योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-1, verse-42

आलीनवल्लरीरूपं यथा पद्माक्षकोटरे ।
आस्ते कमलिनीबीजं तथा द्रष्टरि दृश्यधीः ॥ ४२ ॥

ālīnavallarīrūpaṃ yathā padmākṣakoṭare ,
āste kamalinībījaṃ tathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ 42

42. ālīnavallarīrūpam yathā padmākṣakoṭare āste
kamalinībījam tathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ

42. yathā ālīnavallarīrūpam kamalinībījam padmākṣakoṭare āste,
tathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ.

42. Just as the seed of a lotus plant (kamalinī-bīja), assuming the form of a clinging vine (ālīna-vallarī-rūpa), resides within the cavity of a lotus seed (padmākṣa-koṭara), so too does the intellect's perception of the seen (dṛśya-dhī) dwell within the seer (draṣṭṛ).

Words meanings summery:

• आलीनवल्लरीरूपम् (ālīnavallarīrūpam) - assuming the form of a clinging vine (having the form of a clinging creeper)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• पद्माक्षकोटरे (padmākṣakoṭare) - within the cavity of a lotus seed (in the cavity of the lotus seed/eye)

• आस्ते (āste) - resides (he/she/it sits, remains, stays, exists)

• कमलिनीबीजम् (kamalinībījam) - the seed of a lotus plant (the seed of the lotus plant)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner, similarly)

• द्रष्टरि (draṣṭari) - within the seer (draṣṭṛ) (in the seer, in the observer)

• दृश्यधीः (dṛśyadhīḥ) - the intellect's perception of the seen (the perception of the seen, the intellect of the seen)

Words meanings and morphology

आलीनवल्लरीरूपम् (ālīnavallarīrūpam) - assuming the form of a clinging vine (having the form of a clinging creeper)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ālīnavallarīrūpa

ālīnavallarīrūpa - having the form of a clinging creeper, creeper-like form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ālīna+vallarī+rūpa)

• ālīna – clung to, adhering, entered, attached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ā + root lī (to cling, adhere)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)
• vallarī – creeper, climbing plant, tendril
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, image
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rūp (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

पद्माक्षकोटरे (padmākṣakoṭare) - within the cavity of a lotus seed (in the cavity of the lotus seed/eye)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of padmākṣakoṭara

padmākṣakoṭara - cavity of a lotus seed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padmākṣa+koṭara)

• padmākṣa – lotus-eyed, lotus seed, the white water lily
  noun (masculine)
  padma (lotus) + akṣa (eye or seed)
• koṭara – cavity, hollow, socket (of a tree, tooth, etc.)
  noun (masculine)

आस्ते (āste) - resides (he/she/it sits, remains, stays, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

कमलिनीबीजम् (kamalinībījam) - the seed of a lotus plant (the seed of the lotus plant)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kamalinībīja

kamalinībīja - seed of a lotus plant

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kamalinī+bīja)

• kamalinī – lotus plant, lotus pond
  noun (feminine)
• bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bīj (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

द्रष्टरि (draṣṭari) - within the seer (draṣṭṛ) (in the seer, in the observer)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, witness

Agent Noun (kṛt-pratyaya)

derived from root dṛś (to see) with agent suffix tṛ

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृश्यधीः (dṛśyadhīḥ) - the intellect's perception of the seen (the perception of the seen, the intellect of the seen)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyadhī

dṛśyadhī - the thought or intellect of the seen (object), the mind's view of phenomena

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+dhī)

• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, object of sight, phenomenon, the seen world
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root dṛś (to see) with suffix ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• dhī – intellect, mind, understanding, thought, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhyai (class 1)