योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-52

अथोक्ता सा मया भर्ता भवामि तव सुव्रते ।
केनापदि विचार्यन्ते वर्णधर्मकुलक्रमाः ॥ ५२ ॥

athoktā sā mayā bhartā bhavāmi tava suvrate ,
kenāpadi vicāryante varṇadharmakulakramāḥ 52

52. atha uktā sā mayā bhartā bhavāmi tava suvrate
kena āpadi vicāryante varṇadharmakulakramāḥ

52. atha mayā sā uktā: he suvrate,
tava bhartā bhavāmi.
āpadi kena varṇadharmakulakramāḥ vicāryante?

52. Then I told her, 'O virtuous one, I will be your husband. For in times of distress, who indeed considers the intrinsic natures (dharma) of social classes and family traditions?'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• उक्ता (uktā) - said, spoken, told

• सा (sā) - she, that one

• मया (mayā) - by me

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter, master

• भवामि (bhavāmi) - I become, I am

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• सुव्रते (suvrate) - O virtuous one, O one of good vows

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• आपदि (āpadi) - in calamity, in distress

• विचार्यन्ते (vicāryante) - are considered, are deliberated

• वर्णधर्मकुलक्रमाः (varṇadharmakulakramāḥ) - the intrinsic natures (dharma) of social classes and family customs/traditions

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

उक्ता (uktā) - said, spoken, told

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

formed from root vac (to speak) + kta suffix; vac undergoes v-samprasāraṇa to uc

Root: vac (class 2)

सा (sā) - she, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter, master

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master, nourisher

भवामि (bhavāmi) - I become, I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सुव्रते (suvrate) - O virtuous one, O one of good vows

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of suvrata

suvrata - virtuous, of good vows, pious

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

आपदि (āpadi) - in calamity, in distress

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, distress, misfortune

विचार्यन्ते (vicāryante) - are considered, are deliberated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vicār

passive form of root vicār (prefix vi + root car) with passive 'ya' infix

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

वर्णधर्मकुलक्रमाः (varṇadharmakulakramāḥ) - the intrinsic natures (dharma) of social classes and family customs/traditions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of varṇadharmakulakrama

varṇadharmakulakrama - class rules and family traditions, intrinsic natures of social classes and family customs

Compound type : dvandva (varṇadharma+kulakrama)

• varṇadharma – the intrinsic nature (dharma), duty or law of a social class
  noun (masculine)
• kulakrama – family custom, family tradition, order of family
  noun (masculine)

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