योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-8

देहयष्टिमिमां देव धारयन्त इमे वयम् ।
खिन्नाः खेदे परिम्लानतनौ रामे सुते तव ॥ ८ ॥

dehayaṣṭimimāṃ deva dhārayanta ime vayam ,
khinnāḥ khede parimlānatanau rāme sute tava 8

8. dehayāṣṭim imām deva dhārayantaḥ ime vayam
khinnāḥ khede parimlāntanau rāme sute tava

8. O King, we ourselves, bearing this slender body, are distressed by the sorrow of your son Rama, whose body is greatly emaciated.

8. הו דֵּוָוה (אדוני), אנו, הנושאים גוף זה, מדוכאים עמוקות מצער, שכן בנך רָאמָה נחלש וגופו כמש קמילה.

Words meanings summery:

• देहयाष्टिम् (dehayāṣṭim) - this slender body (slender body, body-stick)

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• देव (deva) - O King (O god, O king)

• धारयन्तः (dhārayantaḥ) - holding, bearing, maintaining

• इमे (ime) - these (referring to 'we') (these (masculine/feminine nominative plural))

• वयम् (vayam) - we ourselves (we)

• खिन्नाः (khinnāḥ) - distressed, sad, weary

• खेदे (khede) - in sorrow, in distress, in weariness

• परिम्लान्तनौ (parimlāntanau) - with a very withered/emaciated body

• रामे (rāme) - in Rama

• सुते (sute) - in the son

• तव (tava) - your

Words meanings and morphology

देहयाष्टिम् (dehayāṣṭim) - this slender body (slender body, body-stick)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dehayāṣṭi

dehayāṣṭi - slender body, body-stick

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+yaṣṭi)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 6)
• yaṣṭi – stick, staff, slender rod
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

देव (deva) - O King (O god, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, king

Root: div (class 4)

धारयन्तः (dhārayantaḥ) - holding, bearing, maintaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhārayat

dhārayat - holding, bearing, maintaining

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle (paras.) of causative of root dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इमे (ime) - these (referring to 'we') (these (masculine/feminine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

वयम् (vayam) - we ourselves (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

खिन्नाः (khinnāḥ) - distressed, sad, weary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khinna

khinna - distressed, sad, weary

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root khid (to be distressed)

Root: khid (class 6)

खेदे (khede) - in sorrow, in distress, in weariness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kheda

kheda - sorrow, distress, weariness

Root: khid (class 6)

परिम्लान्तनौ (parimlāntanau) - with a very withered/emaciated body

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of parimlāntanu

parimlāntanu - having a greatly withered/emaciated body

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parimlāna+tanu)

• parimlāna – greatly withered, faded, emaciated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root mlai (to fade) with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: mlai (class 1)
• tanu – body, form, slender
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tan (class 8)

रामे (rāme) - in Rama

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama

सुते (sute) - in the son

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, offspring

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root sū (to bear, to produce)

Root: sū (class 2)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

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