योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-51

अहमेवं कुलाचारे राजा स्यामेवमित्यपि ।
विदूरथविदो रत्नादुदिता प्रतिभा यथा ॥ ५१ ॥

ahamevaṃ kulācāre rājā syāmevamityapi ,
vidūrathavido ratnāduditā pratibhā yathā 51

51. aham evam kulācāre rājā syām evam iti api |
vidūrathavidaḥ ratnāt uditā pratibhā yathā ||

51. aham evam kulācāre rājā syām evam iti api (pratibhā)
yathā vidūrathavidaḥ ratnāt uditā pratibhā

51. The thought, 'I am thus by family custom (ācāra); I should become king thus,' arises, just as a perception (pratibhā) sprang from the jewel (ratna) of the knower of Vidūratha.

51. המחשבה אני המלך שנולד במסורת משפחתית זו, עלתה ברוחו של וִדוּרַתְהָ כמו הברקה הנובעת מאבן חן.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, like this)

• कुलाचारे (kulācāre) - in family tradition (in family custom, in family tradition)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• स्याम् (syām) - I should be (I should be, may I be)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, like this)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking speech/thought) (thus, saying, that (marks direct speech or thought))

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• विदूरथविदः (vidūrathavidaḥ) - of the knower of Vidūratha (of the knower of Vidūratha, from the knower of Vidūratha)

• रत्नात् (ratnāt) - from the jewel (from a jewel, from a treasure)

• उदिता (uditā) - emerged, sprang (arisen, emerged, appeared)

• प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - perception, idea, thought (intuition, insight, perception, spontaneous thought)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, like this)

(indeclinable)

कुलाचारे (kulācāre) - in family tradition (in family custom, in family tradition)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kulācāra

kulācāra - family custom, hereditary usage, family tradition (ācāra)

`kula` (family) + `ācāra` (custom, conduct)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+ācāra)

• kula – family, lineage, clan
  noun (neuter)
• ācāra – custom, conduct, tradition
  noun (masculine)
  from `ā-car` (to practice)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

स्याम् (syām) - I should be (I should be, may I be)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

Present Optative, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, like this)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus (marking speech/thought) (thus, saying, that (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

विदूरथविदः (vidūrathavidaḥ) - of the knower of Vidūratha (of the knower of Vidūratha, from the knower of Vidūratha)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vidūrathavid

vidūrathavid - knower of Vidūratha

`vidūratha` (name of a king) + `vid` (knower)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidūratha+vid)

• vidūratha – name of a king (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, learned
  noun (masculine)
  from root `vid` (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

रत्नात् (ratnāt) - from the jewel (from a jewel, from a treasure)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ratna

ratna - jewel, gem, treasure

उदिता (uditā) - emerged, sprang (arisen, emerged, appeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

from `ud-i` (to go up, to arise) + `kta` suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: used here to describe the `pratibhā`

प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - perception, idea, thought (intuition, insight, perception, spontaneous thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratibhā

pratibhā - perception, intuition, insight, splendour, idea, imagination

`prati` (against, towards) + root `bhā` (to shine)

Root: bhā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

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