योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-52, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
कदाचिदथ मार्गेण तेन कैलासवासिनीम् ।
अहं स्नातुमदृश्यात्मा व्योमवीथीगतोऽगमम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
kadācidatha mārgeṇa tena kailāsavāsinīm ,
ahaṃ snātumadṛśyātmā vyomavīthīgato'gamam 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca kadācit atha mārgeṇa tena kailāsavāsinīm
aham snātum adṛśyātmā vyomavīthīgataḥ agamam

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca kadācit atha aham adṛśyātmā
vyomavīthīgataḥ tena mārgeṇa kailāsavāsinīm snātum agamam

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Once, then, I, whose self was invisible (adṛśyātman) and who traversed the sky-path (vyomavīthī), went along that path to the goddess who dwells in Kailāsa (Kailāsavāsinī), in order to bathe.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, at some time, sometimes

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, moreover

• मार्गेण (mārgeṇa) - by the path, by the way

• तेन (tena) - by that (path) (by that)

• कैलासवासिनीम् (kailāsavāsinīm) - to the goddess (Pārvatī) who dwells in Kailāsa (to the female dweller of Kailāsa)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• स्नातुम् (snātum) - to bathe, for bathing

• अदृश्यात्मा (adṛśyātmā) - one whose self is invisible, invisible-bodied

• व्योमवीथीगतः (vyomavīthīgataḥ) - gone to the path of the sky, traversing the sky-path

• अगमम् (agamam) - I went, I came

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, wealth, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense

Root: √vac (class 2)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, at some time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

मार्गेण (mārgeṇa) - by the path, by the way

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

From √mṛg (to seek)

Root: √mṛg (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that (path) (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to mārgeṇa.

कैलासवासिनीम् (kailāsavāsinīm) - to the goddess (Pārvatī) who dwells in Kailāsa (to the female dweller of Kailāsa)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kailāsavāsinī

kailāsavāsinī - female dweller of Kailāsa (often Pārvatī)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kailāsa+vāsinī)

• kailāsa – Kailāsa (a mythical mountain, abode of Shiva)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vāsinī – female dweller, resident female
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of vāsin, from √vas (to dwell)
  Root: √vas (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

स्नातुम् (snātum) - to bathe, for bathing

(verb)

infinitive of √snā

Infinitive

Infinitive in -tum

Root: √snā (class 2)

अदृश्यात्मा (adṛśyātmā) - one whose self is invisible, invisible-bodied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adṛśyātman

adṛśyātman - one whose self is invisible, having an invisible self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+dṛśya+ātman)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, to be seen
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From √dṛś (to see)
  Root: √dṛś (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul (ātman), essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √an (class 2)

Note: Modifies aham

व्योमवीथीगतः (vyomavīthīgataḥ) - gone to the path of the sky, traversing the sky-path

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyomavīthīgata

vyomavīthīgata - one who has gone to the path of the sky, sky-path traverser

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyoman+vīthī+gata)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• vīthī – path, row, line
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, arrived, passed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √gam (to go)
  Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies aham

अगमम् (agamam) - I went, I came

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √gam

Imperfect Active

1st person singular, a-augment for imperfect

Root: √gam (class 1)