योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-6, verse-26

ततो वसिष्ठप्रमुखाः सर्व एव द्विजातयः ।
स्वागतादिक्रमेणैनं पूजयामासुरादृताः ॥ २६ ॥

tato vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarva eva dvijātayaḥ ,
svāgatādikrameṇainaṃ pūjayāmāsurādṛtāḥ 26

26. tataḥ vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve eva dvijātayaḥ
svāgatādikrameṇa enam pūjayāmāsuḥ ādṛtāḥ

26. Then all the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ), led by Vasiṣṭha, respectfully honored him with greetings and other customary rituals.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• वसिष्ठप्रमुखाः (vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ) - led by Vasiṣṭha, with Vasiṣṭha as the chief

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - the twice-born (Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, specifically Brahmins in this context)

• स्वागतादिक्रमेण (svāgatādikrameṇa) - by the method of 'welcome' and other rituals, with greetings etc.

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• पूजयामासुः (pūjayāmāsuḥ) - they honored, they worshipped

• आदृताः (ādṛtāḥ) - respected, honored, reverent

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' with suffix 'tas'

Note: Adverb of time.

वसिष्ठप्रमुखाः (vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ) - led by Vasiṣṭha, with Vasiṣṭha as the chief

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vasiṣṭhapramukha

vasiṣṭhapramukha - having Vasiṣṭha as the chief, led by Vasiṣṭha

Compound: Vasiṣṭha (proper noun) + pramukha (chief, foremost)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vasiṣṭha+pramukha)

• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pramukha – chief, principal, foremost
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: pra (foremost) + mukha (face, head)
  Prefix: pra

Note: Modifying dvijātayaḥ.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Modifying dvijātayaḥ.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - the twice-born (Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, specifically Brahmins in this context)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born (a term for members of the first three varṇas: Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, who undergo upanayana saṃskāra)

Compound: dvi (twice) + jāti (birth)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral
• jāti – birth, origin, class
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the verb pūjayāmāsuḥ.

स्वागतादिक्रमेण (svāgatādikrameṇa) - by the method of 'welcome' and other rituals, with greetings etc.

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svāgatādikrama

svāgatādikrama - the order (krama) of 'welcome' (svāgata) and so forth (ādi)

Compound: svāgata (welcome) + ādi (etc.) + krama (order/method)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svāgata+ādi+krama)

• svāgata – welcome, greeting
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga su (good) and ā (to); lit. 'well-come'
  Prefixes: su+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
  indeclinable
• krama – order, sequence, method
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial use: 'by way of'

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (emphatic pronoun used only in certain cases)

Pro-nominal stem 'ena'

Note: Object of the verb pūjayāmāsuḥ.

पूजयामासुः (pūjayāmāsuḥ) - they honored, they worshipped

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pūj

Periphrastic Perfect (Āsuḥ form of Lit)

Derived from root pūj (to honor) with causative suffix ay; periphrastic perfect formed with as (to be)

Root: pūj (class 10)

आदृताः (ādṛtāḥ) - respected, honored, reverent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādṛta

ādṛta - respected, honored, reverent, attentive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛ (to honor) with upasarga ā (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: dṛ (class 6)

Note: Modifying dvijātayaḥ.

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