योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-128, verse-5

विराजि प्रथमं स्थित्वा तत्रात्मनि ततः परम् ।
अव्याकृते स्थितः पश्चात्स्थितः परमकारणे ॥ ५ ॥

virāji prathamaṃ sthitvā tatrātmani tataḥ param ,
avyākṛte sthitaḥ paścātsthitaḥ paramakāraṇe 5

5. virāji prathamam sthitvā tatra ātmani tataḥ param
avyākṛte sthitaḥ paścāt sthitaḥ paramakāraṇe

5. prathamam virāji sthitvā,
tataḥ tatra ātmani param avyākṛte sthitaḥ,
paścāt paramakāraṇe sthitaḥ

5. First, having established oneself in Virāj, then in that universal self (ātman), one subsequently abides in the unmanifested (prakṛti), and finally in the ultimate cause.

Words meanings summery:

• विराजि (virāji) - in Virāj (the totality of the gross universe) (in Virāj; in the cosmic manifested form)

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first (first; at first)

• स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having established oneself (having stood; having remained; having abided; having established oneself)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (Virāj) (there; in that (place/state))

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the universal self (ātman, specifically Hiranyagarbha or Sūtrātman) (in the self; in the soul; in the individual consciousness)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter (thence; from that; then; thereafter)

• परम् (param) - beyond (that) (beyond; further; supreme; ultimate)

• अव्याकृते (avyākṛte) - in the unmanifested (prakṛti) (in the unmanifested; in the undifferentiated)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having abided; established (in the unmanifested) (having stood; having remained; established; situated)

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards; subsequently; behind)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having abided; established (in the ultimate cause) (having stood; having remained; established; situated)

• परमकारणे (paramakāraṇe) - in the ultimate cause (Brahman) (in the ultimate cause; in the supreme cause)

Words meanings and morphology

विराजि (virāji) - in Virāj (the totality of the gross universe) (in Virāj; in the cosmic manifested form)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of virāj

virāj - shining forth, splendid, sovereign, the cosmic manifested body

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first (first; at first)

(indeclinable)

Root: prath (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having established oneself (having stood; having remained; having abided; having established oneself)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with suffix ktvā from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - in that (Virāj) (there; in that (place/state))

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronoun tad + suffix tra

Note: Refers back to Virāj.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the universal self (ātman, specifically Hiranyagarbha or Sūtrātman) (in the self; in the soul; in the individual consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness, essential nature

Root: at (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter (thence; from that; then; thereafter)

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronoun tad + suffix tas

परम् (param) - beyond (that) (beyond; further; supreme; ultimate)

(indeclinable)

Note: tataḥ param means 'after that'.

अव्याकृते (avyākṛte) - in the unmanifested (prakṛti) (in the unmanifested; in the undifferentiated)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of avyākṛta

avyākṛta - unmanifested, undifferentiated, primordial

Past Passive Participle of vi-ā-kṛ

Derived from vi-ā-kṛ (to differentiate, manifest) with negative prefix a

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyākṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vyākṛta – manifest, differentiated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-ā-kṛ
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the avyākṛta prakṛti.

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having abided; established (in the unmanifested) (having stood; having remained; established; situated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, remained, established, situated

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā with suffix kta

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the agent of the action, implicit 'he' (the yogi or seeker).

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards; subsequently; behind)

(indeclinable)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having abided; established (in the ultimate cause) (having stood; having remained; established; situated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, remained, established, situated

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā with suffix kta

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Repetition emphasizes the final stage of dissolution.

परमकारणे (paramakāraṇe) - in the ultimate cause (Brahman) (in the ultimate cause; in the supreme cause)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of paramakāraṇa

paramakāraṇa - ultimate cause, supreme reason

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+kāraṇa)

• parama – supreme, ultimate, highest
  adjective
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do) with suffix ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)