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

पुष्टषुष्पफलस्कन्धा गतश्रीका गृहद्रुमाः ।
गता निर्दग्धसर्वस्वा गृहस्था इव दीनताम् ॥ ४३ ॥

puṣṭaṣuṣpaphalaskandhā gataśrīkā gṛhadrumāḥ ,
gatā nirdagdhasarvasvā gṛhasthā iva dīnatām 43

43. puṣṭapuṣpaphala-skandhāḥ gataśrīkāḥ gṛhadrumāḥ
gatāḥ nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ gṛhasthāḥ iva dīnatām

43. gṛhadrumāḥ puṣṭapuṣpaphala-skandhāḥ gataśrīkāḥ
gatāḥ dīnatām iva nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ gṛhasthāḥ

43. Household trees (gṛhadrumāḥ), whose trunks once bore abundant flowers and fruits (puṣṭapuṣpaphala skandhāḥ), have lost their beauty and prosperity (gataśrīkāḥ). They have fallen into a state of misery (dīnatām), just like householders (gṛhasthāḥ) whose entire wealth (sarvasva) has been burned (nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• पुष्टपुष्पफल-स्कन्धाः (puṣṭapuṣpaphala-skandhāḥ) - whose trunks once bore abundant flowers and fruits (puṣṭapuṣpaphala skandhāḥ) (whose trunks are strong with flowers and fruits)

• गतश्रीकाः (gataśrīkāḥ) - who have lost their beauty/prosperity

• गृहद्रुमाः (gṛhadrumāḥ) - household trees (gṛhadrumāḥ) (household trees, garden trees)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - they have gone, they have attained

• निर्दग्धसर्वस्वाः (nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ) - whose entire wealth (sarvasva) has been burned (nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ) (whose entire possessions are burned, who have lost all their wealth)

• गृहस्थाः (gṛhasthāḥ) - householders (gṛhasthāḥ) (householders)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• दीनताम् (dīnatām) - to misery, to wretchedness

Words meanings and morphology

पुष्टपुष्पफल-स्कन्धाः (puṣṭapuṣpaphala-skandhāḥ) - whose trunks once bore abundant flowers and fruits (puṣṭapuṣpaphala skandhāḥ) (whose trunks are strong with flowers and fruits)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṣṭapuṣpaphala-skandha

puṣṭapuṣpaphala-skandha - having trunks full of nourished flowers and fruits

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṣṭa+puṣpa+phala+skandha)

• puṣṭa – nourished, strong, abundant
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root puṣ (to nourish).
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• puṣpa – flower
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• skandha – trunk (of a tree), shoulder
  noun (masculine)

Note: Bahuvrīhi compound describing the trees.

गतश्रीकाः (gataśrīkāḥ) - who have lost their beauty/prosperity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gataśrīka

gataśrīka - deprived of beauty or prosperity

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+śrīka)

• gata – gone, lost
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• śrī – beauty, prosperity, wealth, glory
  noun (feminine)

Note: Bahuvrīhi compound describing the trees.

गृहद्रुमाः (gṛhadrumāḥ) - household trees (gṛhadrumāḥ) (household trees, garden trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛhadruma

gṛhadruma - house-tree, garden tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛha+druma)

• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

गताः (gatāḥ) - they have gone, they have attained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate for gṛhadrumāḥ.

निर्दग्धसर्वस्वाः (nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ) - whose entire wealth (sarvasva) has been burned (nirdagdhasarvasvāḥ) (whose entire possessions are burned, who have lost all their wealth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirdagdhasarvasva

nirdagdhasarvasva - whose entire property is burned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirdagdha+sarvasva)

• nirdagdha – burned completely, consumed by fire
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dah (to burn) with upasarga nir.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: dah (class 1)
• sarvasva – entire property, all one's possessions
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound adjective.

गृहस्थाः (gṛhasthāḥ) - householders (gṛhasthāḥ) (householders)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛhastha

gṛhastha - householder, one residing in a house

From gṛha (house) + stha (standing, residing).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Comparison object.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

दीनताम् (dīnatām) - to misery, to wretchedness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīnatā

dīnatā - wretchedness, misery, helplessness

From dīna (miserable) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Object of motion/state.

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