योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-10

निरालम्बास्पदा सांध्या विततेवाभ्रमालिका ।
प्रेतासनसमारूढा सुरूढा परमे पदे ॥ १० ॥

nirālambāspadā sāṃdhyā vitatevābhramālikā ,
pretāsanasamārūḍhā surūḍhā parame pade 10

10. nirālambāspadā sāndhyā vitatā iva abhramālikā
pretāsanasamārūḍhā surūḍhā parame pade

10. nirālambāspadā sāndhyā vitatā iva abhramālikā
pretāsanasamārūḍhā surūḍhā parame pade

10. She, whose foundation is unsupported, like an expansive twilight cloud-garland, is mounted upon a corpse as a seat, firmly established in the supreme state (pada).

Words meanings summery:

• निरालम्बास्पदा (nirālambāspadā) - she whose abode/foundation is without support

• सान्ध्या (sāndhyā) - of the twilight, evening

• वितता (vitatā) - extended, spread out, vast

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अभ्रमालिका (abhramālikā) - cloud-garland, chain of clouds

• प्रेतासनसमारूढा (pretāsanasamārūḍhā) - she who is mounted/seated upon a corpse as a seat

• सुरूढा (surūḍhā) - well-established, firmly fixed

• परमे (parame) - in the highest, in the supreme

• पदे (pade) - in the supreme state or abode (in the state, in the abode, in the step/foot)

Words meanings and morphology

निरालम्बास्पदा (nirālambāspadā) - she whose abode/foundation is without support

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirālambāspada

nirālambāspada - unsupported in foundation/abode

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+ālamba+āspada)

• nis – without, out, away, negation
  indeclinable
• ālamba – support, reliance, prop
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lamb (class 1)
• āspada – abode, seat, place, foundation
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: A compound adjective describing the implied subject.

सान्ध्या (sāndhyā) - of the twilight, evening

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāndhya

sāndhya - belonging to the twilight or evening; crepuscular

Derived from 'sandhyā' (twilight).

Note: Agreeing with 'abhramālikā' by implication, functioning as a descriptor for the cloud-garland.

वितता (vitatā) - extended, spread out, vast

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vitata

vitata - spread out, extended, vast, wide

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agreeing with 'abhramālikā'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अभ्रमालिका (abhramālikā) - cloud-garland, chain of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhramālikā

abhramālikā - garland of clouds, chain of clouds

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhra+mālikā)

• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• mālikā – garland, wreath, chain, row
  noun (feminine)

प्रेतासनसमारूढा (pretāsanasamārūḍhā) - she who is mounted/seated upon a corpse as a seat

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pretāsanasamārūḍha

pretāsanasamārūḍha - seated upon a corpse-seat

Compound type : bahuvrihi (preta+āsana+samārūḍha)

• preta – departed spirit, ghost, corpse
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'pra', meaning 'gone forth'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• āsana – seat, sitting, posture
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ās (class 2)
• samārūḍha – mounted, ascended, seated upon
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ruh' (to ascend) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: A compound adjective describing the implied subject.

सुरूढा (surūḍhā) - well-established, firmly fixed

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of surūḍha

surūḍha - well-established, firmly fixed, fully grown

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ruh' (to grow, ascend) with prefix 'su' (well).

Prefix: su

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with the implied feminine subject.

परमे (parame) - in the highest, in the supreme

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

Note: Agreeing with 'pade'.

पदे (pade) - in the supreme state or abode (in the state, in the abode, in the step/foot)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, abode, word

Root: pad (class 4)