योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-11

मांसस्नाय्वस्थिवलिते शरीरपटहेऽदृढे ।
मार्जारवदहं तात तिष्ठाम्यत्र गतध्वनौ ॥ ११ ॥

māṃsasnāyvasthivalite śarīrapaṭahe'dṛḍhe ,
mārjāravadahaṃ tāta tiṣṭhāmyatra gatadhvanau 11

11. māṃsa-snāyu-asthi-valite śarīra-paṭahe adṛḍhe
mārjāra-vat aham tāta tiṣṭhāmi atra gata-dhvanau

11. O father, I remain here, like a cat, within this unstable drum of a body, which is covered with flesh, sinews, and bones, and has fallen silent.

Words meanings summery:

• मांस-स्नायु-अस्थि-वलिते (māṁsa-snāyu-asthi-valite) - in the (body-drum) covered with flesh, sinews, and bones (in the one covered with flesh, sinews, and bones)

• शरीर-पटहे (śarīra-paṭahe) - in the body-drum

• अदृढे (adṛḍhe) - in the unstable, in the not firm

• मार्जार-वत् (mārjāra-vat) - like a cat

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तात (tāta) - O father (father, dear one)

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I exist

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• गत-ध्वनौ (gata-dhvanau) - in the (body-drum) that has fallen silent (in the one from which sound has gone/ceased)

Words meanings and morphology

मांस-स्नायु-अस्थि-वलिते (māṁsa-snāyu-asthi-valite) - in the (body-drum) covered with flesh, sinews, and bones (in the one covered with flesh, sinews, and bones)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of māṃsa-snāyu-asthi-valita

māṁsa-snāyu-asthi-valita - covered/wrapped with flesh, sinews, and bones

A descriptive compound adjective, likely a tatpurusha, where 'valita' is modified by the dvandva compound of 'māṃsa', 'snāyu', and 'asthi'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (māṃsa+snāyu+asthi+valita)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• snāyu – sinew, tendon, nerve
  noun (feminine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• valita – covered, wrapped, encircled, folded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root val (to cover, enclose, turn)
  Root: val (class 1)

Note: Adjective to 'śarīra-paṭahe'

शरीर-पटहे (śarīra-paṭahe) - in the body-drum

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śarīra-paṭaha

śarīra-paṭaha - body-drum (metaphor for body)

A karmadhāraya compound meaning 'body which is a drum' or a tatpurusha 'drum of the body'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śarīra+paṭaha)

• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)
• paṭaha – drum, kettle-drum
  noun (masculine)

अदृढे (adṛḍhe) - in the unstable, in the not firm

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of adṛḍha

adṛḍha - not firm, unstable, weak, loose

Negative prefix 'a' + 'dṛḍha' (firm, strong)

Note: Adjective to 'śarīra-paṭahe'

मार्जार-वत् (mārjāra-vat) - like a cat

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'mārjāra' (cat) and the suffix '-vat' (like, similar to)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mārjāra+vat)

• mārjāra – cat
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

तात (tāta) - O father (father, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I exist

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

गत-ध्वनौ (gata-dhvanau) - in the (body-drum) that has fallen silent (in the one from which sound has gone/ceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata-dhvani

gata-dhvani - having lost its sound, silent

A bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'that whose sound has departed'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+dhvani)

• gata – gone, departed, ceased
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dhvani – sound, noise, tone
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective to 'śarīra-paṭahe'