योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र किरातजनमण्डले ।
हस्तहार्यतमःपिण्डा बभूवासितयामिनी ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
etasminnantare tatra kirātajanamaṇḍale ,
hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍā babhūvāsitayāminī 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca etasmin antare tatra kirātajanamandale
hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍā babhūva asitayāminī

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca etasmin antare tatra kirātajanamandale
asitayāminī hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍā babhūva

1. Shri Vasistha said: Meanwhile, in that region of the Kirata people, the black night became so dense that its darkness seemed like a mass that could be grasped by hand.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasistha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• अन्तरे (antare) - in the interval, meanwhile, in the middle

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• किरातजनमन्दले (kirātajanamandale) - in the region/community of the Kirata people

• हस्तहार्यतमःपिण्डा (hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍā) - a mass of darkness that could be held in the hand

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

• असितयामिनी (asitayāminī) - black night

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasistha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Shri Vasistha (a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular, Perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Locative singular of etad (masculine/neuter).

Note: Agrees with antare.

अन्तरे (antare) - in the interval, meanwhile, in the middle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, middle, difference

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from tad.

किरातजनमन्दले (kirātajanamandale) - in the region/community of the Kirata people

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kirātajanamandala

kirātajanamandala - region/community of Kirata people

Compound of kirātajana (Kirata people) and maṇḍala (region/circle).

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (kirātajana+maṇḍala)

• kirātajana – Kirata people (a mountain tribe)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of Kirāta (a mountain tribe) and Jana (people).
• maṇḍala – circle, region, community
  noun (neuter)

हस्तहार्यतमःपिण्डा (hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍā) - a mass of darkness that could be held in the hand

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍa

hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍa - mass of darkness graspable by hand

Compound of hasta (hand), hārya (to be carried/held), tamas (darkness), and piṇḍa (lump/mass).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (hasta+hārya+tamas+piṇḍa)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• hārya – to be carried, to be held, to be taken
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from root √hṛ (to carry) with suffix -ya.
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• tamas – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• piṇḍa – lump, ball, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective for asitayāminī.

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular, Perfect active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

असितयामिनी (asitayāminī) - black night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asitayāminī

asitayāminī - black night

Compound of asita (black) and yāminī (night).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (asita+yāminī)

• asita – black, dark, not white
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

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