योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-18

निलीपा नलिनीनाले कण्टका इव निश्चलाः ।
द्रुमे द्रुमे द्रुममया भयात्त्वस्यावसंश्चिरम् ॥ १८ ॥

nilīpā nalinīnāle kaṇṭakā iva niścalāḥ ,
drume drume drumamayā bhayāttvasyāvasaṃściram 18

18. nilīpāḥ nalinīnāle kaṇṭakāḥ iva niścalāḥ drume
drume drumamayāḥ bhayāt tvasya avasan ciram

18. nilīpāḥ niścalāḥ drumamayāḥ nalinīnāle kaṇṭakāḥ
iva tvasya bhayāt drume drume ciram avasan

18. Clinging and motionless like thorns in a lotus stalk, and blending with the trees, they dwelled for a long time in every tree out of fear of him.

Words meanings summery:

• निलीपाः (nilīpāḥ) - clinging, adhering, sticking

• नलिनीनाले (nalinīnāle) - in a lotus stalk

• कण्टकाः (kaṇṭakāḥ) - thorns

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• निश्चलाः (niścalāḥ) - motionless, unmoving, steady

• द्रुमे (drume) - in a tree

• द्रुमे (drume) - in every tree, tree after tree (in a tree (indicating repetition: in every tree))

• द्रुममयाः (drumamayāḥ) - made of trees, tree-like, consisting of trees, blending with trees

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

• त्वस्य (tvasya) - of a powerful protagonist or implied subject (of him, of his)

• अवसन् (avasan) - they dwelt, they stayed, they lived

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

Words meanings and morphology

निलीपाः (nilīpāḥ) - clinging, adhering, sticking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nilīpa

nilīpa - adhering to, clinging to, fixed to

Participle/Derived Adjective

Derived from root lī (to cling, stick) with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: lī (class 4)

नलिनीनाले (nalinīnāle) - in a lotus stalk

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nalinīnāla

nalinīnāla - lotus stalk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nalinī+nāla)

• nalinī – lotus plant, water-lily
  noun (feminine)
• nāla – stalk, stem
  noun (neuter)

कण्टकाः (kaṇṭakāḥ) - thorns

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṇṭaka

kaṇṭaka - thorn, prickle; an enemy; a hindrance

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

निश्चलाः (niścalāḥ) - motionless, unmoving, steady

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niścala

niścala - motionless, unmoving, steady, firm

Prefix: nis

Root: cal (class 1)

द्रुमे (drume) - in a tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree

द्रुमे (drume) - in every tree, tree after tree (in a tree (indicating repetition: in every tree))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree

Note: Repetition of a word in Sanskrit can indicate 'every' or 'each'.

द्रुममयाः (drumamayāḥ) - made of trees, tree-like, consisting of trees, blending with trees

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of drumamaya

drumamaya - made of trees, consisting of trees, full of trees

Derived from druma (tree) with suffix -maya (made of, consisting of)

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

Root: bhī

त्वस्य (tvasya) - of a powerful protagonist or implied subject (of him, of his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tva

tva - you (as pronoun); state, nature, essence (as suffix); haste (as noun)

Here likely functioning as a genitive pronoun, possibly 'of you' or 'of his (power)'.

अवसन् (avasan) - they dwelt, they stayed, they lived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially here

Note: Adverbial usage