योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-74, verse-11

गङ्गासोपानपद्धत्या येन पातालवासिनः ।
योजिता ब्रह्मणो लोके बान्धवा लोकबन्धुना ॥ ११ ॥

gaṅgāsopānapaddhatyā yena pātālavāsinaḥ ,
yojitā brahmaṇo loke bāndhavā lokabandhunā 11

11. gaṅgāsopānapaddhatyā yena pātālavāsinaḥ
yojitāḥ brahmaṇaḥ loke bāndhavāḥ lokabandhunā

11. yena lokabandhunā gaṅgāsopānapaddhatyā
pātālavāsinaḥ bāndhavāḥ brahmaṇaḥ loke yojitāḥ

11. By whom (Bhagīratha), the friend of the world (lokabandhu), his relatives (the dwellers of the underworld) were united with the world of Brahmā through the stairway-path of the Gaṅgā.

Words meanings summery:

• गङ्गासोपानपद्धत्या (gaṅgāsopānapaddhatyā) - by the stairway-path of the Gaṅgā

• येन (yena) - by Bhagīratha (by whom, by which)

• पातालवासिनः (pātālavāsinaḥ) - Bhagīratha's ancestors in the underworld (dwellers of the underworld)

• योजिताः (yojitāḥ) - connected, united

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - Bhagīratha's ancestors (relatives, kinsmen)

• लोकबन्धुना (lokabandhunā) - by Bhagīratha (by the friend of the world)

Words meanings and morphology

गङ्गासोपानपद्धत्या (gaṅgāsopānapaddhatyā) - by the stairway-path of the Gaṅgā

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gaṅgāsopānapaddhati

gaṅgāsopānapaddhati - stairway-path of the Gaṅgā

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (gaṅgā+sopāna+paddhati)

• gaṅgā – the river Gaṅgā
  proper noun (feminine)
• sopāna – stair, step
  noun (neuter)
• paddhati – path, road, series, row
  noun (feminine)

येन (yena) - by Bhagīratha (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

पातालवासिनः (pātālavāsinaḥ) - Bhagīratha's ancestors in the underworld (dwellers of the underworld)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pātālavāsin

pātālavāsin - dweller of the underworld

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pātāla+vāsin)

• pātāla – the underworld, nether regions
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun suffix (ṇini)
  Derived from root √vas (to dwell) with the suffix -in.
  Root: vas (class 1)

योजिताः (yojitāḥ) - connected, united

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yojita

yojita - joined, connected, united, yoked

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root yuj (to join, to unite) in the causative sense.

Root: yuj (class 7)

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, sphere

बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - Bhagīratha's ancestors (relatives, kinsmen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman

लोकबन्धुना (lokabandhunā) - by Bhagīratha (by the friend of the world)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lokabandhu

lokabandhu - friend of the world

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (loka+bandhu)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• bandhu – relative, kinsman, friend
  noun (masculine)