योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-23

क्वचित्प्रमृतवैरिञ्चहंससस्मितपङ्कभूः ।
क्वचित्पङ्कविनिर्मग्नदेहार्धामरवारणः ॥ २३ ॥

kvacitpramṛtavairiñcahaṃsasasmitapaṅkabhūḥ ,
kvacitpaṅkavinirmagnadehārdhāmaravāraṇaḥ 23

23. kvacit pramṛta-vairiñca-haṃsa-sasmita-paṅka-bhūḥ
kvacit paṅka-vinirmagna-deha-ardha-amara-vāraṇaḥ

23. kvacit pramṛta-vairiñca-haṃsa-sasmita-paṅka-bhūḥ
kvacit paṅka-vinirmagna-deha-ardha-amara-vāraṇaḥ

23. Somewhere, there is a place whose mud holds Brahmā's dead swans, seemingly smiling. Elsewhere, there are divine elephants with half their bodies deeply immersed in mud.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some places, sometimes, occasionally

• प्रमृत-वैरिञ्च-हंस-सस्मित-पङ्क-भूः (pramṛta-vairiñca-haṁsa-sasmita-paṅka-bhūḥ) - a muddy ground holding dead swans of Brahmā, which gives it an eerie or melancholic charm (a place whose mud contains Brahmā's dead swans that appear to be smiling)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some places, sometimes, occasionally

• पङ्क-विनिर्मग्न-देह-अर्ध-अमर-वारणः (paṅka-vinirmagna-deha-ardha-amara-vāraṇaḥ) - divine elephants with half their bodies deeply immersed in mud

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some places, sometimes, occasionally

(indeclinable)

Derived from the interrogative pronoun 'kim' (what) and the indefiniteness particle 'cit'.

प्रमृत-वैरिञ्च-हंस-सस्मित-पङ्क-भूः (pramṛta-vairiñca-haṁsa-sasmita-paṅka-bhūḥ) - a muddy ground holding dead swans of Brahmā, which gives it an eerie or melancholic charm (a place whose mud contains Brahmā's dead swans that appear to be smiling)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pramṛta-vairiñca-haṃsa-sasmita-paṅka-bhū

pramṛta-vairiñca-haṁsa-sasmita-paṅka-bhū - a place with mud containing Brahmā's dead, smiling swans

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pramṛta+vairiñca+haṃsa+sasmita+paṅka+bhū)

• pramṛta – dead, perished, expired
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• vairiñca – belonging to Brahmā, related to Brahmā, Brahma's
  adjective
  Taddhita affix (aṇ) from Virāñca (a name for Brahmā).
• haṃsa – swan, goose; a type of ascetic
  noun (masculine)
• sasmita – smiling, accompanied by a smile, charming, gentle
  adjective
  Bahuvrīhi compound of 'sa' (with) and 'smita' (smile).
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt, swamp
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• bhū – earth, ground, place, soil, land
  noun (feminine)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some places, sometimes, occasionally

(indeclinable)

Derived from the interrogative pronoun 'kim' (what) and the indefiniteness particle 'cit'.

पङ्क-विनिर्मग्न-देह-अर्ध-अमर-वारणः (paṅka-vinirmagna-deha-ardha-amara-vāraṇaḥ) - divine elephants with half their bodies deeply immersed in mud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṅka-vinirmagna-deha-ardha-amara-vāraṇa

paṅka-vinirmagna-deha-ardha-amara-vāraṇa - divine elephants whose half bodies are deeply immersed in mud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṅka+vinirmagna+deha+ardha+amara+vāraṇa)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt, swamp
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• vinirmagna – deeply immersed, completely submerged, sunk
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: majj (class 6)
• deha – body, form, physical existence
  noun (masculine)
• ardha – half, part, portion
  noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
• amara – immortal, deathless; a god, deity
  noun/adjective (masculine)
• vāraṇa – elephant; warding off, preventing
  noun (masculine)