योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-4, verse-9

जगाम पित्रानुज्ञातो महत्या सेनयावृतः ।
वराहमहिषाकीर्णं वनमाखेटकेच्छया ॥ ९ ॥

jagāma pitrānujñāto mahatyā senayāvṛtaḥ ,
varāhamahiṣākīrṇaṃ vanamākheṭakecchayā 9

9. jagāma pitrā anujñātaḥ mahatyā senayā āvṛtaḥ
varāhamahiṣa ākīrṇam vanam ākheṭaka icchayā

9. Permitted by his father, he went, surrounded by a large army, to the forest teeming with wild boars and buffaloes, with the intention of hunting.

9. ברשות אביו, מלווה בצבא גדול, הוא הלך ליער, שהיה מלא בחזירי בר ותאואים, עם רצון לצוד.

Words meanings summery:

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he departed

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, sanctioned

• महत्या (mahatyā) - by a great, by a large

• सेनया (senayā) - by an army, with a host

• आवृतः (āvṛtaḥ) - surrounded, covered, enveloped

• वराहमहिष (varāhamahiṣa) - boars and buffaloes

• आकीर्णम् (ākīrṇam) - filled with, teeming with, covered with

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• आखेटक (ākheṭaka) - hunting, chase

• इच्छया (icchayā) - by desire, with intention

Words meanings and morphology

जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he departed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: gam (class 1)

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, sanctioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujñāta

anujñāta - permitted, allowed, sanctioned, commanded

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'anu' and suffix '-kta'

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Modifies the implied subject of 'jagāma'

महत्या (mahatyā) - by a great, by a large

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Modifies `senayā`

सेनया (senayā) - by an army, with a host

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, troop

आवृतः (āvṛtaḥ) - surrounded, covered, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped, clothed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛ' (to cover) with prefix 'ā' and suffix '-kta'

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies the implied subject of 'jagāma'

वराहमहिष (varāhamahiṣa) - boars and buffaloes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of varāhamahiṣa

varāhamahiṣa - wild boars and buffaloes

Compound type : dvandva (varāha+mahiṣa)

• varāha – boar, wild boar
  noun (masculine)
• mahiṣa – buffalo, male buffalo
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of the compound `varāhamahiṣākīrṇam`

आकीर्णम् (ākīrṇam) - filled with, teeming with, covered with

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākīrṇa

ākīrṇa - covered, filled, strewn, crowded with

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kīr' (to strew, scatter) with prefix 'ā' and suffix '-kta'

Prefix: ā

Root: kīr (class 6)

Note: Modifies `vanam`

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

आखेटक (ākheṭaka) - hunting, chase

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākheṭaka

ākheṭaka - hunter; hunting, the chase

Root: khiṭ (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound `ākheṭakecchayā`

इच्छया (icchayā) - by desire, with intention

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, intention

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Used here as part of `ākheṭakecchayā` meaning 'with the desire for hunting'.

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