योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-58, verse-4

शृणु देहस्य किंवृत्तं तवेह वरवर्णिनि ।
शरीरं तव पक्षेण तत्क्लिन्नं बाष्पतां गतम् ॥ ४ ॥

śṛṇu dehasya kiṃvṛttaṃ taveha varavarṇini ,
śarīraṃ tava pakṣeṇa tatklinnaṃ bāṣpatāṃ gatam 4

4. śṛṇu dehasya kim vṛttam tava iha varavarṇini
śarīram tava pakṣeṇa tat klinnam bāṣpatām gatam

4. varavarṇini iha tava dehasya kim vṛttam śṛṇu
tava śarīram pakṣeṇa tat klinnam bāṣpatām gatam

4. Listen, O fair-featured woman, to what happened to your body here. Your body, on its own, became drenched and transformed into vapor.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body, relating to the body

• किम् (kim) - what (state) (what, how, whether)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - what has happened (happened, state, conduct, event)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O beautiful woman, O fair-featured one

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, corporeal form

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पक्षेण (pakṣeṇa) - on its own, because of its state (by the side, by a part, on account of, on its own)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• क्लिन्नम् (klinnam) - drenched (with decomposition fluid), decayed (wet, moist, drenched, decayed)

• बाष्पताम् (bāṣpatām) - to the state of dissipation or decay like vapor (to the state of vapor, to the state of tears)

• गतम् (gatam) - turned into, transformed into (gone, reached, become)

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body, relating to the body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

किम् (kim) - what (state) (what, how, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how, whether

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - what has happened (happened, state, conduct, event)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, past, conduct, state

Past Passive Participle

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O beautiful woman, O fair-featured one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of varavarṇin

varavarṇin - having an excellent complexion, beautiful woman

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vara+varṇin)

• vara – excellent, best, choicest
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇin – having a color, having a complexion
  adjective (masculine)
  From varṇa (color, complexion) with suffix -in.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body, corporeal form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal form, substance

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पक्षेण (pakṣeṇa) - on its own, because of its state (by the side, by a part, on account of, on its own)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pakṣa

pakṣa - side, wing, party, aspect, part, condition, fortnight

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

क्लिन्नम् (klinnam) - drenched (with decomposition fluid), decayed (wet, moist, drenched, decayed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of klinna

klinna - wet, moist, soaked, decayed, dissolved

Past Passive Participle

Root: klid (class 4)

बाष्पताम् (bāṣpatām) - to the state of dissipation or decay like vapor (to the state of vapor, to the state of tears)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bāṣpatā

bāṣpatā - state of vapor, state of tears

Derived from bāṣpa (vapor/tears) with the feminine suffix -tā.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāṣpa+tā)

• bāṣpa – vapor, steam, tears
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix denoting state or condition
  indeclinable (feminine)

गतम् (gatam) - turned into, transformed into (gone, reached, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, become, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Root: gam (class 1)

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