāsu 36

36. pādāṣṭakaiḥ āvalitātmapṛṣṭhaḥ
mṛte ambhasaḥ kleśakṛtātma mṛtyuḥ
samāḥ śatārdham śarabhaḥ aham
āsam krauñcācale kāñcanakandarāsu

36. aham śarabhaḥ āsam samāḥ śatārdham
pādāṣṭakaiḥ āvalitātmapṛṣṭhaḥ
mṛte ambhasaḥ kleśakṛtātma
mṛtyuḥ krauñcācale kāñcanakandarāsu

36. For fifty years, I was a śarabha, a creature with eight legs covering its back. In stagnant water, on Mount Krauñca, amidst its golden caves, I brought about my own death through distress.

Words meanings summery:

• पादाष्टकैः (pādāṣṭakaiḥ) - by means of eight feet/legs

• आवलितात्मपृष्ठः (āvalitātmapṛṣṭhaḥ) - whose back was covered

• मृते (mṛte) - in stagnant water (in dead, in still, in stagnant)

• अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - of water (referring to the stagnant water) (of water, from water)

• क्लेशकृतात्म (kleśakṛtātma) - causing one's own distress (one who creates distress for oneself)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (specifically, self-inflicted death by distress) (death)

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• शतार्धम् (śatārdham) - fifty (years) (half a hundred, fifty)

• शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - a Śarabha (mythical eight-legged beast)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आसम् (āsam) - I was

• क्रौञ्चाचले (krauñcācale) - on Mount Krauñca

• काञ्चनकन्दरासु (kāñcanakandarāsu) - in the golden caves

Words meanings and morphology

पादाष्टकैः (pādāṣṭakaiḥ) - by means of eight feet/legs

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of pādāṣṭaka

pādāṣṭaka - eight-legged; having eight feet

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāda+aṣṭaka)

• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)
• aṣṭaka – group of eight, consisting of eight
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially or attributively in relation to the covering of the back.

आवलितात्मपृष्ठः (āvalitātmapṛṣṭhaḥ) - whose back was covered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvalitātmapṛṣṭha

āvalitātmapṛṣṭha - whose back is covered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āvalita+ātman+pṛṣṭha)

• āvalita – covered, surrounded
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛ (to cover, surround) with upasarga ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of a descriptive compound for śarabhaḥ.

मृते (mṛte) - in stagnant water (in dead, in still, in stagnant)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, inactive, still

Past Passive Participle

From root mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Adjectival to implied 'ambhasi', meaning 'in dead water'.

अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - of water (referring to the stagnant water) (of water, from water)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Note: Often found in locative 'ambhasi' in phrases like 'in water'. Here genitive suggests 'of water'.

क्लेशकृतात्म (kleśakṛtātma) - causing one's own distress (one who creates distress for oneself)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kleśakṛtātman

kleśakṛtātman - one who causes distress to oneself

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kleśa+kṛt+ātman)

• kleśa – distress, pain, affliction
  noun (masculine)
• kṛt – making, doing, causing
  adjective
  Agentive suffix
  From root kṛ (to do, make) with agentive suffix -t.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of the compound 'kleśakṛtātma mṛtyuḥ'.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death (specifically, self-inflicted death by distress) (death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Note: Here, 'kleśakṛtātma mṛtyuḥ' means 'a death caused by oneself due to distress' or 'a self-inflicted death by distress'.

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year

Note: Used to indicate duration, often in the nominative plural.

शतार्धम् (śatārdham) - fifty (years) (half a hundred, fifty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śatārdha

śatārdha - half a hundred, fifty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+ardha)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• ardha – half
  noun (neuter)

Note: Often accusative singular neuter when indicating duration.

शरभः (śarabhaḥ) - a Śarabha (mythical eight-legged beast)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarabha

śarabha - a mythical eight-legged deer or lion-like beast, said to live on mountains and be stronger than a lion and an elephant

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

आसम् (āsam) - I was

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect past tense, first person singular

Root as (to be), imperfect (laṅ), first person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

क्रौञ्चाचले (krauñcācale) - on Mount Krauñca

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of krauñcācala

krauñcācala - Mount Krauñca (a mythical mountain)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krauñca+acala)

• krauñca – curlew (bird); a mountain
  noun (masculine)
• acala – mountain, immovable
  noun (masculine)

काञ्चनकन्दरासु (kāñcanakandarāsu) - in the golden caves

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kāñcanakandarā

kāñcanakandarā - golden cave

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāñcana+kandarā)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective (neuter)
• kandarā – cave, cavern
  noun (feminine)