योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-16

समपृच्छदथागत्य यमं सर्वार्थकोविदम् ।
परायणं हि प्रभवः संदेहेष्वनुजीविनाम् ॥ १६ ॥

samapṛcchadathāgatya yamaṃ sarvārthakovidam ,
parāyaṇaṃ hi prabhavaḥ saṃdeheṣvanujīvinām 16

16. sam apṛcchat atha āgatya yamam sarvārthakovidam
parāyaṇam hi prabhavaḥ saṃdeheṣu anujīvinām

16. atha āgatya sarvārthakovidam yamam sam apṛcchat
hi anujīvinām saṃdeheṣu prabhavaḥ parāyaṇam

16. Then, having arrived, he questioned Yama, who was skilled in all matters. For indeed, powerful individuals are the ultimate refuge for their dependents in times of doubt.

Words meanings summery:

• सम् (sam) - together, completely, thoroughly

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he questioned, he asked

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, having arrived

• यमम् (yamam) - the deity Yama (Yama)

• सर्वार्थकोविदम् (sarvārthakovidam) - expert in all matters/purposes

• परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge (ultimate resort, supreme goal, chief object)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - powerful individuals (powerful ones, lords, masters, origins)

• संदेहेषु (saṁdeheṣu) - in times of doubt (in doubts, in uncertainties)

• अनुजीविनाम् (anujīvinām) - of (their) dependents (of dependents, of servants)

Words meanings and morphology

सम् (sam) - together, completely, thoroughly

(indeclinable)

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he questioned, he asked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √prach

Root: prach (class 6)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, having arrived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from ā-√gam (to come) + lyap suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

यमम् (yamam) - the deity Yama (Yama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - restraint, control, Yama (the god of death)

सर्वार्थकोविदम् (sarvārthakovidam) - expert in all matters/purposes

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarvārthakovida

sarvārthakovida - knowing all things, expert in all matters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+artha+kovida)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth, matter
  noun (masculine)
• kovida – skilled, expert, knowing
  adjective (masculine)

परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge (ultimate resort, supreme goal, chief object)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parāyaṇa

parāyaṇa - chief object, ultimate aim, refuge, asylum

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - powerful individuals (powerful ones, lords, masters, origins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, lord, master, powerful

संदेहेषु (saṁdeheṣu) - in times of doubt (in doubts, in uncertainties)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

अनुजीविनाम् (anujīvinām) - of (their) dependents (of dependents, of servants)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anujīvin

anujīvin - dependent, servant, retainer

Prefix: anu

Root: jīv (class 1)

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