योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-6, verse-39

यथाऽमृतस्य संप्राप्तिर्यथा वर्षमवर्षके ।
यथान्धस्येक्षणप्राप्तिर्भवदागमनं तथा ॥ ३९ ॥

yathā'mṛtasya saṃprāptiryathā varṣamavarṣake ,
yathāndhasyekṣaṇaprāptirbhavadāgamanaṃ tathā 39

39. yathā amṛtasya samprāptiḥ yathā varṣam avarṣake
yathā andhasya īkṣaṇaprāptiḥ bhavadāgamanam tathā

39. Your arrival is like the attainment of nectar (amṛta), like rain falling upon a dry, rainless land, and like a blind person regaining their sight.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of nectar, of immortality

• सम्प्राप्तिः (samprāptiḥ) - attainment, acquisition

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain

• अवर्षके (avarṣake) - in a dry, rainless land (in a rainless place/time, for a rainless condition)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अन्धस्य (andhasya) - of a blind person

• ईक्षणप्राप्तिः (īkṣaṇaprāptiḥ) - the attainment of sight

• भवदागमनम् (bhavadāgamanam) - your (honorific) arrival

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of nectar, of immortality

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, ambrosia, immortality, immortal

सम्प्राप्तिः (samprāptiḥ) - attainment, acquisition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samprāpti

samprāpti - attainment, acquisition, arrival, obtaining

Noun derived from verb

Derived from root √prāp (to obtain, reach) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: √prāp (class 5)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, year, rainy season

अवर्षके (avarṣake) - in a dry, rainless land (in a rainless place/time, for a rainless condition)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of avarṣaka

avarṣaka - rainless, without rain, not raining

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+varṣaka)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• varṣaka – raining, causing rain, rainy
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from root √vṛṣ (to rain)
  Root: √vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Implied locative context like 'deśe' (in a place)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अन्धस्य (andhasya) - of a blind person

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of andha

andha - blind, a blind person

ईक्षणप्राप्तिः (īkṣaṇaprāptiḥ) - the attainment of sight

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īkṣaṇaprāpti

īkṣaṇaprāpti - attainment of sight, gaining vision

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (īkṣaṇa+prāpti)

• īkṣaṇa – seeing, sight, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Noun derived from verb
  Derived from root √īkṣ (to see, look)
  Root: √īkṣ (class 1)
• prāpti – attainment, acquisition, arrival
  noun (feminine)
  Noun derived from verb
  Derived from root √prāp (to obtain)
  Root: √prāp (class 5)

भवदागमनम् (bhavadāgamanam) - your (honorific) arrival

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhavadāgamana

bhavadāgamana - the arrival of your reverence

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhavat+āgamana)

• bhavat – your reverence, you (honorific)
  pronoun
• āgamana – coming, arrival
  noun (neuter)
  Noun derived from verb
  Derived from root √gam (to go) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, likewise

(indeclinable)

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