योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-47

लीलोवाच ।
त्वयोक्तं देवि गच्छावो ब्राह्मणब्राह्मणी जगत् ।
सहेतीदमिदं वच्मि कथं गन्तव्यमम्ब हे ॥ ४७ ॥

līlovāca ,
tvayoktaṃ devi gacchāvo brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī jagat ,
sahetīdamidaṃ vacmi kathaṃ gantavyamamba he 47

47. Līlā uvāca | tvayā uktam devi gacchāvaḥ brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī
jagat | saha iti idam idam vacmi katham gantavyam amba he ||

47. Līlā uvāca devi,
tvayā brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī jagat saha gacchāvaḥ iti uktam he amba,
idam idam vacmi,
katham gantavyam?

47. Līlā said: "O Goddess, you said, 'Let us go together to the world of the Brahmin and the Brāhmaṇī.' Regarding this very matter, I now ask: O Mother, how are we to go there?"

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - Līlā, the queen, speaking (Līlā (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

• देवि (devi) - O Goddess (addressing Śrīdevī) (O goddess)

• गच्छावः (gacchāvaḥ) - we two go, let us two go

• ब्राह्मणब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī) - the Brahmin couple mentioned in the story (as owner/inhabitant of the world) (the Brahmin and the Brāhmaṇī (his wife), Brahmin couple)

• जगत् (jagat) - the particular world created by the goddess for the Brahmin and Brāhmaṇī (world, universe)

• सह (saha) - together (we two) (with, together)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech (thus, so, (quote marker))

• इदम् (idam) - this matter (of going to the world) (this, this matter)

• इदम् (idam) - emphasizing 'this very matter' (this, this matter)

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I say, I speak

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - how are we to go (to be gone, should be gone)

• अम्ब (amba) - O Mother (addressing Śrīdevī) (O mother)

• हे (he) - vocative particle (O)

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - Līlā, the queen, speaking (Līlā (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of Līlā

Līlā - Līlā (a proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Active voice

Irregular perfect formation of root vac (vać)

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (vać)

Root: vac (class 2)

देवि (devi) - O Goddess (addressing Śrīdevī) (O goddess)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine lady

गच्छावः (gacchāvaḥ) - we two go, let us two go

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, present imperative (loṭ) of gam

Present tense, Active voice

Root gam (gacch- stem)

Root: gam (class 1)

ब्राह्मणब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī) - the Brahmin couple mentioned in the story (as owner/inhabitant of the world) (the Brahmin and the Brāhmaṇī (his wife), Brahmin couple)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, dual of brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇī - the Brahmin and the Brāhmaṇī (his wife)

Compound type : dvandva (brāhmaṇa+brāhmaṇī)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• brāhmaṇī – wife of a Brahmin, a female Brahmin
  noun (feminine)

Note: Inflected as a feminine dual, referring to the pair.

जगत् (jagat) - the particular world created by the goddess for the Brahmin and Brāhmaṇī (world, universe)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle (from gam)

Declined from the root gam (gaccha)

Root: gam (class 1)

सह (saha) - together (we two) (with, together)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech (thus, so, (quote marker))

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this matter (of going to the world) (this, this matter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

इदम् (idam) - emphasizing 'this very matter' (this, this matter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

वच्मि (vacmi) - I say, I speak

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vac

Present tense, Active voice

Root vac (vać)

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - how are we to go (to be gone, should be gone)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gantavya

gantavya - to be gone, suitable for going

Gerundive (future passive participle)

From root gam (gam)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Expresses obligation or suitability.

अम्ब (amba) - O Mother (addressing Śrīdevī) (O mother)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother, goddess

हे (he) - vocative particle (O)

(indeclinable)

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