योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-48

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
एतावतीमिमां व्योम्नः पदवीमागतासि भोः ।
अर्कादीन्यपि तेजांसि यतो दृश्यन्त एव नो ॥ ४८ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
etāvatīmimāṃ vyomnaḥ padavīmāgatāsi bhoḥ ,
arkādīnyapi tejāṃsi yato dṛśyanta eva no 48

48. śrī-devī uvāca etāvatīm imām vyomnaḥ padavīm āgatā
asi bhoḥ arka-ādīni api tejāṃsi yataḥ dṛśyante eva no

48. śrī-devī uvāca bhoḥ tvam etāvatīm imām vyomnaḥ padavīm
āgatā asi yataḥ arka-ādīni tejāṃsi api eva no dṛśyante

48. The venerable goddess said: 'Oh! You have reached this extensive realm of the sky (vyoman), from where (yataḥ) even the lights (tejaḥ) of the sun (arka) and other celestial bodies are indeed no longer visible.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-देवी (śrī-devī) - the venerable goddess (Sarasvatī) (the venerable goddess)

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

• एतावतीम् (etāvatīm) - this extensive (path/realm) (so much, so large, so extensive)

• इमाम् (imām) - this (path/realm) (this, referring to something near or present)

• व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - of the sky (vyoman) (of the sky, of space, of the atmosphere)

• पदवीम् (padavīm) - realm (or path/expanse) (path, way, course, region, state)

• आगता (āgatā) - arrived, reached (arrived, come, attained)

• असि (asi) - you are

• भोः (bhoḥ) - Oh! (O! Hark! (vocative particle))

• अर्क-आदीनि (arka-ādīni) - the sun (arka) and other celestial bodies (sun and others, beginning with the sun)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover, and)

• तेजांसि (tejāṁsi) - lights (tejaḥ) (lights, splendors, powers)

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where (referring to the location she has reached) (from where, whence, since, because)

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are visible (they are seen, appear)

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly (only, indeed, just, certainly)

• नो (no) - not (at all) (not, no, nor)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-देवी (śrī-devī) - the venerable goddess (Sarasvatī) (the venerable goddess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī-devī

śrī-devī - venerable goddess, goddess of fortune, divine lady

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+devī)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, auspiciousness, venerable
  adjective (feminine)
• devī – goddess, divine female
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div (class 4)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

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

(verb)

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

Perfect (lit)

Root vac (to speak), 3rd person singular perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

एतावतीम् (etāvatīm) - this extensive (path/realm) (so much, so large, so extensive)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, so great, so extensive, of such a measure

Derived from etad (this) with suffix -vat.

Note: Agrees with padavīm.

इमाम् (imām) - this (path/realm) (this, referring to something near or present)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with padavīm.

व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - of the sky (vyoman) (of the sky, of space, of the atmosphere)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, air

Root: vi

Note: Modifies padavīm.

पदवीम् (padavīm) - realm (or path/expanse) (path, way, course, region, state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padavī

padavī - path, way, track, course, rank, state, condition, region

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of the action of 'arriving'.

आगता (āgatā) - arrived, reached (arrived, come, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, returned, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga ā. Feminine nominative singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with 'asi' to form a perfect tense for Līlā.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present tense (lat)

Root as (to be), 2nd person singular present indicative.

Root: as (class 2)

भोः (bhoḥ) - Oh! (O! Hark! (vocative particle))

(indeclinable)

अर्क-आदीनि (arka-ādīni) - the sun (arka) and other celestial bodies (sun and others, beginning with the sun)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of arka-ādi

arka-ādi - sun and so forth, beginning with the sun

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (arka+ādi)

• arka – sun, ray, copper
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛc
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with tejāṃsi.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover, and)

(indeclinable)

तेजांसि (tejāṁsi) - lights (tejaḥ) (lights, splendors, powers)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tejas

tejas - light, brilliance, radiance, power, energy, spiritual energy

Root: tij (class 1)

Note: Subject of dṛśyante.

यतः (yataḥ) - from where (referring to the location she has reached) (from where, whence, since, because)

(indeclinable)

Root: yad

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are visible (they are seen, appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

Present tense (lat), Passive voice

Root dṛś (to see), 3rd person plural present indicative, passive voice.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is tejāṃsi.

एव (eva) - indeed, truly (only, indeed, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'no' for stronger negation.

नो (no) - not (at all) (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in negation, can be emphasized by 'eva'.

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