योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-18

एकदारब्धवान्स्नानं सरस्युदितपङ्कजे ।
चिन्तयन्वैष्णवं वाक्यं महर्षिरिव मानसे ॥ १८ ॥

ekadārabdhavānsnānaṃ sarasyuditapaṅkaje ,
cintayanvaiṣṇavaṃ vākyaṃ maharṣiriva mānase 18

18. ekadā ārabdhavān snānam sarasi uditapaṅkaje
cintayan vaiṣṇavam vākyam maharṣiḥ iva mānase

18. ekadā uditapaṅkaje sarasi snānam ārabdhavān
mānase vaiṣṇavam vākyam cintayan maharṣiḥ iva

18. One day, he began to bathe in a lake where lotuses had bloomed, meditating in his mind on a Vaishnava teaching, like a great sage.

Words meanings summery:

• एकदा (ekadā) - once, one time, one day

• आरब्धवान् (ārabdhavān) - he began, started

• स्नानम् (snānam) - bathing, bath

• सरसि (sarasi) - in the lake, in the pond

• उदितपङ्कजे (uditapaṅkaje) - in which lotuses had bloomed

• चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - thinking, meditating

• वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavam) - Vaishnava, relating to Vishnu

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, utterance, statement, teaching

• महर्षिः (maharṣiḥ) - a great sage

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• मानसे (mānase) - in the mind

Words meanings and morphology

एकदा (ekadā) - once, one time, one day

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'eka' (one) + 'dā' (suffix for time)

आरब्धवान् (ārabdhavān) - he began, started

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārabdhavat

ārabdhavat - having begun, started

Past Active Participle

Derived from root 'rabh' with prefix 'ā' and participle suffix 'tavat'

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

स्नानम् (snānam) - bathing, bath

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of snāna

snāna - bathing, bath

Action Noun

From root 'snā' (to bathe) + suffix 'ana'

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'ārabdhavān'.

सरसि (sarasi) - in the lake, in the pond

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

उदितपङ्कजे (uditapaṅkaje) - in which lotuses had bloomed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of uditapaṅkaja

uditapaṅkaja - having bloomed lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udita+paṅkaja)

• udita – risen, ascended, bloomed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'ud'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)
• paṅkaja – lotus (born from mud)
  noun (neuter)
  'paṅka' (mud) + 'ja' (born)

चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - thinking, meditating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, meditating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'cit' (to perceive) with suffix 'ṇic' and participle suffix 'śatṛ'

Root: cit (class 10)

वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavam) - Vaishnava, relating to Vishnu

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiṣṇava

vaiṣṇava - relating to Vishnu, Vaishnava

Derived from 'viṣṇu'

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, utterance, statement, teaching

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'cintayan'.

महर्षिः (maharṣiḥ) - a great sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

'mahā' (great) + 'ṛṣi' (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

मानसे (mānase) - in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mind, mental

Derived from 'manas' (mind)