योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-41, verse-13

उवाच देवी हे राजन्कस्त्वं कस्य सुतः कदा ।
इह जात इति श्रुत्वा स मन्त्री वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १३ ॥

uvāca devī he rājankastvaṃ kasya sutaḥ kadā ,
iha jāta iti śrutvā sa mantrī vākyamabravīt 13

13. uvāca devī he rājan kaḥ tvam kasya sutaḥ kadā
iha jātaḥ iti śrutvā saḥ mantrī vākyam abravīt

13. devī uvāca: "he rājan,
tvam kaḥ (asi)? kasya sutaḥ (asi)? kadā iha jātaḥ (asi)?" iti śrutvā saḥ mantrī vākyam abravīt

13. The goddess said, "O King, who are you? Whose son are you? When were you born here?" Having heard this, the minister then spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - (the goddess) said (she said, he said)

• देवी (devī) - (Goddess) Sarasvati (goddess, queen)

• हे (he) - O (vocative particle)

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to the minister honorifically. (O king)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कस्य (kasya) - whose

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• कदा (kadā) - when

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, become

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• मन्त्री (mantrī) - the minister

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - these words (word, speech, sentence)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - (the goddess) said (she said, he said)

(verb)

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

perfect

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject is devī.

देवी (devī) - (Goddess) Sarasvati (goddess, queen)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Note: Subject of uvāca.

हे (he) - O (vocative particle)

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to the minister honorifically. (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(interrogative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कस्य (kasya) - whose

(interrogative pronoun)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born, produced

Past Passive Participle (secondary noun)

Derived from the root sū (to bear, to bring forth) as a past passive participle used as a noun.

Root: sū (class 2)

कदा (kadā) - when

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, become

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (gerund) form of the root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the minister.

मन्त्री (mantrī) - the minister

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counselor, advisor

Note: Subject of abravīt.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - these words (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of vac

imperfect

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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