योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-66, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अतिशोकपराभूतौ तस्थतुर्दृढतापसौ ।
तापसंशुष्कसर्वाङ्गौ तावरण्यद्रुमाविव ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
atiśokaparābhūtau tasthaturdṛḍhatāpasau ,
tāpasaṃśuṣkasarvāṅgau tāvaraṇyadrumāviva 1

1. śrīvasisṭhaḥ uvāca atiśokaparābhūtau tasthatuḥ
dṛḍhatāpasau tāpasaṃśuṣkasarvāṅgau tau araṇyadrumau iva

1. śrīvasisṭhaḥ uvāca tau dṛḍhatāpasau atiśokaparābhūtau
tāpasaṃśuṣkasarvāṅgau araṇyadrumau iva tasthatuḥ

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Those two steadfast ascetics, utterly overcome by grief, stood (there). Their entire bodies were emaciated by their austere practices, resembling two trees in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिस्ठः (śrīvasisṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अतिशोकपराभूतौ (atiśokaparābhūtau) - extremely overcome by grief, utterly conquered by sorrow

• तस्थतुः (tasthatuḥ) - they two stood, they two remained

• दृढतापसौ (dṛḍhatāpasau) - the two steadfast ascetics, the two firm hermits

• तापसंशुष्कसर्वाङ्गौ (tāpasaṁśuṣkasarvāṅgau) - whose all limbs were emaciated by asceticism, having all limbs dried up by austerity

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अरण्यद्रुमौ (araṇyadrumau) - two forest trees

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिस्ठः (śrīvasisṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasisṭha

śrīvasisṭha - Vasiṣṭha, a celebrated Vedic sage and a mind-born son of Brahmā, often preceded by Śrī (auspicious)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अतिशोकपराभूतौ (atiśokaparābhūtau) - extremely overcome by grief, utterly conquered by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of atiśokaparābhūta

atiśokaparābhūta - overpowered by excessive grief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (atiśoka+parābhūta)

• atiśoka – excessive grief or sorrow
  noun (masculine)
• parābhūta – overcome, defeated, overpowered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū with prefix parā
  Prefix: parā
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तस्थतुः (tasthatuḥ) - they two stood, they two remained

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

दृढतापसौ (dṛḍhatāpasau) - the two steadfast ascetics, the two firm hermits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dṛḍhatāpasa

dṛḍhatāpasa - a firm or steadfast ascetic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛḍha+tāpasa)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, steadfast, resolute
  adjective (masculine)
• tāpasa – an ascetic, hermit, devotee
  noun (masculine)

तापसंशुष्कसर्वाङ्गौ (tāpasaṁśuṣkasarvāṅgau) - whose all limbs were emaciated by asceticism, having all limbs dried up by austerity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tāpasaśuṣkasarvāṅga

tāpasaśuṣkasarvāṅga - having all limbs emaciated and dried by asceticism/austerity

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tāpasaśuṣka+sarvāṅga)

• tāpasaśuṣka – dried or emaciated by asceticism/austerity
  adjective (masculine)
• sarvāṅga – all limbs, whole body
  noun (neuter)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अरण्यद्रुमौ (araṇyadrumau) - two forest trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of araṇyadruma

araṇyadruma - a forest tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (araṇya+druma)

• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)