योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-37

लिपिकर्मार्पिताकारा ध्यानासक्तधियश्च ते ।
अन्तस्थेनैव मनसा चिन्तयामासुरादृताः ॥ ३७ ॥

lipikarmārpitākārā dhyānāsaktadhiyaśca te ,
antasthenaiva manasā cintayāmāsurādṛtāḥ 37

37. lipikarmārpitākārāḥ dhyānāsaktadhiyaḥ ca te
antasthena eva manasā cintayām āsuḥ ādṛtāḥ

37. te ādṛtāḥ lipikarmārpitākārāḥ ca dhyānāsaktadhiyaḥ
antasthena manasā eva cintayām āsuḥ

37. And they, whose forms were fixed like written characters and whose minds were absorbed in meditation (dhyāna), reverently pondered with their inner minds alone.

Words meanings summery:

• लिपिकर्मार्पिताकाराः (lipikarmārpitākārāḥ) - whose forms were fixed (motionless) like written characters (whose forms are dedicated to writing work, whose forms are fixed like written characters)

• ध्यानासक्तधियः (dhyānāsaktadhiyaḥ) - whose minds were absorbed in meditation (dhyāna) (whose intellects are absorbed in meditation)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• अन्तस्थेन (antasthena) - by their inner (mind) (by the inner, by that which is within)

• एव (eva) - alone, only (indeed, only, just, even)

• मनसा (manasā) - with their mind (by the mind)

• चिन्तयाम् (cintayām) - pondered (having thought (part of periphrastic perfect))

• आसुः (āsuḥ) - they pondered (they were, they became (part of periphrastic perfect))

• आदृताः (ādṛtāḥ) - reverently (respected, reverent, attentive, honored)

Words meanings and morphology

लिपिकर्मार्पिताकाराः (lipikarmārpitākārāḥ) - whose forms were fixed (motionless) like written characters (whose forms are dedicated to writing work, whose forms are fixed like written characters)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lipikarmārpitākāra

lipikarmārpitākāra - having forms fixed by the act of writing, motionless like a written character

Compound type : bahuvrihi (lipi+karma+arpita+ākāra)

• lipi – writing, script, written character
  noun (feminine)
• karma – action, work, deed
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• arpita – placed, fixed, offered, entrusted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ṛ (to go) with prefix ar- (from arpayati)
  Prefix: ar
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies te.

ध्यानासक्तधियः (dhyānāsaktadhiyaḥ) - whose minds were absorbed in meditation (dhyāna) (whose intellects are absorbed in meditation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhyānāsaktadhī

dhyānāsaktadhī - whose intellect is attached to/absorbed in meditation

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhyāna+āsakta+dhī)

• dhyāna – meditation, contemplation
  noun (neuter)
  From root dhyā- (to meditate)
  Root: dhyā (class 4)
• āsakta – attached, devoted, absorbed, intent on
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ā + root sañj (to cling)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sañj (class 7)
• dhī – intellect, thought, mind, understanding
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies te.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Note: Subject of the verb.

अन्तस्थेन (antasthena) - by their inner (mind) (by the inner, by that which is within)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of antastha

antastha - inner, internal, situated within

From antas (within) + sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies manasā.

एव (eva) - alone, only (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

मनसा (manasā) - with their mind (by the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

चिन्तयाम् (cintayām) - pondered (having thought (part of periphrastic perfect))

(verbal stem)

Note: Part of periphrastic perfect cintayām āsuḥ.

आसुः (āsuḥ) - they pondered (they were, they became (part of periphrastic perfect))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (Lit) of as

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Used as auxiliary verb for periphrastic perfect (Am-Pratyaya).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxilary verb.

आदृताः (ādṛtāḥ) - reverently (respected, reverent, attentive, honored)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādṛta

ādṛta - respected, revered, attentive, honored, regarded

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ā + root dṛ (to regard, respect)

Prefix: ā

Root: dṛ (class 6)