योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
युक्तियुक्ते तयेत्युक्ते विद्याधर्या धरोरसि ।
बद्धपद्मासनोऽथाहं समाधाबुदितोऽभवम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yuktiyukte tayetyukte vidyādharyā dharorasi ,
baddhapadmāsano'thāhaṃ samādhābudito'bhavam 2

2. śrī vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yuktiyukte tayā iti ukte vidyādharyā
dhara-urasi baddha-padmāsanaḥ atha aham samādhau uditaḥ abhavam

2. śrī vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha vidyādharyā dhara-urasi tayā iti
yuktiyukte ukte aham baddha-padmāsanaḥ samādhau uditaḥ abhavam

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: When that well-reasoned speech was thus uttered by the Vidyādharī on the earth's surface, I then, having assumed the lotus posture (padmāsana), became absorbed in deep meditation (samādhi).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious, sacred, excellent

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• युक्तियुक्ते (yuktiyukte) - referring to the speech (vāci, implied) (well-reasoned, logical, consistent with reasoning)

• तया (tayā) - by her

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• उक्ते (ukte) - when spoken, having been spoken

• विद्याधर्या (vidyādharyā) - by the Vidyādharī (a female celestial being)

• धर-उरसि (dhara-urasi) - on the breast/surface of the earth

• बद्ध-पद्मासनः (baddha-padmāsanaḥ) - having assumed/bound in the lotus posture

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, consequently

• अहम् (aham) - I

• समाधौ (samādhau) - in deep meditation, in concentration

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - risen, appeared, absorbed

• अभवम् (abhavam) - I became, I was

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious, sacred, excellent

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an honorific prefix, thus treated as indeclinable in this context.

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best; name of a famous Vedic sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense (lit) 3rd person singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

युक्तियुक्ते (yuktiyukte) - referring to the speech (vāci, implied) (well-reasoned, logical, consistent with reasoning)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of yuktiyukta

yuktiyukta - connected with reason, reasonable, logical, well-reasoned

Past Passive Participle (from root yuj for yukta)

Derived from yukti (reason) and yukta (joined, connected).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yukti+yukta)

• yukti – reason, logic, propriety, device
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root yuj.
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, proper, fit
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with an implied word like 'vāci' (speech).

तया (tayā) - by her

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that (pronoun)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उक्ते (ukte) - when spoken, having been spoken

(participle)

Locative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, stated

Past Passive Participle

Irregular past passive participle of vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, meaning 'when it was spoken'.

विद्याधर्या (vidyādharyā) - by the Vidyādharī (a female celestial being)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vidyādharī

vidyādharī - a female Vidyādhara (a class of supernatural beings, usually flying through the air and possessing magical powers)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyā+dhara)

• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science, magic
  noun (feminine)
• dhara – bearing, holding, possessing (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  From root dhṛ.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

धर-उरसि (dhara-urasi) - on the breast/surface of the earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhara-uras

dhara-uras - earth's breast/surface

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharā+uras)

• dharā – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• uras – breast, chest, surface
  noun (neuter)

बद्ध-पद्मासनः (baddha-padmāsanaḥ) - having assumed/bound in the lotus posture

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha-padmāsana

baddha-padmāsana - one who has assumed the lotus posture

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (baddha+padmāsana)

• baddha – bound, tied, fixed, assumed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• padmāsana – lotus posture (a cross-legged meditative posture in yoga)
  noun (neuter)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, consequently

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

समाधौ (samādhau) - in deep meditation, in concentration

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - meditation, concentration, absorption, profound contemplation (yoga)

From prefix sam-ā- with root dhā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

उदितः (uditaḥ) - risen, appeared, absorbed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, uttered, become visible

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अभवम् (abhavam) - I became, I was

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect tense (laṅ) 1st person singular active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

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