योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-137, verse-22

तदहं हृदयं जन्तोराविशं विषमान्तरम् ।
नरोऽवयवसंबाधं नरवृन्दमिवाधिकः ॥ २२ ॥

tadahaṃ hṛdayaṃ jantorāviśaṃ viṣamāntaram ,
naro'vayavasaṃbādhaṃ naravṛndamivādhikaḥ 22

22. tat aham hṛdayam jantoḥ āviśam viṣamāntaram
naraḥ avayavasaṃbādham naravṛndam iva adhikaḥ

22. tat aham adhikaḥ jantoḥ viṣamāntaram avayavasaṃbādham hṛdayam āviśam,
naraḥ avayavasaṃbādham naravṛndam iva.

22. Therefore, I entered the deeply intricate and densely packed interior of a living being's heart, just as a superior person might enter a multitude of people closely pressed together.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (therefore, that, then)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind, core)

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being (of a living being, of a creature, of a person)

• आविशम् (āviśam) - I entered (I entered, I penetrated)

• विषमान्तरम् (viṣamāntaram) - deeply intricate (having a difficult interior, intricate inside)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

• अवयवसंबाधम् (avayavasaṁbādham) - densely packed / closely pressed together (crowded with limbs/parts, densely packed)

• नरवृन्दम् (naravṛndam) - multitude of people (crowd of people, multitude of men)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• अधिकः (adhikaḥ) - superior (superior, greater, abundant)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (therefore, that, then)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind, core)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, essence, core

Note: Object of āviśam.

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being (of a living being, of a creature, of a person)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, person

Note: 'of a living being' modifying 'heart'.

आविशम् (āviśam) - I entered (I entered, I penetrated)

(verb)

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

root viś (6th class) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

विषमान्तरम् (viṣamāntaram) - deeply intricate (having a difficult interior, intricate inside)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣamāntara

viṣamāntara - having a difficult interior, intricate inside, uneven internal space

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viṣama+antara)

• viṣama – uneven, difficult, rough
  adjective
• antara – interior, inside, difference, other
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies hṛdayam.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, person

Note: Part of the simile, subject of the implied action.

अवयवसंबाधम् (avayavasaṁbādham) - densely packed / closely pressed together (crowded with limbs/parts, densely packed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avayavasaṃbādha

avayavasaṁbādha - crowded with limbs/parts, densely packed, obstructed by parts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avayava+saṃbādha)

• avayava – limb, member, part, component
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbādha – crowded, oppressed, constricted, obstruction
  noun (masculine)
  from √badh with saṃ-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: badh (class 1)

Note: Modifies hṛdayam in the main clause, and naravṛndam in the simile.

नरवृन्दम् (naravṛndam) - multitude of people (crowd of people, multitude of men)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naravṛnda

naravṛnda - multitude of men, crowd of people

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vṛnda)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
• vṛnda – group, multitude, heap, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of comparison in the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the simile.

अधिकः (adhikaḥ) - superior (superior, greater, abundant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhika

adhika - superior, greater, excessive, abundant

Note: Qualifies 'naraḥ'.