योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-3

एताः कुसुमकर्पूरकुङ्कुमाम्बुघटाः स्त्रियः ।
स्नानभूमौ स्थिताः सज्जा नद्यो मूर्तियुता इव ॥ ३ ॥

etāḥ kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭāḥ striyaḥ ,
snānabhūmau sthitāḥ sajjā nadyo mūrtiyutā iva 3

3. etāḥ kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭāḥ striyaḥ
snānabhūmau sthitāḥ sajjāḥ nadyaḥ mūrtiyutāḥ iva

3. etāḥ striyaḥ kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭāḥ
sajjāḥ snānabhūmau sthitāḥ mūrtiyutāḥ nadyaḥ iva

3. These women, ready and standing in the bathing area with pots of water fragrant with flowers, camphor, and saffron, appear like personified rivers.

Words meanings summery:

• एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine plural)

• कुसुमकर्पूरकुङ्कुमाम्बुघटाः (kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭāḥ) - pots of water containing flowers, camphor, and saffron

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• स्नानभूमौ (snānabhūmau) - in the bathing place/area

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing, situated, located

• सज्जाः (sajjāḥ) - ready, prepared, equipped

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• मूर्तियुताः (mūrtiyutāḥ) - endowed with bodies, personified

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Feminine plural nominative.

कुसुमकर्पूरकुङ्कुमाम्बुघटाः (kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭāḥ) - pots of water containing flowers, camphor, and saffron

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭa

kusumakarpūrakuṅkumāmbughaṭa - pots of water containing flowers, camphor, and saffron

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kusuma+karpūra+kuṅkuma+ambu+ghaṭa)

• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• karpūra – camphor
  noun (masculine)
• kuṅkuma – saffron
  noun (masculine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• ghaṭa – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)

Note: It is a noun in apposition to 'striyaḥ', or an adjective describing them.

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

Long 'ī'-stem noun.

Note: Subject of the sentence (implied verb 'are').

स्नानभूमौ (snānabhūmau) - in the bathing place/area

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of snānabhūmi

snānabhūmi - bathing place, bath area

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'snāna' (bathing) and 'bhūmi' (ground, place).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (snāna+bhūmi)

• snāna – bathing, ablution
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'snā' (to bathe) with 'lyuṭ' suffix.
  Root: snā (class 2)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, place, land
  noun (feminine)
  i-stem noun.

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing, situated, located

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, located, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with 'kta' suffix.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally.

सज्जाः (sajjāḥ) - ready, prepared, equipped

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sajja

sajja - ready, prepared, equipped, arrayed

From root 'sajj' (to be ready).

Root: sajj (class 1)

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

Long 'ī'-stem noun.

Note: Part of the simile.

मूर्तियुताः (mūrtiyutāḥ) - endowed with bodies, personified

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mūrtiyuta

mūrtiyuta - endowed with a body, embodied, personified

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'mūrti' (form, body) and 'yuta' (joined, endowed with).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mūrti+yuta)

• mūrti – form, body, figure, embodiment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mūrcch (class 1)
• yuta – joined, united, endowed with
  participle (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'yuj' (to join) with 'kta' suffix.
  Root: yuj (class 7)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)