योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-3, verse-1

श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
तस्यैवंप्रायया तत्र ततयोदारचिन्तया ।
सा व्यतीयाय रजनी पद्मस्येवार्ककाङ्क्षिणः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvālmīkiruvāca ,
tasyaivaṃprāyayā tatra tatayodāracintayā ,
sā vyatīyāya rajanī padmasyevārkakāṅkṣiṇaḥ 1

1. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca tasya evaṃprāyayā tatra tatayā
udāracintayā sā vyatīyāya rajanī padmasya iva arkakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

1. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca tatra tasya evaṃprāyayā tatayā
udāracintayā sā rajanī padmasya arkakāṅkṣiṇaḥ iva vyatīyāya

1. Śrī Vālmīki said: With his mind thus engaged in such noble and profound contemplation, that night passed for him, just as it passes for a lotus longing for the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Śrī Vālmīki

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• एवंप्रायया (evaṁprāyayā) - of such a kind, like this

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that (matter/context)

• ततया (tatayā) - by the extended, by the spread out

• उदारचिन्तया (udāracintayā) - by noble thought/reflection

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• व्यतीयाय (vyatīyāya) - passed, went by

• रजनी (rajanī) - night

• पद्मस्य (padmasya) - of a lotus

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अर्ककाङ्क्षिणः (arkakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - of one longing for the sun

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Śrī Vālmīki

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvālmīki

śrīvālmīki - The venerable Vālmīki (name of a sage, author of Rāmāyaṇa)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vālmīki)

• śrī – venerable, holy; prosperity, glory
  adjective (feminine)
• vālmīki – Vālmīki (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular

Parasmaipada

Root: √vac (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

एवंप्रायया (evaṁprāyayā) - of such a kind, like this

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of evaṃprāya

evaṁprāya - of such a kind, similar to this, of this nature

Compound type : karmadhāraya (evam+prāya)

• evam – thus, so, in this manner
  indeclinable
• prāya – abundance, similarity, kind, nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with udāracintayā.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that (matter/context)

(indeclinable)

ततया (tatayā) - by the extended, by the spread out

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tata

tata - stretched, extended, spread, extensive

Past Passive Participle

From √tan (to stretch, to extend)

Root: √tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with udāracintayā.

उदारचिन्तया (udāracintayā) - by noble thought/reflection

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of udāracintā

udāracintā - noble thought, profound reflection, lofty contemplation

Compound type : karmadhāraya (udāra+cintā)

• udāra – noble, lofty, generous, exalted
  adjective (masculine)
• cintā – thought, reflection, meditation, concern
  noun (feminine)
  from √cit (to think)
  Root: √cit (class 10)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

व्यतीयाय (vyatīyāya) - passed, went by

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √i

Perfect tense, third person singular

Parasmaipada (or Ātmanepada forms with prefix)

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: √i (class 2)

रजनी (rajanī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajanī

rajanī - night

Root: √rañj (class 1)

पद्मस्य (padmasya) - of a lotus

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of padma

padma - lotus (flower), one of the nine treasures

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अर्ककाङ्क्षिणः (arkakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - of one longing for the sun

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arkakāṅkṣin

arkakāṅkṣin - longing for the sun, desiring the sun

from arka + √kāṅkṣ

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (arka+kāṅkṣin)

• arka – sun, ray, crystal
  noun (masculine)
• kāṅkṣin – desirous of, longing for
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from √kāṅkṣ
  from √kāṅkṣ + -in suffix
  Root: √kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees in case/number with padmasya (gen. sg.) while referring to the lotus. The suffix -in stems have the same genitive singular form for masculine and neuter.