योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-76, verse-3

तत्रैव ध्यायती तस्थौ बद्धपद्मासनस्थितिः ।
व्यालम्ब्य संविदं शुद्धां संस्थिता गिरिकूटवत् ॥ ३ ॥

tatraiva dhyāyatī tasthau baddhapadmāsanasthitiḥ ,
vyālambya saṃvidaṃ śuddhāṃ saṃsthitā girikūṭavat 3

3. tatra eva dhyāyatī tasthau baddhapadmāsanasthitiḥ
vyālambya saṃvidam śuddhām saṃsthitā girikūṭavat

3. tatra eva baddhapadmāsanasthitiḥ dhyāyatī tasthau
śuddhām saṃvidam vyālambya girikūṭavat saṃsthitā

3. There itself, she remained meditating, settled in the `padmāsana` (lotus posture). Having grasped pure consciousness (saṃvid), she stood firm like a mountain peak.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• ध्यायती (dhyāyatī) - meditating, contemplating

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - she stood, she remained

• बद्धपद्मासनस्थितिः (baddhapadmāsanasthitiḥ) - in the posture of padmāsana (lotus posture)

• व्यालम्ब्य (vyālambya) - having grasped (having grasped, having taken hold of, having relied upon)

• संविदम् (saṁvidam) - pure consciousness (saṃvid) (consciousness, knowledge, understanding)

• शुद्धाम् (śuddhām) - pure, clear, clean

• संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - established, standing firm, settled

• गिरिकूटवत् (girikūṭavat) - like a mountain peak

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative of tad.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

ध्यायती (dhyāyatī) - meditating, contemplating

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhyāyat

dhyāyat - meditating, contemplating, focusing

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative singular of present active participle of root dhyā.

Root: dhyā (class 2)

तस्थौ (tasthau) - she stood, she remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of sthā

Perfect Past Active

Perfect tense form (lit)

Root: sthā (class 1)

बद्धपद्मासनस्थितिः (baddhapadmāsanasthitiḥ) - in the posture of padmāsana (lotus posture)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of baddhapadmāsanasthiti

baddhapadmāsanasthiti - the state or posture of padmāsana

Compound of baddha, padmāsana, sthiti.

Compound type : tatpurusha (baddha+padmāsana+sthiti)

• baddha – bound, fixed, firm
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bandh' (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• padmāsana – lotus posture (a specific yoga posture)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'padma' (lotus) and 'āsana' (seat/posture).
• sthiti – state, posture, condition, remaining
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

व्यालम्ब्य (vyālambya) - having grasped (having grasped, having taken hold of, having relied upon)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root lamb with prefixes vi and ā.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

संविदम् (saṁvidam) - pure consciousness (saṃvid) (consciousness, knowledge, understanding)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence

From root vid with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

शुद्धाम् (śuddhām) - pure, clear, clean

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, spotless, innocent

Past Passive Participle

From root śudh (to purify).

Root: śudh (class 4)

संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - established, standing firm, settled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - established, standing firm, settled, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

गिरिकूटवत् (girikūṭavat) - like a mountain peak

(indeclinable)

girikūṭa (mountain peak) + vat (like).

Compound type : tatpurusha (giri+kūṭa+vat)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'gṛ' (to swallow, to rise)
  Root: gṛ (class 6)
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn, heap
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity