योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-31

इयं मे सौम्यसंपाता सरणिः शीतशाद्वला ।
स्निग्धच्छाया सवापीका पुरःसंस्थेति मध्यमः ॥ ३१ ॥

iyaṃ me saumyasaṃpātā saraṇiḥ śītaśādvalā ,
snigdhacchāyā savāpīkā puraḥsaṃstheti madhyamaḥ 31

31. iyam me saumya-saṃpātā saraṇiḥ śīta-śādvālā
snigdhacchāyā sa-vāpīkā puraḥ-saṃsthā iti madhyamaḥ

31. madhyamaḥ iyam me puraḥ-saṃsthā saraṇiḥ saumya-saṃpātā
śīta-śādvālā snigdhacchāyā sa-vāpīkā iti

31. The middling person (madhyama) thinks: 'This path before me is pleasant to traverse, cool and grassy, with thick shade and a pond.'

Words meanings summery:

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• मे (me) - my, to me

• सौम्य-संपाता (saumya-saṁpātā) - having a pleasant traverse/descent

• सरणिः (saraṇiḥ) - path, road

• शीत-शाद्वाला (śīta-śādvālā) - cool and grassy

• स्निग्धच्छाया (snigdhacchāyā) - having thick/dense shade

• स-वापीका (sa-vāpīkā) - with a small pond/pool

• पुरः-संस्था (puraḥ-saṁsthā) - situated in front, standing before

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

• मध्यमः (madhyamaḥ) - the middling person, moderate

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: enclitic form of genitive/dative of aham

सौम्य-संपाता (saumya-saṁpātā) - having a pleasant traverse/descent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saumya-saṃpāta

saumya-saṁpāta - having a pleasant arrival or traverse

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saumya+saṃpāta)

• saumya – pleasant, gentle, lunar
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃpāta – falling, traversing, arrival
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  derived from root √pat (पत्) with prefix sam- (सम्)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: agrees with saraṇiḥ

सरणिः (saraṇiḥ) - path, road

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saraṇi

saraṇi - path, road, way

Root: sṛ (class 1)

शीत-शाद्वाला (śīta-śādvālā) - cool and grassy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śīta-śādvāla

śīta-śādvāla - cool and grassy

Compound type : dvandva (śīta+śādvāla)

• śīta – cold, cool
  adjective (neuter)
• śādvāla – grassy, green turf, meadow
  adjective/noun (neuter)

Note: agrees with saraṇiḥ

स्निग्धच्छाया (snigdhacchāyā) - having thick/dense shade

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of snigdhacchāyā

snigdhacchāyā - having pleasant/dense shade

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (snigdha+chāyā)

• snigdha – smooth, unctuous, dense, thick, affectionate
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• chāyā – shade, shadow
  noun (feminine)

Note: agrees with saraṇiḥ

स-वापीका (sa-vāpīkā) - with a small pond/pool

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sa-vāpīka

sa-vāpīka - having ponds, with pools

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vāpīkā)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable (prefix)
• vāpīkā – small pond, pool
  noun (feminine)

Note: agrees with saraṇiḥ

पुरः-संस्था (puraḥ-saṁsthā) - situated in front, standing before

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puraḥ-saṃstha

puraḥ-saṁstha - situated in front, standing before

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puraḥ+saṃstha)

• puraḥ – before, in front, eastward
  indeclinable
• saṃstha – standing, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root √sthā (स्था) with prefix sam- (सम्)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: agrees with saraṇiḥ

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech/thought

(indeclinable)

मध्यमः (madhyamaḥ) - the middling person, moderate

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyama

madhyama - middle, middling, moderate, a middling person

Note: The subject of the implicit verb 'thinks' or 'says'.