योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-40

हा हा हस्तौ महाकारौ तावद्य क्व गतौ मम ।
संपन्नास्मि महासूचिर्मक्षिकाखुरदोलिता ॥ ४० ॥

hā hā hastau mahākārau tāvadya kva gatau mama ,
saṃpannāsmi mahāsūcirmakṣikākhuradolitā 40

40. hā hā hastau mahākārau tāvat adya kva gatau mama
| sampannā asmi mahāsūciḥ makṣikākhuradolitā ||

40. hā hā mama mahākārau hastau adya tāvat kva
gatau sampannā asmi makṣikākhuradolitā mahāsūciḥ

40. Alas, alas! Where have my two gigantic hands gone today? I have become a great needle, swayed (dolitā) by a fly's foot.

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - alas, oh

• हा (hā) - alas, oh

• हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands

• महाकारौ (mahākārau) - of great size, gigantic

• तावत् (tāvat) - then, so, so much

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• क्व (kva) - where?

• गतौ (gatau) - gone (dual)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - having become, attained

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• महासूचिः (mahāsūciḥ) - a great needle

• मक्षिकाखुरदोलिता (makṣikākhuradolitā) - swayed by a fly's foot

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - alas, oh

(indeclinable)

हा (hā) - alas, oh

(indeclinable)

हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hasta

hasta - hand, trunk (of an elephant), forearm, a measure of length (18 inches)

महाकारौ (mahākārau) - of great size, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahākāra

mahākāra - of great form, huge, gigantic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahant+ākāra)

• mahant – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, size
  noun (masculine)

तावत् (tāvat) - then, so, so much

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

गतौ (gatau) - gone (dual)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived at, past

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - having become, attained

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, perfected, happened, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

From root pad (to go, fall) with upasarga sam- (together, completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

महासूचिः (mahāsūciḥ) - a great needle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāsūci

mahāsūci - a large needle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahant+sūci)

• mahant – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• sūci – needle, point, index
  noun (feminine)

मक्षिकाखुरदोलिता (makṣikākhuradolitā) - swayed by a fly's foot

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of makṣikākhuradolitā

makṣikākhuradolitā - swayed or agitated by a fly's foot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (makṣikā+khura+dolita)

• makṣikā – fly
  noun (feminine)
• khura – hoof, foot (of an animal)
  noun (masculine)
• dolita – swayed, swung, agitated
  participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dul (to sway, swing)
  Root: dul (class 10)

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