योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-4

राक्षस्युवाच ।
अहो बत पवित्रेयं भवतोर्भाति शेमुषी ।
अनस्तमितसारेण प्रबोधार्केण भासिता ॥ ४ ॥

rākṣasyuvāca ,
aho bata pavitreyaṃ bhavatorbhāti śemuṣī ,
anastamitasāreṇa prabodhārkeṇa bhāsitā 4

4. rākṣasī uvāca aho bata pavitrā iyam bhavatoḥ bhāti
śemuṣī anastamitasāreṇa prabodhārkeṇa bhāsitā

4. rākṣasī uvāca aho bata iyam bhavatoḥ pavitrā śemuṣī
anastamitasāreṇa prabodhārkeṇa bhāsitā bhāti

4. The ogress said: "Oh, indeed! Your intellect (śemuṣī) shines, so pure, illuminated by the sun of awakening (prabodha) whose essence never sets."

Words meanings summery:

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - Karkaṭī, the ogress (ogress, female demon)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अहो (aho) - Oh! Ah! (exclamation of wonder/praise)

• बत (bata) - indeed, certainly (reinforcing 'aho') (indeed, alas, oh!)

• पवित्रा (pavitrā) - purified, spiritually clean (pure, holy, sacred)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (intellect) (this (feminine))

• भवतोः (bhavatoḥ) - your (referring to the king, dual of respect. Often dual is used for a singular king out of respect.) (of you two, your (dual genitive))

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks

• शेमुषी (śemuṣī) - intellect, understanding, wisdom

• अनस्तमितसारेण (anastamitasāreṇa) - by its unfading, permanent essence/power (referring to the quality of the sun of awakening) (by whose essence never sets, by eternal essence)

• प्रबोधार्केण (prabodhārkeṇa) - by the enlightening power of awakened understanding (by the sun of awakening)

• भासिता (bhāsitā) - illuminated, made to shine

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - Karkaṭī, the ogress (ogress, female demon)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, ogress

Feminine of rākṣasa

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular, perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

अहो (aho) - Oh! Ah! (exclamation of wonder/praise)

(indeclinable)

बत (bata) - indeed, certainly (reinforcing 'aho') (indeed, alas, oh!)

(indeclinable)

पवित्रा (pavitrā) - purified, spiritually clean (pure, holy, sacred)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pavitra

pavitra - pure, holy, sacred, purifying

From root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

इयम् (iyam) - this (intellect) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Feminine nominative singular demonstrative pronoun

भवतोः (bhavatoḥ) - your (referring to the king, dual of respect. Often dual is used for a singular king out of respect.) (of you two, your (dual genitive))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of bhavat

bhavat - your, belonging to you (respectful term, lit. 'being', 'your honorable self')

Present active participle

From root bhū (to be) + -at suffix. Used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used respectfully for the king (singular).

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Present active

3rd person singular present active

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

शेमुषी (śemuṣī) - intellect, understanding, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śemuṣī

śemuṣī - intellect, understanding, wisdom, knowledge

अनस्तमितसारेण (anastamitasāreṇa) - by its unfading, permanent essence/power (referring to the quality of the sun of awakening) (by whose essence never sets, by eternal essence)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anastamitasāra

anastamitasāra - whose essence never sets; of unfading essence

Compound of a- (not) + astamita (set, gone down) + sāra (essence)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+astamita+sāra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• astamita – set (as in sun), gone down, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix asta- (setting) + root i (to go).
  Prefix: asta
  Root: i (class 2)
• sāra – essence, core, strength, best part
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Instrumental, modifying 'prabodhārkeṇa'.

प्रबोधार्केण (prabodhārkeṇa) - by the enlightening power of awakened understanding (by the sun of awakening)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prabodhārka

prabodhārka - sun of awakening/enlightenment

Compound of prabodha (awakening) and arka (sun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (prabodha+arka)

• prabodha – awakening, enlightenment, knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix pra- + root budh (to awaken, know)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• arka – sun, ray of light, fire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)

भासिता (bhāsitā) - illuminated, made to shine

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāsita

bhāsita - illuminated, shining, caused to shine

Past Passive Participle

From root bhās (to shine).

Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'śemuṣī'.