योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-214, verse-48

देहयष्टिषु संयोज्य वनिता यक्षकर्दमम् ।
जग्मुस्ताण्डवनर्तक्यः श्रृङ्गारात्माङ्गणान्तरम् ॥ ४८ ॥

dehayaṣṭiṣu saṃyojya vanitā yakṣakardamam ,
jagmustāṇḍavanartakyaḥ śrṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram 48

48. dehay-aṣṭiṣu saṃyojya vanitā yakṣakardamam
jagmuḥ tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram

48. tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ vanitā dehay-aṣṭiṣu yakṣakardamam
saṃyojya śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram jagmuḥ

48. The Taṇḍava dancers, these women, having applied the yakṣa-paste to their slender bodies, entered the inner courtyard, which was the very essence of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra).

Words meanings summery:

• देहय्-अष्टिषु (dehay-aṣṭiṣu) - on their slender bodies (referring to the dancers) (on the slender bodies, on the body-sticks)

• संयोज्य (saṁyojya) - having applied (the paste) (having joined, having applied, having connected)

• वनिता (vanitā) - women (the dancers, used collectively) (woman, beloved woman)

• यक्षकर्दमम् (yakṣakardamam) - yakṣa-paste (yakṣa-paste, a type of fragrant ointment)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they entered (they went, they proceeded)

• ताण्डवनर्तक्यः (tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ) - the Taṇḍava dancers (Taṇḍava dancers)

• शृङ्गारात्माङ्गणान्तरम् (śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram) - into the inner courtyard, which was the very essence of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra) (into the inner courtyard, the essence of erotic sentiment)

Words meanings and morphology

देहय्-अष्टिषु (dehay-aṣṭiṣu) - on their slender bodies (referring to the dancers) (on the slender bodies, on the body-sticks)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of dehay-aṣṭi

dehay-aṣṭi - slender body, body-stick

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+yaṣṭi)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• yaṣṭi – stick, staff, rod; slender body
  noun (feminine)

संयोज्य (saṁyojya) - having applied (the paste) (having joined, having applied, having connected)

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Derived from the root yuj with prefix sam in the causative, forming a gerund (absolutive) with suffix lyap.

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

वनिता (vanitā) - women (the dancers, used collectively) (woman, beloved woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vanitā

vanitā - woman, beloved, desired

From root van (to desire, to love) + kta (past passive participle) used as a noun.

Root: van (class 1)

यक्षकर्दमम् (yakṣakardamam) - yakṣa-paste (yakṣa-paste, a type of fragrant ointment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yakṣakardama

yakṣakardama - a fragrant ointment (associated with yakṣas or of a specific color/fragrance)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yakṣa+kardama)

• yakṣa – a class of benevolent nature spirits, a semi-divine being
  noun (masculine)
• kardama – mud, mire, paste, ointment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of saṃyojya.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they entered (they went, they proceeded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

perfect tense (lit)

3rd person plural perfect active.

Root: gam (class 1)

ताण्डवनर्तक्यः (tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ) - the Taṇḍava dancers (Taṇḍava dancers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tāṇḍavanartakī

tāṇḍavanartakī - female dancer of the Taṇḍava style of dance

Compound type : tatpurusha (tāṇḍava+nartakī)

• tāṇḍava – relating to Taṇḍu (Shiva's attendant) or Shiva's dance
  noun (neuter)
• nartakī – female dancer
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of jagmuḥ.

शृङ्गारात्माङ्गणान्तरम् (śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram) - into the inner courtyard, which was the very essence of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra) (into the inner courtyard, the essence of erotic sentiment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntara

śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntara - inner courtyard whose essence is erotic sentiment

Compound type : tatpurusha (śṛṅgāra+ātman+aṅgaṇa+antara)

• śṛṅgāra – erotic sentiment, love, sexual desire
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgaṇa – courtyard
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inner part, space between
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative indicating 'into'.