योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-27

लीलोवाच ।
अष्टमे दिवसे विप्रः स मृतः परमेश्वरि ।
गतो वर्षगणोऽस्माकं मातः कथमिदं भवेत् ॥ २७ ॥

līlovāca ,
aṣṭame divase vipraḥ sa mṛtaḥ parameśvari ,
gato varṣagaṇo'smākaṃ mātaḥ kathamidaṃ bhavet 27

27. līlā uvāca | aṣṭame divase vipraḥ sa mṛtaḥ parameśvari
| gataḥ varṣagaṇaḥ asmākam mātaḥ katham idam bhavet

27. parameśvari mātaḥ sa vipraḥ aṣṭame divase mṛtaḥ
asmākam varṣagaṇaḥ gataḥ idam katham bhavet

27. Līlā said: "O Supreme Goddess, that Brahmin died on the eighth day. Yet, for us, years have passed, O Mother. How can this be?"

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - Līlā (play, sport, divine play; proper name Līlā)

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Līlā) said (he/she/it spoke, said)

• अष्टमे (aṣṭame) - on the eighth (day) (on the eighth, in the eighth)

• दिवसे (divase) - on the day (on a day, in a day)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin (Brahmin, sage, inspired person)

• स (sa) - that (Brahmin) (he, that)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - died (dead, died)

• परमेश्वरि (parameśvari) - O Supreme Goddess

• गतः (gataḥ) - has passed (gone, passed, departed)

• वर्षगणः (varṣagaṇaḥ) - multitude of years (multitude of years, calculation of years, many years)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - for us (of us, to us, for us)

• मातः (mātaḥ) - O Mother

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• इदम् (idam) - this (situation) (this, this one)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - can this be? (may it be, should it be, it might be)

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - Līlā (play, sport, divine play; proper name Līlā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, divine play, proper name

Note: The speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - (Līlā) said (he/she/it spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative

Third person singular, perfect tense, active voice, from root vac (class 2).

Root: vac (class 2)

अष्टमे (aṣṭame) - on the eighth (day) (on the eighth, in the eighth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of aṣṭama

aṣṭama - eighth

Ordinal numeral derived from aṣṭan (eight).

Note: Agrees with 'divase'.

दिवसे (divase) - on the day (on a day, in a day)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day

Root: div (class 1)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin (Brahmin, sage, inspired person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

Root: vip

स (sa) - that (Brahmin) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Nominative masculine singular of tad.

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - died (dead, died)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root mṛ (to die) with suffix -ta.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

परमेश्वरि (parameśvari) - O Supreme Goddess

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of parameśvarī

parameśvarī - Supreme Goddess, wife of the Supreme Lord (parameśvara)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+īśvarī)

• parama – highest, supreme, excellent, utmost
  adjective (feminine)
• īśvarī – goddess, queen, mistress
  noun (feminine)
  Root: īś

गतः (gataḥ) - has passed (gone, passed, departed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, passed, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root gam (to go) with suffix -ta.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'varṣagaṇaḥ'.

वर्षगणः (varṣagaṇaḥ) - multitude of years (multitude of years, calculation of years, many years)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṣagaṇa

varṣagaṇa - multitude of years, calculation of years, many years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+gaṇa)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• gaṇa – multitude, group, host, calculation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gaṇ (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'gataḥ'.

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - for us (of us, to us, for us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us, our

Genitive plural of asmad (we).

मातः (mātaḥ) - O Mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Vocative singular of mātṛ.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (situation) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

Nominative neuter singular of idam.

भवेत् (bhavet) - can this be? (may it be, should it be, it might be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential/optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative active

Third person singular, optative mood, active voice, from root bhū (class 1).

Root: bhū (class 1)