योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-1, chapter-8, verse-34
अयमन्यतमः कालः पेलवीकृतसज्जनः ।
राघवोऽपि गतो दैन्यं यतो वार्धकजर्जरः ॥ ३४ ॥
राघवोऽपि गतो दैन्यं यतो वार्धकजर्जरः ॥ ३४ ॥
ayamanyatamaḥ kālaḥ pelavīkṛtasajjanaḥ ,
rāghavo'pi gato dainyaṃ yato vārdhakajarjaraḥ 34
rāghavo'pi gato dainyaṃ yato vārdhakajarjaraḥ 34
34.
ayam anyatamaḥ kālaḥ pelavīkṛta-sajjanaḥ rāghavaḥ
api gataḥ dainyaṃ yataḥ vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ
api gataḥ dainyaṃ yataḥ vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ
34.
This is a peculiar time when good people are weakened. Even Rama (Rāghava) has fallen into a state of helplessness, for he is worn out by old age.
Words meanings summery:
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- अयम् (ayam) - this
- अन्यतमः (anyatamaḥ) - a peculiar, a specific kind of (one of them, one among many, a particular one)
- कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, era
- पेलवीकृत-सज्जनः (pelavīkṛta-sajjanaḥ) - one in which good people are weakened, having good people weakened
- राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- गतः (gataḥ) - fallen into (gone, arrived, attained)
- दैन्यं (dainyaṁ) - misery, wretchedness, helplessness, poverty
- यतः (yataḥ) - for, because (because, since, from which)
- वार्धक-जर्जरः (vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ) - worn out/decayed by old age
Words meanings and morphology
अयम् (ayam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
अन्यतमः (anyatamaḥ) - a peculiar, a specific kind of (one of them, one among many, a particular one)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anyatama
anyatama - one of many, one of the others, a peculiar
Superlative suffix -tama added to anya.
Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.
कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, era
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, era
Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.
पेलवीकृत-सज्जनः (pelavīkṛta-sajjanaḥ) - one in which good people are weakened, having good people weakened
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pelavīkṛta-sajjana
pelavīkṛta-sajjana - made delicate/weak are the good people
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pelavīkṛta+sajjana)
- pelavīkṛta – made weak, made delicate
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from pelava (delicate, weak) + kṛta (made, done).
Root: kṛ (class 8) - sajjana – a good person, a virtuous person
noun (masculine)
Compound of sat (good) and jana (person).
Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.
राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava
rāghava - Rama (a descendant of Raghu)
Patronymic from Raghu.
Note: Subject.
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
गतः (gataḥ) - fallen into (gone, arrived, attained)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gata
gata - gone, arrived, passed, obtained
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root gam (to go).
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Used here with an accusative to mean 'reached a state of'.
दैन्यं (dainyaṁ) - misery, wretchedness, helplessness, poverty
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dainya
dainya - misery, wretchedness, helplessness, dejection, poverty
Derived from dīna (wretched) + suffix -ya.
Note: Object of gataḥ.
यतः (yataḥ) - for, because (because, since, from which)
(indeclinable)
वार्धक-जर्जरः (vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ) - worn out/decayed by old age
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vārdhaka-jarjara
vārdhaka-jarjara - worn out by old age, decrepit due to old age
Compound type : tatpurusha (vārdhaka+jarjara)
- vārdhaka – old age, senility
noun (neuter)
Derived from vṛddha (old). - jarjara – worn out, decayed, decrepit
adjective (masculine)
Note: Qualifies Rāghavaḥ.