योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-182, verse-7

तपस्विनोऽष्टाविह ते तथा नाम तदाऽवसन् ।
यथा तपस्विनोऽन्ये ते तेषां मान्यास्तपस्विनः ॥ ७ ॥

tapasvino'ṣṭāviha te tathā nāma tadā'vasan ,
yathā tapasvino'nye te teṣāṃ mānyāstapasvinaḥ 7

7. tapasvinaḥ aṣṭau iha te tathā nāma tadā avasan
yathā tapasvinaḥ anye te teṣām mānyāḥ tapasvinaḥ

7. iha te aṣṭau tapasvinaḥ tadā nāma tathā avasan
yathā anye te tapasvinaḥ teṣām mānyāḥ tapasvinaḥ

7. Here, those eight ascetics (tapasvin) dwelled in such a way then that other ascetics (tapasvin) considered them venerable.

Words meanings summery:

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (tapasvin) (ascetics, renunciants (nominative plural))

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• ते (te) - those (referring to the eight ascetics) (those, they (masc. nom. pl.))

• तथा (tathā) - in such a way (thus, so, in that manner)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, certainly (as an emphatic particle) (name, by name, indeed, certainly)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• अवसन् (avasan) - they dwelled (they dwelt, they lived)

• यथा (yathā) - that (as, just as, in what manner, that)

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (tapasvin) (ascetics, renunciants (nominative plural))

• अन्ये (anye) - other (ascetics) (others (masc. nom. pl.))

• ते (te) - those (other ascetics) (those (masc. nom. pl.))

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the eight ascetics) (of them, to them (masc./neut. gen. pl.))

• मान्याः (mānyāḥ) - venerable (venerable, respectable, honorable (masc. nom. pl.))

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - (as) ascetics (tapasvin) (ascetics, renunciants (nominative plural))

Words meanings and morphology

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (tapasvin) (ascetics, renunciants (nominative plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, recluse, devoted to austerity

Derived from 'tapas' + possessive suffix '-vin'

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'avasan'.

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'tapasvinaḥ'.

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (referring to the eight ascetics) (those, they (masc. nom. pl.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'tapasvinaḥ aṣṭau'.

तथा (tathā) - in such a way (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, certainly (as an emphatic particle) (name, by name, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an emphatic particle 'indeed' or 'certainly'.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

अवसन् (avasan) - they dwelled (they dwelt, they lived)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Imperfect

3rd person plural Imperfect Active

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: The augment 'a' is prefixed to the root for imperfect forms.

यथा (yathā) - that (as, just as, in what manner, that)

(indeclinable)

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (tapasvin) (ascetics, renunciants (nominative plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, recluse, devoted to austerity

Derived from 'tapas' + possessive suffix '-vin'

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'were' or 'became'.

अन्ये (anye) - other (ascetics) (others (masc. nom. pl.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Agrees with 'tapasvinaḥ'.

ते (te) - those (other ascetics) (those (masc. nom. pl.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'tapasvinaḥ anye'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the eight ascetics) (of them, to them (masc./neut. gen. pl.))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the eight ascetics, showing possession or relation in their regard.

मान्याः (mānyāḥ) - venerable (venerable, respectable, honorable (masc. nom. pl.))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānya

mānya - to be honored, venerable, respectable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root 'man' (to think, to honor)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Used as a predicate noun/adjective for the eight ascetics.

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - (as) ascetics (tapasvin) (ascetics, renunciants (nominative plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, recluse, devoted to austerity

Derived from 'tapas' + possessive suffix '-vin'

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate noun in apposition to the implied subject of 'mānyāḥ'.