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.

26. אז כל חכמי הברהמינים, ובראשם וַסִשְׁטְהָ, חלקו לו כבוד רב בברכות ברוך הבא כמנהג המסורת.

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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