योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-9, verse-13

शुष्ककाष्ठवदालोला वातेषु कृतखाकृतिः ।
तारमारुतसीत्कारे वने तप इवास्थिता ॥ १३ ॥

śuṣkakāṣṭhavadālolā vāteṣu kṛtakhākṛtiḥ ,
tāramārutasītkāre vane tapa ivāsthitā 13

13. śuṣkakāṣṭhavat ālolā vāteṣu kṛtakhākṛtiḥ
tāramārutasītkāre vane tapaḥ iva āsthitā

13. sā (implied) vane vāteṣu tāramārutasītkāre
śuṣkakāṣṭhavat ālolā kṛtakhākṛtiḥ tapaḥ iva āsthitā

13. She remained in the forest, trembling like dry wood in the winds, her form having become like an empty space, as if performing austerity (tapas) amidst the loud whistling of the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्ककाष्ठवत् (śuṣkakāṣṭhavat) - like dry wood

• आलोला (ālolā) - trembling, shaking, agitated

• वातेषु (vāteṣu) - in the winds

• कृतखाकृतिः (kṛtakhākṛtiḥ) - having made an empty form, having assumed a hollow shape

• तारमारुतसीत्कारे (tāramārutasītkāre) - in the loud whistling of the wind

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• आस्थिता (āsthitā) - remained, stood, situated, undertaken

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्ककाष्ठवत् (śuṣkakāṣṭhavat) - like dry wood

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating similarity

Compound type : suffixal derivative (śuṣkakāṣṭha+vat)

• śuṣkakāṣṭha – dry wood
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  Indeclinable suffix

आलोला (ālolā) - trembling, shaking, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālola

ālola - trembling, shaking, agitated, restless

Derived from root 'lul' (to shake, move) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: lul

वातेषु (vāteṣu) - in the winds

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vāta

vāta - wind, air, gust

कृतखाकृतिः (kṛtakhākṛtiḥ) - having made an empty form, having assumed a hollow shape

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtakhākṛti

kṛtakhākṛti - having a form like space/void, having made a hollow shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+khākṛti)

• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• khākṛti – form of space/void, empty shape
  noun (feminine)

तारमारुतसीत्कारे (tāramārutasītkāre) - in the loud whistling of the wind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tāramārutasītkāra

tāramārutasītkāra - loud whistling sound of the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tāra+māruta+sītkāra)

• tāra – loud, high-pitched, piercing
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
• māruta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• sītkāra – hissing, whistling, sighing sound
  noun (masculine)

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity (tapas), penance, religious mortification, heat, spiritual power

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Used as object of the implied verb 'to perform' or as a predicate nominative with 'iva' meaning 'as if it were tapas'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

आस्थिता (āsthitā) - remained, stood, situated, undertaken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - stood, situated, fixed, devoted to, engaged in, undertaken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)