योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-35

हा हा हागच्छ ते शीघ्रमेतदङ्गारमन्दिरम् ।
इतः प्रवृत्तं पतितुं सुमेरुः प्रलये यथा ॥ ३५ ॥

hā hā hāgaccha te śīghrametadaṅgāramandiram ,
itaḥ pravṛttaṃ patituṃ sumeruḥ pralaye yathā 35

35. hā hā hā āgaccha te śīghram etat aṅgāramandiram
itaḥ pravṛttam patitum sumeruḥ pralaye yathā

35. hā hā hā! te etat aṅgāramandiram itaḥ patitum pravṛttam,
yathā pralaye sumeruḥ (patati); śīghram āgaccha!

35. Alas, alas, alas! Come quickly to your house of embers! From here, it has begun to fall, just as Mount Meru (falls) during the cosmic dissolution (pralaya).

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - alas, ah

• हा (hā) - alas, ah

• हा (hā) - alas, ah

• आगच्छ (āgaccha) - come, approach

• ते (te) - your (your, to you, for you)

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• एतत् (etat) - this

• अङ्गारमन्दिरम् (aṅgāramandiram) - house of embers, dwelling of charcoal

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - has begun (to fall) (begun, started, engaged in)

• पतितुम् (patitum) - to fall, to drop

• सुमेरुः (sumeruḥ) - Mount Meru

• प्रलये (pralaye) - at the cosmic dissolution (pralaya) (at the dissolution, during the cataclysm)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - alas, ah

(indeclinable)

हा (hā) - alas, ah

(indeclinable)

हा (hā) - alas, ah

(indeclinable)

आगच्छ (āgaccha) - come, approach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ā-gam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

ते (te) - your (your, to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Note: Can also be Dative singular.

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

अङ्गारमन्दिरम् (aṅgāramandiram) - house of embers, dwelling of charcoal

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅgāramandira

aṅgāramandira - house of embers, dwelling made of charcoal/ashes

Compound type : Tatpurusha (aṅgāra+mandira)

• aṅgāra – charcoal, ember, cinder
  noun (masculine)
• mandira – house, dwelling, temple
  noun (neuter)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - has begun (to fall) (begun, started, engaged in)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, started, engaged, proceeding

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist) with prefix 'pra-' (forward, forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पतितुम् (patitum) - to fall, to drop

(verb)

infinitive of pat

infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb root 'pat'.

Root: pat (class 1)

सुमेरुः (sumeruḥ) - Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumeru

sumeru - Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)

प्रलये (pralaye) - at the cosmic dissolution (pralaya) (at the dissolution, during the cataclysm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pralaya

pralaya - dissolution, annihilation, cosmic destruction, deluge

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

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