योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-5

सुवयस्येव कर्कट्याः परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका ।
मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकाष्ठमौनमिवास्थिता ॥ ५ ॥

suvayasyeva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā ,
mattavetālakaṅkālakāṣṭhamaunamivāsthitā 5

5. suvayasyā iva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā
mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam iva āsthitā

5. suvayasyā iva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā
mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam iva āsthitā

5. Like a good companion to a female demon (karkaṭī), it had female ghouls (piśācikā) dancing all around. It stood as if in the stiff silence of skeletons of drunken vetālas.

Words meanings summery:

• सुवयस्या (suvayasyā) - a good female friend, a pleasant female companion

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• कर्कट्याः (karkaṭyāḥ) - of a female demon (karkaṭī) (of a female demon, of a crab)

• परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका (parinṛtyatpiśācikā) - having female ghouls dancing all around

• मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकष्ठमौनम् (mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam) - referring to a stiff, lifeless silence (the silence like a wooden skeleton of drunken vetālas)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, stood, situated

Words meanings and morphology

सुवयस्या (suvayasyā) - a good female friend, a pleasant female companion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suvayasyā

suvayasyā - a good female friend, a pleasant female companion

Compound type : pravādi (su+vayasyā)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vayasyā – female friend, female companion
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

कर्कट्याः (karkaṭyāḥ) - of a female demon (karkaṭī) (of a female demon, of a crab)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of karkaṭī

karkaṭī - a female demon; a female crab; a kind of plant

परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका (parinṛtyatpiśācikā) - having female ghouls dancing all around

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parinṛtyatpiśācikā

parinṛtyatpiśācikā - one who has female ghouls dancing around

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parinṛtyat+piśācikā)

• parinṛtyat – dancing around
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root nṛt (to dance) with prefix pari (around)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• piśācikā – a female ghoul, female demon
  noun (feminine)

मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकष्ठमौनम् (mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam) - referring to a stiff, lifeless silence (the silence like a wooden skeleton of drunken vetālas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam

mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam - the silence like a wooden skeleton of drunken vetālas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (matta+vetāla+kaṅkāla+kāṣṭha+maunam)

• matta – intoxicated, drunken, furious
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mad (to be intoxicated, delighted)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• vetāla – a ghost, goblin, vampire
  noun (masculine)
• kaṅkāla – a skeleton, bony framework
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, a piece of wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• maunam – silence, stillness
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, stood, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - placed, established, situated, stood, adopted

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)