योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-16

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वा संचरन्ती सा शिखरिग्रामकोटरे ।
संचरन्त्याः सरस्वत्या दर्शयामास सस्मयम् ॥ १६ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ityuktvā saṃcarantī sā śikharigrāmakoṭare ,
saṃcarantyāḥ sarasvatyā darśayāmāsa sasmayam 16

16. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | iti uktvā saṃcarantī sā śikharigrāma-koṭare
| saṃcarantyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ darśayāmāsa sasmayam ||

16. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca iti uktvā sā śikharigrāma-koṭare
saṃcarantī saṃcarantyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ sasmayam darśayāmāsa

16. Śrī Vasiṣṭha spoke: Having said this, she, while moving through the hollow of a mountain village, showed (the scene/herself) with a smile to the wandering Sarasvatī.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - The revered Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of Vasiṣṭha's statement. (thus, so, thereupon)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• संचरन्ती (saṁcarantī) - moving, wandering, roaming

• सा (sā) - Refers to the woman being described in the preceding verses. (she, that (feminine))

• शिखरिग्राम-कोटरे (śikharigrāma-koṭare) - in the hollow/cavity of a mountain village

• संचरन्त्याः (saṁcarantyāḥ) - To the wandering Sarasvatī. (to the moving, of the moving)

• सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - To the personified Sarasvatī, either the goddess or a river. (of Sarasvatī, to Sarasvatī)

• दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - The implied 'she' (sā) showed something (implicitly her dwelling or herself in that state) to Sarasvatī. ((he/she) showed, caused to see)

• सस्मयम् (sasmayam) - The subject `sā` (she) showed with an expression of smile or wonder. (with a smile, with astonishment, amazed)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - The revered Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered Vasiṣṭha (proper name of a sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, glorious, beautiful
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular active

Irregular perfect tense form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - Marks the end of Vasiṣṭha's statement. (thus, so, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √vac (to speak) + suffix 'ktvā'.

Root: vac (class 2)

संचरन्ती (saṁcarantī) - moving, wandering, roaming

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃcarant

saṁcarant - moving, wandering, roaming

Present Active Participle

From `sam-√car` (to move, wander) with present participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Present active participle, modifying 'sā'.

सा (sā) - Refers to the woman being described in the preceding verses. (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Feminine nominative singular of 'tad'.

शिखरिग्राम-कोटरे (śikharigrāma-koṭare) - in the hollow/cavity of a mountain village

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śikharigrāma-koṭara

śikharigrāma-koṭara - hollow/cavity/cave of a mountain village

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śikhari+grāma+koṭara)

• śikhari – mountain, peak, crested
  noun (masculine)
• grāma – village, community
  noun (masculine)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, cave, hole (in a tree)
  noun (neuter)

संचरन्त्याः (saṁcarantyāḥ) - To the wandering Sarasvatī. (to the moving, of the moving)

(adjective)

feminine, singular of saṃcarant

saṁcarant - moving, wandering, roaming

Present Active Participle

From `sam-√car` (to move, wander) with present participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Present active participle, modifying 'Sarasvatī'.

सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - To the personified Sarasvatī, either the goddess or a river. (of Sarasvatī, to Sarasvatī)

(proper noun)

feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (goddess of learning, speech, or a sacred river)

Note: The Devanagari shows `सरस्वत्या` (instrumental singular). However, 'darśayāmāsa' typically takes dative or genitive for the recipient, thus `sarasvatyāḥ` is grammatically expected. This may be a poetic license, an error, or a rare usage where instrumental denotes recipient in this context. For `roman_words_no_sandhi`, the grammatically correct `sarasvatyāḥ` is used. For `roman_words_separated`, the actual Devanagari form `sarasvatyā` is represented to reflect the given text.

दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - The implied 'she' (sā) showed something (implicitly her dwelling or herself in that state) to Sarasvatī. ((he/she) showed, caused to see)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active (causative), perfect (Lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense, causative

Causative stem `darśaya` + periphrastic perfect tense auxiliary `āmāsa` (from √ās). 3rd person singular active.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सस्मयम् (sasmayam) - The subject `sā` (she) showed with an expression of smile or wonder. (with a smile, with astonishment, amazed)

(indeclinable)

Formed from `sa` (with) + `smaya` (smile, astonishment). Functions adverbially.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sa+smaya)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• smaya – smile, astonishment, wonder
  noun (masculine)
  From √smi (to smile).
  Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.

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