योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-180, verse-15

मौञ्जदामनिबद्धोर्ध्वपादो नित्यमवाक्शिराः ।
अष्ठीलत्वं दधदिव महाष्ठीलस्य शाल्मलेः ॥ १५ ॥

mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapādo nityamavākśirāḥ ,
aṣṭhīlatvaṃ dadhadiva mahāṣṭhīlasya śālmaleḥ 15

15. mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapādaḥ nityam avākśirāḥ
aṣṭhīlatvam dadhat iva mahāṣṭhīlasya śālmaleḥ

15. mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapādaḥ avākśirāḥ nityam
mahāṣṭhīlasya śālmaleḥ aṣṭhīlatvam dadhat iva

15. With his feet always bound upwards by a cord of munja grass and his head hanging downwards, he appeared as if embodying the immobility of a massive trunk of a silk-cotton tree.

Words meanings summery:

• मौञ्जदामनिबद्धोर्ध्वपादः (mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapādaḥ) - having feet bound upwards by a cord of munja grass

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

• अवाक्शिराः (avākśirāḥ) - head downwards

• अष्ठीलत्वम् (aṣṭhīlatvam) - the rigid, unmoving state of a tree trunk (the state of being a trunk/pillar, immobility, rigidity)

• दधत् (dadhat) - assuming or exhibiting (bearing, holding, maintaining)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• महाष्ठीलस्य (mahāṣṭhīlasya) - of a huge trunk/pillar

• शाल्मलेः (śālmaleḥ) - of a silk-cotton tree

Words meanings and morphology

मौञ्जदामनिबद्धोर्ध्वपादः (mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapādaḥ) - having feet bound upwards by a cord of munja grass

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapāda

mauñjadāmanibaddhordhvapāda - one whose feet are bound upwards with a munja-rope

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mauñjadāma+nibaddha+ūrdhvapāda)

• mauñjadāma – rope/cord made of munja grass
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from muñja (munja grass) + dāman (rope)
• nibaddha – bound, tied, fastened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bandh with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bandh (class 7)
• ūrdhvapāda – upraised feet, feet upwards
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the ascetic

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

अवाक्शिराः (avākśirāḥ) - head downwards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avākśiras

avākśiras - having the head downwards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avāk+śiras)

• avāk – downwards
  indeclinable
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the ascetic

अष्ठीलत्वम् (aṣṭhīlatvam) - the rigid, unmoving state of a tree trunk (the state of being a trunk/pillar, immobility, rigidity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṣṭhīlatva

aṣṭhīlatva - the state of being a trunk/pillar, stiffness, immobility

Derived from aṣṭhīla (trunk/pillar) with suffix tva

Note: Object of the action 'bearing' (dadhat)

दधत् (dadhat) - assuming or exhibiting (bearing, holding, maintaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dadhat

dhā - to place, to put, to hold, to bear

Present Active Participle

Root dhā, class 3 juhotyādi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Describes the implicit subject (the person)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison

महाष्ठीलस्य (mahāṣṭhīlasya) - of a huge trunk/pillar

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahāṣṭhīla

mahāṣṭhīla - huge trunk, large pillar

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+aṣṭhīla)

• mahā – great, huge, large
  adjective
• aṣṭhīla – trunk of a tree, pillar, block
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies śālmaleḥ and relates to aṣṭhīlatvam

शाल्मलेः (śālmaleḥ) - of a silk-cotton tree

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śālmalī

śālmalī - silk-cotton tree (Bombax malabaricum)

Note: Relates to mahāṣṭhīlasya