योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-27

एहि पुत्रेति मामुक्त्वा स स्वाब्जस्योत्तरे दले ।
शुक्लाश्च इव शीतांशु योजयामास पाणिना ॥ २७ ॥

ehi putreti māmuktvā sa svābjasyottare dale ,
śuklāśca iva śītāṃśu yojayāmāsa pāṇinā 27

27. ehi putra iti mām uktvā sa sva abjasya uttare
dale śuklāḥ ca iva śītāṃśum yojayāmāsa pāṇinā

27. saḥ mām ehi putra iti uktvā pāṇinā sva abjasya
uttare dale śuklāḥ ca iva śītāṃśum yojayāmāsa

27. After saying to me, 'Come, son!', he then, with his hand, placed me on the northern petal of his own lotus, appearing bright and like the cool-rayed moon.

Words meanings summery:

• एहि (ehi) - come!

• पुत्र (putra) - O son!

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotation marker)

• माम् (mām) - me

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said

• स (sa) - he, that one

• स्व (sva) - own, one's own

• अब्जस्य (abjasya) - of the lotus

• उत्तरे (uttare) - in the northern, on the upper

• दले (dale) - on the petal

• शुक्लाः (śuklāḥ) - appearing bright/pure (referring to 'me' in a poetic/adverbial sense) (white, pure, radiant)

• च (ca) - and

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शीतांशुम् (śītāṁśum) - the cool-rayed one, the moon

• योजयामास (yojayāmāsa) - he placed, he caused to be joined

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

Words meanings and morphology

एहि (ehi) - come!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

पुत्र (putra) - O son!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root vac ('to speak') with the suffix -tvā. The root 'vac' often changes to 'uk' in participles/absolutives.

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्व (sva) - own, one's own

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Implicitly genitive as it modifies 'abjasya'.

अब्जस्य (abjasya) - of the lotus

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of abja

abja - lotus (literally 'water-born')

Compound: ap (water) + ja (born)

उत्तरे (uttare) - in the northern, on the upper

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - northern, upper, later, subsequent

दले (dale) - on the petal

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dala

dala - petal, leaf

शुक्लाः (śuklāḥ) - appearing bright/pure (referring to 'me' in a poetic/adverbial sense) (white, pure, radiant)

(adjective)

of śukla

śukla - white, bright, pure, clean

Note: Though grammatically nominative plural, here used poetically or adverbially to describe the state or appearance of the singular accusative object ('mām') at the moment of being placed.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शीतांशुम् (śītāṁśum) - the cool-rayed one, the moon

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śītāṃśu

śītāṁśu - the moon (literally 'cool-rayed')

योजयामास (yojayāmāsa) - he placed, he caused to be joined

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of yoj

Causative Perfect

Causative form of yuj (yojaya) + perfect ending (āmāsa).

Root: yuj (class 7)

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand