योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-52, verse-23

लीलोवाच ।
कथमेषा पुरा देवि संपन्ना तत्र देहिनी ।
कथं च तत्सपत्नीकभावमाप्तवती स्थिता ॥ २३ ॥

līlovāca ,
kathameṣā purā devi saṃpannā tatra dehinī ,
kathaṃ ca tatsapatnīkabhāvamāptavatī sthitā 23

23. līlā uvāca katham eṣā purā devi sampannā tatra dehinī
katham ca tat sapatnīka bhāvam āptavatī sthitā

23. līlā uvāca.
devi,
katham eṣā dehinī purā tatra sampannā,
ca katham tat sapatnīka bhāvam āptavatī sthitā?

23. Līlā said: 'O goddess, how did this embodied being previously come into existence there? And how did she remain, having attained the state of having a co-wife?'

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper name), play, sport, divine play

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एषा (eṣā) - this, she

• पुरा (purā) - before, formerly, in ancient times

• देवि (devi) - O goddess, O divine one

• सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - accomplished, completed, become, attained

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• देहिनी (dehinī) - embodied being, soul, living creature

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• सपत्नीक भावम् (sapatnīka bhāvam) - the state of having a co-wife

• आप्तवती (āptavatī) - having attained, having obtained

• स्थिता (sthitā) - stood, remained, was situated, was present

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper name), play, sport, divine play

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - Līlā (proper name), play, sport, divine play

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: feminine nominative singular of 'etad'

पुरा (purā) - before, formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

देवि (devi) - O goddess, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman

सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - accomplished, completed, become, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, completed, become, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

from sam-√pad (to fall into, become)

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Refers to dehinī

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

देहिनी (dehinī) - embodied being, soul, living creature

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied being, soul, living creature

feminine form of dehin

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to bhāvam

सपत्नीक भावम् (sapatnīka bhāvam) - the state of having a co-wife

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sapatnīkabhāva

sapatnīkabhāva - state of having a co-wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sapatnīka+bhāva)

• sapatnīka – having a co-wife, related to a co-wife
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)

आप्तवती (āptavatī) - having attained, having obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āptavat

āptavat - having attained, having obtained

Past Active Participle (ktavatū)

from ā-√āp (to obtain, reach) with ktavatū suffix, declined in feminine nominative singular

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Refers to dehinī

स्थिता (sthitā) - stood, remained, was situated, was present

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, present

Past Passive Participle

from √sthā (to stand, remain)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to dehinī