योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-20

श्रीराम उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन्प्राप्तः कथमसौ शवस्य निकटं गृहम् ।
कथं तेन परिज्ञातो मार्गो मृतशरीरिणा ॥ २० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
brahmanprāptaḥ kathamasau śavasya nikaṭaṃ gṛham ,
kathaṃ tena parijñāto mārgo mṛtaśarīriṇā 20

20. śrīrāma uvāca brahman prāptaḥ katham asau śavasya
nikaṭam gṛham katham tena parijñātaḥ mārgaḥ mṛtaśarīriṇā

20. brahman śrīrāma uvāca katham asau śavasya nikaṭam gṛham
prāptaḥ katham mārgaḥ tena mṛtaśarīriṇā parijñātaḥ

20. Shri Rama said: "O Brahmin, how did that being reach the dwelling (gṛham) near the corpse (śavasya)? And how was the path known by the one whose body was dead (mṛtaśarīriṇā)?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, reached, arrived

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, it

• शवस्य (śavasya) - of the corpse, of the dead body

• निकटम् (nikaṭam) - near, proximity, nearby

• गृहम् (gṛham) - house, dwelling, abode

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• तेन (tena) - by him, by it

• परिज्ञातः (parijñātaḥ) - known, understood

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

• मृतशरीरिणा (mṛtaśarīriṇā) - by the subtle body/consciousness that has departed from the physical body (by the one whose body is dead, by the deceased one)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, the illustrious Rama

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, one who knows Brahman

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, reached, arrived

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - attained, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that one, he, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one

शवस्य (śavasya) - of the corpse, of the dead body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śava

śava - corpse, dead body

निकटम् (nikaṭam) - near, proximity, nearby

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nikaṭa

nikaṭa - near, proximate, adjoining

Note: Used adverbially here, qualifying 'gṛham'.

गृहम् (gṛham) - house, dwelling, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, abode

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him, by it

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

परिज्ञातः (parijñātaḥ) - known, understood

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - fully known, understood, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with the prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, course

मृतशरीरिणा (mṛtaśarīriṇā) - by the subtle body/consciousness that has departed from the physical body (by the one whose body is dead, by the deceased one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛtaśarīrin

mṛtaśarīrin - one having a dead body, deceased, departed soul

Bahuvrihi compound: 'one whose body (śarīra) is dead (mṛta)'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛta+śarīrin)

• mṛta – dead, deceased, lifeless
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `mṛ` (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 2)
• śarīrin – possessing a body, an embodied being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `śarīra` (body) with the possessive suffix `in`.

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