योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-16

आरुरोह च तच्छृङ्गं स्थिरविद्युद्विलोचना ।
हस्तपादादिमद्देहा श्यामलेवाभ्रमण्डली ॥ १६ ॥

āruroha ca tacchṛṅgaṃ sthiravidyudvilocanā ,
hastapādādimaddehā śyāmalevābhramaṇḍalī 16

16. āruroha ca tat śṛṅgam sthiravidyutvilocanā
hastapādādimaddehā śyāmalā iva abhramaṇḍalī

16. ca sthiravidyutvilocanā hastapādādimaddehā
śyāmalā abhramaṇḍalī iva tat śṛṅgam āruroha

16. And she ascended that peak, her eyes like steady lightning, her body equipped with hands, feet, and other limbs, resembling a dark mass of clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• आरुरोह (āruroha) - she ascended, she climbed

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that, its

• शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - peak, summit, horn

• स्थिरविद्युत्विलोचना (sthiravidyutvilocanā) - with eyes like steady lightning

• हस्तपादादिमद्देहा (hastapādādimaddehā) - having a body with hands, feet, etc.

• श्यामला (śyāmalā) - dark-colored, blackish

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अभ्रमण्डली (abhramaṇḍalī) - mass of clouds, cloud-bank

Words meanings and morphology

आरुरोह (āruroha) - she ascended, she climbed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ruh

Perfect Active Indicative

from root ruh with prefix ā, reduplicated perfect form

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Subject 'she' implied.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, its

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, its

Note: Refers to the mountain.

शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - peak, summit, horn

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - peak, summit, horn

Note: Object of 'āruroha'.

स्थिरविद्युत्विलोचना (sthiravidyutvilocanā) - with eyes like steady lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiravidyutvilocana

sthiravidyutvilocana - having eyes like steady lightning

Bahuvrīhi compound: sthira (steady) + vidyut (lightning) + vilocana (eye). Feminine form.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthira+vidyut+vilocana)

• sthira – steady, firm, fixed
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• vidyut – lightning, flash
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dyut (class 1)
• vilocana – eye, looking
  noun (neuter)
  from root loc/ruc (to see, shine) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: loc (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective modifying the implied subject 'sā'.

हस्तपादादिमद्देहा (hastapādādimaddehā) - having a body with hands, feet, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hastapādādimaddeha

hastapādādimaddeha - having a body with hands, feet, etc.

Bahuvrīhi compound: hasta (hand) + pāda (foot) + ādi (beginning/etc.) + mat (possessing) + deha (body). Feminine form.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hasta+pāda+ādi+mat+deha)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so on
  indeclinable
• mat – possessing, having
  suffix/adjective
  Suffix -mat meaning 'endowed with'
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 2)

Note: Compound adjective modifying the implied subject 'sā'.

श्यामला (śyāmalā) - dark-colored, blackish

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śyāmala

śyāmala - dark-colored, blackish, dark

feminine form

Root: śyam

Note: Adjectival agreement with `abhramaṇḍalī`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the subject's appearance to a cloud mass.

अभ्रमण्डली (abhramaṇḍalī) - mass of clouds, cloud-bank

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhramaṇḍalī

abhramaṇḍalī - mass of clouds, cloud-bank

Compound of abhra (cloud) and maṇḍalī (multitude, circle, mass). Feminine form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhra+maṇḍalī)

• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
  Root: abhr
• maṇḍalī – multitude, collection, circle
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of maṇḍala (circle, disk, group)

Note: Part of the simile.