योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-2

कुमार्या मन्त्रिणा चैव त्वया च प्राक्तनं पुरम् ।
आगन्तव्यं शवीभूतं प्राप्तव्यं तच्छरीरकम् ॥ २ ॥

kumāryā mantriṇā caiva tvayā ca prāktanaṃ puram ,
āgantavyaṃ śavībhūtaṃ prāptavyaṃ taccharīrakam 2

2. kumāryā mantriṇā ca eva tvayā ca prāktanam puram
āgantavyam śavībhūtam prāptavyam tat śarīrakam

2. kumāryā ca mantriṇā ca eva tvayā prāktanam puram
āgantavyam tat śavībhūtam śarīrakam prāptavyam

2. And indeed, by the princess, by the minister, and by you, the former capital must be approached. That lifeless body must be obtained.

Words meanings summery:

• कुमार्या (kumāryā) - by the princess (by the princess, by the maiden)

• मन्त्रिणा (mantriṇā) - by the minister

• च (ca) - and

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

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (the king) (by you)

• च (ca) - and

• प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - former (former, previous)

• पुरम् (puram) - capital (city, capital, fortress)

• आगन्तव्यम् (āgantavyam) - must be approached (must be gone to, to be approached)

• शवीभूतम् (śavībhūtam) - lifeless, corpse-like (become a corpse, turned into a dead body, corpse-like)

• प्राप्तव्यम् (prāptavyam) - must be obtained (must be obtained, to be acquired)

• तत् (tat) - that

• शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - body (referring to the king's body) (body, small body)

Words meanings and morphology

कुमार्या (kumāryā) - by the princess (by the princess, by the maiden)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kumārī

kumārī - princess, maiden, young girl

Note: Agent in the passive gerundive construction 'āgantavyam'.

मन्त्रिणा (mantriṇā) - by the minister

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counselor

Derived from 'mantra' (counsel, secret).

Root: mantr (class 10)

Note: Agent in the passive gerundive construction 'āgantavyam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects agents.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

Note: Emphasizes the conjunction 'ca'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (the king) (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvad

tvad - you

2nd person pronoun.

Note: Agent in the passive gerundive construction 'āgantavyam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'tvayā' to the previous agents.

प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - former (former, previous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāktana

prāktana - former, previous, ancient

Derived from 'prāk' (before) with the suffix '-tana'.

Note: Adjectival modifier for 'puram'.

पुरम् (puram) - capital (city, capital, fortress)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, capital, fortress

Note: Object of the passive gerundive 'āgantavyam'.

आगन्तव्यम् (āgantavyam) - must be approached (must be gone to, to be approached)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgantavya

āgantavya - to be gone to, to be approached

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefix ā- and suffix -tavya.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'puram'.

शवीभूतम् (śavībhūtam) - lifeless, corpse-like (become a corpse, turned into a dead body, corpse-like)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śavībhūta

śavībhūta - become a corpse, transformed into a dead body

Past Passive Participle

Compound 'śava' (corpse) + 'bhūta' (become, been). The form indicates 'become a corpse'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Adjectival modifier for 'śarīrakam'.

प्राप्तव्यम् (prāptavyam) - must be obtained (must be obtained, to be acquired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāptavya

prāptavya - to be obtained, to be reached

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra- and suffix -tavya.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective, agreeing with 'śarīrakam'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Adjectival modifier for 'śarīrakam'.

शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - body (referring to the king's body) (body, small body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīraka

śarīraka - body (often with a diminutive or affectionate sense of 'śarīra')

Diminutive of 'śarīra'.

Note: Object of 'prāptavyam'.

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