योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-14, verse-5

उवास कार्यवशतो बिसबालान्तरे चिरम् ।
अन्यान्यपि च वृत्तान्तशतान्यनुबभूव ह ॥ ५ ॥

uvāsa kāryavaśato bisabālāntare ciram ,
anyānyapi ca vṛttāntaśatānyanubabhūva ha 5

5. uvāsa kāryavaśataḥ bisabālāntare ciram
anyāni api ca vṛttāntaśatāni anubabhūva ha

5. kāryavaśataḥ bisabālāntare ciram uvāsa
anyāni api ca vṛttāntaśatāni anubabhūva ha

5. Due to the necessity of a particular task, he resided for a long time within a lotus stalk. He also indeed experienced hundreds of other events.

Words meanings summery:

• उवास (uvāsa) - dwelt, lived, resided

• कार्यवशतः (kāryavaśataḥ) - due to the necessity of work, by reason of a task

• बिसबालान्तरे (bisabālāntare) - within the core or interior of a young lotus stalk (within the lotus stalk)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

• अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• वृत्तान्तशतानि (vṛttāntaśatāni) - hundreds of events/occurrences

• अनुबभूव (anubabhūva) - experienced, underwent

• ह (ha) - indeed, truly, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

उवास (uvāsa) - dwelt, lived, resided

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (lit) of vas

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vas (class 1)

कार्यवशतः (kāryavaśataḥ) - due to the necessity of work, by reason of a task

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kārya+vaśa)

• kārya – work, duty, business, action
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kṛ (to do) + -ya suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vaśa – will, power, control, authority
  noun (masculine)

Note: Derived with the 'tas' suffix from the ablative sense.

बिसबालान्तरे (bisabālāntare) - within the core or interior of a young lotus stalk (within the lotus stalk)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bisabālāntara

bisabālāntara - interior of a young lotus stalk

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bisa+bāla+antara)

• bisa – lotus stalk, lotus fibre
  noun (neuter)
• bāla – young, tender, child
  adjective (masculine)
• antara – interior, inside, middle
  noun (neuter)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter).

अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वृत्तान्तशतानि (vṛttāntaśatāni) - hundreds of events/occurrences

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vṛttāntaśata

vṛttāntaśata - hundred of events or narratives

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vṛttānta+śata)

• vṛttānta – event, occurrence, narrative, tale
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अनुबभूव (anubabhūva) - experienced, underwent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active with prefix 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, truly, certainly

(indeclinable)