योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-8

यथाहं प्रहितस्तेन तथान्ये च महर्षयः ।
सनत्कुमारप्रमुखा नारदाद्याश्च भूरिशः ॥ ८ ॥

yathāhaṃ prahitastena tathānye ca maharṣayaḥ ,
sanatkumārapramukhā nāradādyāśca bhūriśaḥ 8

8. yathā aham prahitaḥ tena tathā anye ca maharṣayaḥ
Sanatkumāra-pramukhāḥ Nārada-ādyāḥ ca bhūriśaḥ

8. yathā aham tena prahitaḥ tathā ca anye maharṣayaḥ
Sanatkumāpramukhāḥ ca Nāradādyāḥ bhūriśaḥ

8. Just as I was sent forth by Him, so also were other great sages (maharṣi), prominently Sanatkumāra, and Nārada and many others, in great numbers.

8. כשם שאני נשלחתי על ידו, כך נשלחו עוד חכמים דגולים רבים, ובראשם סָאנַאתְ-קוּמָארָה ו-נָארָדָה.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रहितः (prahitaḥ) - sent forth, dispatched, appointed

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that (person/being)

• तथा (tathā) - so also, similarly, in that way

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• च (ca) - and, also

• महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages, great seers

• सनत्कुमार-प्रमुखाः (sanatkumāra-pramukhāḥ) - headed by Sanatkumāra, with Sanatkumāra as chief

• नारद-आद्याः (nārada-ādyāḥ) - Nārada and others, beginning with Nārada

• च (ca) - and, also

• भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - abundantly, in great numbers, extensively

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्रहितः (prahitaḥ) - sent forth, dispatched, appointed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahita

prahita - sent, dispatched

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 3)

तेन (tena) - by him, by that (person/being)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - so also, similarly, in that way

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages, great seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage (ṛṣi)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (maha+ṛṣi)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – seer, sage, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

सनत्कुमार-प्रमुखाः (sanatkumāra-pramukhāḥ) - headed by Sanatkumāra, with Sanatkumāra as chief

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of Sanatkumāra-pramukha

Sanatkumāra-pramukha - having Sanatkumāra as chief, headed by Sanatkumāra

Compound type : tatpurusha (Sanatkumāra+pramukha)

• Sanatkumāra – a name of a mind-born son of Brahma, a great sage
  proper noun (masculine)
• pramukha – chief, foremost, headed by
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra

नारद-आद्याः (nārada-ādyāḥ) - Nārada and others, beginning with Nārada

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of Nāradādi

Nāradādi - Nārada and others

Compound type : tatpurusha (Nārada+ādi)

• Nārada – a name of a divine sage
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on
  noun/indeclinable (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - abundantly, in great numbers, extensively

(indeclinable)

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