योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-131, verse-40

कालञ्जरे मञ्जरिते करञ्जगुञ्जावने जम्बुकतां गतोऽहम् ।
गजेन पिष्टे हरिणा हतोऽसौ हस्ती मयात्रार्थमृतेन दृष्टः ॥ ४० ॥

kālañjare mañjarite karañjaguñjāvane jambukatāṃ gato'ham ,
gajena piṣṭe hariṇā hato'sau hastī mayātrārthamṛtena dṛṣṭaḥ 40

40. kālañjare mañjarite karañja-guñjā-avane
jambukatām gataḥ aham
gajena piṣṭe hariṇā hataḥ asau hastī
mayā atra artha-mṛtena dṛṣṭaḥ

40. aham kālañjare mañjarite karañjaguñjāvane jambukatām gataḥ.
atra mayā artha-mṛtena gajena piṣṭe hariṇā hataḥ asau hastī dṛṣṭaḥ.

40. In Kālañjara, amidst the blossoming Karañja and Guñjā groves, I became a jackal. Here, I saw an elephant, which had been crushed by another elephant and then killed by a lion, (and I saw it) as one whose purpose had come to an end.

Words meanings summery:

• कालञ्जरे (kālañjare) - in the region of Kālañjara mountain (in Kālañjara (a mountain or region))

• मञ्जरिते (mañjarite) - in the flowering (grove) (in the blossoming, flowering)

• करञ्ज-गुञ्जा-अवने (karañja-guñjā-avane) - in the grove containing Karañja and Guñjā plants (in the forest/grove of Karañja and Guñjā trees/vines)

• जम्बुकताम् (jambukatām) - the state of being a jackal (the state of a jackal, jackal-ness)

• गतः (gataḥ) - became, attained (the state) (gone, attained, become)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the narrator) (I)

• गजेन (gajena) - by an elephant

• पिष्टे (piṣṭe) - having been crushed (when crushed, in the crushed (state))

• हरिणा (hariṇā) - by a lion

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

• असौ (asau) - this (elephant) (that, this (distant))

• हस्ती (hastī) - the elephant (elephant)

• मया (mayā) - by me (the narrator) (by me)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this situation/place) (here, in this place)

• अर्थ-मृतेन (artha-mṛtena) - by me, whose purpose was as good as ended/fulfilled. (by one whose purpose is dead/fulfilled, by one useless for a purpose)

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - was seen (seen)

Words meanings and morphology

कालञ्जरे (kālañjare) - in the region of Kālañjara mountain (in Kālañjara (a mountain or region))

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kālañjara

kālañjara - Name of a mountain or region in India.

मञ्जरिते (mañjarite) - in the flowering (grove) (in the blossoming, flowering)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mañjarita

mañjarita - blossomed, flowered, having sprouts or blossoms.

Past Passive Participle

Derived from mañjarī (bud, sprout) + ita suffix.

Note: Agrees with avane.

करञ्ज-गुञ्जा-अवने (karañja-guñjā-avane) - in the grove containing Karañja and Guñjā plants (in the forest/grove of Karañja and Guñjā trees/vines)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karañja-guñjā-avana

karañja-guñjā-avana - A grove of Karañja and Guñjā.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karañja+guñjā+avana)

• karañja – Indian beech tree (Pongamia pinnata)
  noun (masculine)
• guñjā – Abrus precatorius, a creeper with red and black seeds
  noun (feminine)
• avana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: av (class 1)

Note: Sandhi: guñjā + avane -> guñjāvane.

जम्बुकताम् (jambukatām) - the state of being a jackal (the state of a jackal, jackal-ness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jambukatā

jambukatā - the state or condition of being a jackal.

Note: Object of gataḥ (attained).

गतः (gataḥ) - became, attained (the state) (gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained, reached, become.

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with aham.

अहम् (aham) - I (the narrator) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself.

Note: Subject of gataḥ.

गजेन (gajena) - by an elephant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant.

Note: Agent of piṣṭe.

पिष्टे (piṣṭe) - having been crushed (when crushed, in the crushed (state))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of piṣṭa

piṣṭa - crushed, ground, pounded, pulverized.

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root piṣ (to grind, crush).

Root: piṣ (class 7)

Note: Refers to hastī (elephant) implicitly.

हरिणा (hariṇā) - by a lion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hari

hari - lion, sun, Viṣṇu, Indra, monkey.

Note: Agent of hataḥ.

हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, injured, destroyed.

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

असौ (asau) - this (elephant) (that, this (distant))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (referring to something distant or particular).

Note: Agrees with hastī.

हस्ती (hastī) - the elephant (elephant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hastin

hastin - elephant (lit. 'having a hand/trunk').

मया (mayā) - by me (the narrator) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself.

Note: Agent of dṛṣṭaḥ.

अत्र (atra) - here (in this situation/place) (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

अर्थ-मृतेन (artha-mṛtena) - by me, whose purpose was as good as ended/fulfilled. (by one whose purpose is dead/fulfilled, by one useless for a purpose)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of artha-mṛta

artha-mṛta - dead to a purpose, one whose purpose is accomplished/ended/dead.

Compound. artha (purpose) + mṛta (dead/ended).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+mṛta)

• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• mṛta – dead, deceased, ended, completed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with mayā.

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - was seen (seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, beheld, observed.

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with hastī.