योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-79, verse-2

यावद्दृष्टो मया तत्र शैलादिव विनिर्मितः ।
परमेष्ठी समाधिस्थः प्रधानपरिवारवान् ॥ २ ॥

yāvaddṛṣṭo mayā tatra śailādiva vinirmitaḥ ,
parameṣṭhī samādhisthaḥ pradhānaparivāravān 2

2. yāvat dṛṣṭaḥ mayā tatra śailāt iva vinirmitaḥ
parameṣṭhī samādhisthaḥ pradhānaparivāravān

2. yāvat mayā tatra śailāt iva vinirmitaḥ parameṣṭhī
samādhisthaḥ pradhānaparivāravān dṛṣṭaḥ

2. As soon as I looked there, I saw Parameṣṭhī (Brahma), appearing as if carved from a mountain, absorbed in deep meditation (dhyāna), and attended by his principal retinue.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as soon as (as long as, as far as, as soon as)

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - was seen, was perceived (by me) (seen, perceived)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• शैलात् (śailāt) - from a mountain, rock

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• विनिर्मितः (vinirmitaḥ) - appearing as if sculpted (formed, created, constructed, sculpted)

• परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - Brahma (the supreme creator, Brahma)

• समाधिस्थः (samādhisthaḥ) - absorbed in deep meditation (dhyāna) (absorbed in deep meditation, fixed in trance)

• प्रधानपरिवारवान् (pradhānaparivāravān) - having a chief retinue, accompanied by a principal entourage

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as soon as (as long as, as far as, as soon as)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - was seen, was perceived (by me) (seen, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived, apparent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to Parameṣṭhī, hence masculine nominative singular.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

शैलात् (śailāt) - from a mountain, rock

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, peak

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

विनिर्मितः (vinirmitaḥ) - appearing as if sculpted (formed, created, constructed, sculpted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinirmita

vinirmita - formed, made, constructed, created, built

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mā (to measure, form) with prefixes vi- and nir-.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'Parameṣṭhī'.

परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - Brahma (the supreme creator, Brahma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parameṣṭhin

parameṣṭhin - one who stands supreme; an epithet of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva; a supreme being

Derived from parameṣṭha (standing highest).

समाधिस्थः (samādhisthaḥ) - absorbed in deep meditation (dhyāna) (absorbed in deep meditation, fixed in trance)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samādhistha

samādhistha - standing in or absorbed in deep meditation (samādhi), in a state of trance

Compound type : saptamī-tatpurusha (samādhi+stha)

• samādhi – meditation, concentration, trance, profound contemplation (dhyāna)
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'Parameṣṭhī'.

प्रधानपरिवारवान् (pradhānaparivāravān) - having a chief retinue, accompanied by a principal entourage

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradhānaparivāravat

pradhānaparivāravat - having chief attendants, surrounded by a principal retinue

Derived with possessive suffix -vat.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pradhāna+parivāra)

• pradhāna – chief, principal, main, prominent
  adjective (neuter)
• parivāra – retinue, entourage, attendants, family
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'Parameṣṭhī'.