योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-38

तद्देवि भर्तृनगरं पूनर्गन्तुं ममेप्सितम् ।
तदेहि तत्र गच्छावः किं दूरं व्यवसायिनाम् ॥ ३८ ॥

taddevi bhartṛnagaraṃ pūnargantuṃ mamepsitam ,
tadehi tatra gacchāvaḥ kiṃ dūraṃ vyavasāyinām 38

38. tat devi bhartṛnagaram punar gantum mama īpsitam
tat ehi tatra gacchāvaḥ kim dūram vyavasāyinām

38. devi,
mama bhartṛnagaram punar gantum īpsitam asti.
tat ehi,
tatra gacchāvaḥ.
vyavasāyinām kṛte dūram kim asti?

38. Therefore, O Goddess, I desire to return to my husband's city. So, come, let us go there! For what is distance to those who are resolute?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (as a conjunction) (therefore, that, it)

• देवि (devi) - O Goddess (addressing Sarasvatī) (O goddess, O lady)

• भर्तृनगरम् (bhartṛnagaram) - Līlā's husband's city (husband's city)

• पुनर् (punar) - again (again, anew, back)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

• मम (mama) - my (referring to Līlā's desire) (my, of me)

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - my desire, that which is wished for (desired, wished, longed for)

• तत् (tat) - so, therefore (introducing the next action) (therefore, that, it)

• एहि (ehi) - come (imperative, addressed to Sarasvatī) (come!)

• तत्र (tatra) - to that place (husband's city) (there, in that place)

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

• किम् (kim) - what (as a rhetorical question indicating impossibility) (what?, why?, how?)

• दूरम् (dūram) - distance (as an obstacle) (distance, far, distant)

• व्यवसायिनाम् (vyavasāyinām) - for those who are resolute (for the resolute, for the diligent, of those who are enterprising)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (as a conjunction) (therefore, that, it)

(indeclinable)

देवि (devi) - O Goddess (addressing Sarasvatī) (O goddess, O lady)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, lady, queen

Feminine of deva (god)

भर्तृनगरम् (bhartṛnagaram) - Līlā's husband's city (husband's city)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhartṛnagara

bhartṛnagara - husband's city

Compound of bhartṛ (husband) and nagara (city)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhartṛ+nagara)

• bhartṛ – husband, maintainer
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhṛ (to bear, maintain)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'gantum'.

पुनर् (punar) - again (again, anew, back)

(indeclinable)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of gam

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

मम (mama) - my (referring to Līlā's desire) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Genitive singular form of asmad

Note: Qualifies 'īpsitam'.

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - my desire, that which is wished for (desired, wished, longed for)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished, longed for, object of desire

Past Passive Participle

From root āp (to obtain) with desiderative suffix and prefix iṭ

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective or substantive.

तत् (tat) - so, therefore (introducing the next action) (therefore, that, it)

(indeclinable)

एहि (ehi) - come (imperative, addressed to Sarasvatī) (come!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of i

Imperative, 2nd person singular

From root i (to go) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Derived from ā-ihi.

तत्र (tatra) - to that place (husband's city) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that)

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

(verb)

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

Imperative (or present indicative), 1st person dual

Form of root gam (class 1)

Root: gam (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what (as a rhetorical question indicating impossibility) (what?, why?, how?)

(indeclinable)

दूरम् (dūram) - distance (as an obstacle) (distance, far, distant)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dūra

dūra - far, distant, remote; distance (as a noun)

Note: Predicate noun to an implied 'is'.

व्यवसायिनाम् (vyavasāyinām) - for those who are resolute (for the resolute, for the diligent, of those who are enterprising)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vyavasāyin

vyavasāyin - resolute, diligent, enterprising, active, performer

Agent Noun

From root so (to finish, effect) with prefixes vi and ava, and suffix -in.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Expresses possession or relation ('of/for those who are resolute').

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