योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-70

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे सिन्धुरस्त्रं सस्मार शोषणम् ।
आपत्त्राणकरं दैवं ददौ च शररूपिणम् ॥ ७० ॥

etasminnantare sindhurastraṃ sasmāra śoṣaṇam ,
āpattrāṇakaraṃ daivaṃ dadau ca śararūpiṇam 70

70. etasmin antare sindhuḥ astram sasmāra śoṣaṇam
āpat-trāṇa-karam daivam dadau ca śara-rūpiṇam

70. etasmin antare sindhuḥ śoṣaṇam āpat-trāṇa-karam
astram sasmāra ca daivam śara-rūpiṇam dadau

70. In this crisis, Sindhu remembered a drying weapon (astra) that saves from distress. And the divine (power) gave him one in the form of an arrow.

70. בינתיים נזכר סִינְדְהוּ בנשק הייבוש, הנשק האלוהי המציל בעת צרה, ושילח אותו בדמות חץ.

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• अन्तरे (antare) - in this crisis (in the interval, in the meantime, in the crisis)

• सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - King Sindhu (Jayadratha) (Sindhu (the river/region/king))

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

• सस्मार (sasmāra) - remembered

• शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - (a weapon) that causes drying (drying, desiccating)

• आपत्-त्राण-करम् (āpat-trāṇa-karam) - (a weapon) that saves from distress (causing salvation from distress, saving from danger)

• दैवम् (daivam) - the divine power/destiny (divine (power/fate), a divine thing)

• ददौ (dadau) - gave

• च (ca) - and, also

• शर-रूपिणम् (śara-rūpiṇam) - an arrow-shaped (weapon) (in the form of an arrow, arrow-shaped)

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun

अन्तरे (antare) - in this crisis (in the interval, in the meantime, in the crisis)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, difference, middle, inside, crisis

सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - King Sindhu (Jayadratha) (Sindhu (the river/region/king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sindhu

sindhu - river, ocean, the Indus river, a region, a king

अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile (especially one discharged by incantations)

Root: as (class 4)

सस्मार (sasmāra) - remembered

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root √smṛ (to remember). Reduplicated perfect.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - (a weapon) that causes drying (drying, desiccating)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṣaṇa

śoṣaṇa - drying, causing to wither, desiccating

Verbal noun/adjective from causative of √śuṣ (to dry)

From root √śuṣ (to dry, wither) with suffix -ana. Can also be a noun (drying).

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'astram'.

आपत्-त्राण-करम् (āpat-trāṇa-karam) - (a weapon) that saves from distress (causing salvation from distress, saving from danger)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āpat-trāṇa-kara

āpat-trāṇa-kara - causing salvation from distress, delivering from calamity, protector from danger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āpad+trāṇa+kara)

• āpad – calamity, distress, misfortune
  noun (feminine)
• trāṇa – protection, salvation, shield
  noun (neuter)
• kara – making, causing, doing, hand
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -kara from root √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'astram'.

दैवम् (daivam) - the divine power/destiny (divine (power/fate), a divine thing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, relating to deities, fate, destiny

From 'deva' (god) with suffix -aṇ.

ददौ (dadau) - gave

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root √dā (to give). Reduplicated perfect.

Root: dā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शर-रूपिणम् (śara-rūpiṇam) - an arrow-shaped (weapon) (in the form of an arrow, arrow-shaped)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śara-rūpin

śara-rūpin - having the form of an arrow, arrow-shaped

From 'śara' (arrow) and 'rūpin' (having form).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+rūpin)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• rūpin – having form, in the form of
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'rūpa' (form) + suffix -in.

Note: Refers to the divine weapon given, agreeing with an implied masculine noun like 'śaram'.

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