योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-16

उत्थितः स्फारवेतालः कुर्वत्याः शान्तिमद्य मे ।
सर्वनाशोऽवदातेन प्रवृत्ताया ममोदिता ॥ १६ ॥

utthitaḥ sphāravetālaḥ kurvatyāḥ śāntimadya me ,
sarvanāśo'vadātena pravṛttāyā mamoditā 16

16. utthitaḥ sphāravetālaḥ kurvatyāḥ śāntim adya me
| sarvanāśaḥ avadātena pravṛttāyāḥ mama uditā ||

16. स्फारवेतालः उत्थितः अद्य शान्तिम् कुर्वत्याः मे प्रवृत्तायाः मम (मतिः) सर्वनाशः अवदातेन उदिता (अस्ति) ।

16. A formidable ghost (vetāla) has arisen. Today, as I, who am engaged in cultivating peace (śānti), my own mind (mati) has arisen with the thought that complete destruction (sarvanāśa) has been declared for me by a pure being, as I have already committed myself [to this path].

Words meanings summery:

• उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - has arisen (referring to the ghost) (risen, appeared, stood up)

• स्फारवेतालः (sphāravetālaḥ) - a huge/formidable ghost or vetāla

• कुर्वत्याः (kurvatyāḥ) - of me, who is cultivating (peace) (of the one doing/making/cultivating)

• शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace, tranquility, calm

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• सर्वनाशः (sarvanāśaḥ) - complete destruction, total ruin

• अवदातेन (avadātena) - by a pure being (by a pure one, by a clean one)

• प्रवृत्तायाः (pravṛttāyāḥ) - of me, who has already embarked (on this path) (of the one who has set forth, begun, engaged)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• उदिता (uditā) - has arisen (referring to an implicit 'matiḥ' or 'mind') (risen, appeared, declared, uttered (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - has arisen (referring to the ghost) (risen, appeared, stood up)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, appeared, stood up

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā- (to stand) with upasarga ud- (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्फारवेतालः (sphāravetālaḥ) - a huge/formidable ghost or vetāla

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sphāravetāla

sphāravetāla - huge ghost, formidable vetāla

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sphāra+vetāla)

• sphāra – expanded, vast, huge, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sphā- (to swell)
  Root: sphā (class 1)
• vetāla – a ghost, vampire-like demon
  noun (masculine)

कुर्वत्याः (kurvatyāḥ) - of me, who is cultivating (peace) (of the one doing/making/cultivating)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kurvatī

kurvatī - doing, making, performing (feminine)

Present Active Participle

From root kṛ- (to do, make) with suffix -at

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace, tranquility, calm

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm, quiet

From root śam- (to be calm)

Root: śam (class 4)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Alternate form for mama (genitive) or mahyam (dative).

सर्वनाशः (sarvanāśaḥ) - complete destruction, total ruin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvanāśa

sarvanāśa - complete destruction, total ruin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+nāśa)

• sarva – all, every, complete
  pronoun/adjective
• nāśa – destruction, loss, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From root naś- (to perish)
  Root: naś (class 4)

अवदातेन (avadātena) - by a pure being (by a pure one, by a clean one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avadāta

avadāta - clean, white, pure, excellent

Past Passive Participle

From root dā- (to cut, purify) with upasarga ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: dā (class 1)

प्रवृत्तायाः (pravṛttāyāḥ) - of me, who has already embarked (on this path) (of the one who has set forth, begun, engaged)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pravṛttā

pravṛttā - engaged, begun, undertaken, set forth (feminine)

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt- (to turn, exist) with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

उदिता (uditā) - has arisen (referring to an implicit 'matiḥ' or 'mind') (risen, appeared, declared, uttered (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root i- (to go) with upasarga ud- (up), or root vad- (to speak) with ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: i/vad (class 2)

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