योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-49

एषा माता पिता ह्येष बालोऽभूवमहं त्विति ।
नानुभूतोऽनुभूतो वा यः स्यात्स्मृतिमयः क्रमः ॥ ४९ ॥

eṣā mātā pitā hyeṣa bālo'bhūvamahaṃ tviti ,
nānubhūto'nubhūto vā yaḥ syātsmṛtimayaḥ kramaḥ 49

49. eṣā mātā pitā hi eṣaḥ bālaḥ abhūvam aham tu iti na
anubhūtaḥ anubhūtaḥ vā yaḥ syāt smṛtimayaḥ kramaḥ

49. eṣā mātā hi eṣaḥ pitā aham bālaḥ abhūvam iti yaḥ
smṛtimayaḥ kramaḥ syāt [saḥ] anubhūtaḥ vā na anubhūtaḥ

49. “This is mother, this is father, I was a child”—such a sequence, composed of memories, may or may not have been actually experienced.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• पिता (pitā) - father

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - child, boy

• अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was, I became

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - experienced, perceived

• अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - experienced, perceived

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (masculine)

• स्यात् (syāt) - might be, should be, would be

• स्मृतिमयः (smṛtimayaḥ) - consisting of memory, born of memory

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence, order, course

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

बालः (bālaḥ) - child, boy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young

अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was, I became

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

first person singular aorist, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as an emphatic particle or for contrast, sometimes just for metrical reasons.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - experienced, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived, felt

Past Passive Participle

from upasarga anu + root bhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अनुभूतः (anubhūtaḥ) - experienced, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived, felt

Past Passive Participle

from upasarga anu + root bhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

स्यात् (syāt) - might be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative

third person singular optative, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

स्मृतिमयः (smṛtimayaḥ) - consisting of memory, born of memory

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛtimaya

smṛtimaya - consisting of memory, full of memory, made of memory

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (smṛti+maya)

• smṛti – memory, recollection, tradition
  noun (feminine)
  from root smṛ (to remember)
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  suffix -maya added to nouns to form adjectives

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence, order, course

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - sequence, order, course, step, succession

Root: kram (class 1)

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