योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-17

मृत्युरुवाच ।
आकाशजस्य कर्माणि क्व स्थितानि वद प्रभो ।
धर्मराजोऽथ संचिन्त्य सुचिरं प्रोक्तवानिदम् ॥ १७ ॥

mṛtyuruvāca ,
ākāśajasya karmāṇi kva sthitāni vada prabho ,
dharmarājo'tha saṃcintya suciraṃ proktavānidam 17

17. mṛtyuḥ uvāca ākāśajasya karmāṇi kva sthitāni vada prabho
dharmarājaḥ atha saṃcintya suciram proktavān idam

17. mṛtyuḥ uvāca - prabho,
ākāśajasya karmāṇi kva sthitāni? vada.
atha dharmarājaḥ suciram saṃcintya idam proktavān.

17. Death asked, "O Lord, where are the deeds (karma) of Ākāśaja located? Please tell me." Then the King of Dharma (dharmarāja), having pondered for a very long time, spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the deity Death (death)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• आकाशजस्य (ākāśajasya) - of Ākāśaja, of the one born from space

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions, works

• क्व (kva) - where?

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, located, standing

• वद (vada) - tell me (tell, speak)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

• धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Yama, the King of (natural) law (dharma) (King of Dharma, Yama)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having pondered, having considered

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

• प्रोक्तवान् (proktavān) - he said, he spoke

• इदम् (idam) - these words/this statement (this)

Words meanings and morphology

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the deity Death (death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (the god of death)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आकाशजस्य (ākāśajasya) - of Ākāśaja, of the one born from space

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ākāśaja

ākāśaja - born of space, arisen from ether

Derived from ākāśa (space/ether) + ja (born of, from √jan)

Root: jan (class 4)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions, works

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, located, standing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √sthā (to stand, to be, to be located) + kta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

वद (vada) - tell me (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √vad

Root: vad (class 1)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign, powerful

धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Yama, the King of (natural) law (dharma) (King of Dharma, Yama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - King of Dharma, king of justice, Yama

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – law, duty, righteousness, constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having pondered, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from sam-√cit (to perceive, to think) + lyap suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: cit (class 10)

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of sucira (very long)

प्रोक्तवान् (proktavān) - he said, he spoke

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of proktavat

proktavat - one who has spoken

Past Active Participle

Derived from pra-√vac (to speak forth) + ktavat suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - these words/this statement (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

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