योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-23, verse-8

अथ तस्यामरण्यान्यां यावत्प्रविहराम्यहम् ।
तावत्पश्यामि पुरतो वदन्तं पथिकं श्रमात् ॥ ८ ॥

atha tasyāmaraṇyānyāṃ yāvatpraviharāmyaham ,
tāvatpaśyāmi purato vadantaṃ pathikaṃ śramāt 8

8. atha tasyām araṇyānyām yāvat praviharāmi aham |
tāvat paśyāmi purataḥ vadantam pathikam śramāt

8. atha aham yāvat tasyām araṇyānyām praviharāmi
tāvat purataḥ śramāt vadantam pathikam paśyāmi

8. Then, as I was wandering in that vast wilderness, I suddenly saw a traveler before me, speaking out of fatigue.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, therefore, moreover

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that, on that

• अरण्यान्याम् (araṇyānyām) - in the great forest, in the wilderness

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, as much as

• प्रविहरामि (praviharāmi) - I wander, I roam, I divert myself

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तावत् (tāvat) - then, at that moment, so much, so long

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, ahead, before

• वदन्तम् (vadantam) - speaking, uttering, saying

• पथिकम् (pathikam) - traveler, wayfarer

• श्रमात् (śramāt) - from fatigue, due to exhaustion

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, therefore, moreover

(indeclinable)

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अरण्यान्याम् (araṇyānyām) - in the great forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of araṇyānī

araṇyānī - a large forest, wilderness, jungle

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, as much as

(indeclinable)

प्रविहरामि (praviharāmi) - I wander, I roam, I divert myself

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pravihṛ

Present Active

1st person singular present active

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तावत् (tāvat) - then, at that moment, so much, so long

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paśya

Present Active

1st person singular present active form of dṛś (with paśya stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, ahead, before

(indeclinable)

वदन्तम् (vadantam) - speaking, uttering, saying

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, uttering, saying

Present Active Participle

Root: vad (class 1)

पथिकम् (pathikam) - traveler, wayfarer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathika

pathika - traveler, wayfarer, pedestrian

श्रमात् (śramāt) - from fatigue, due to exhaustion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - fatigue, exhaustion, toil, effort

Root: śram (class 4)