योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-2

श्रीराम उवाच ।
हिमवद्गह्वरे प्रोत्था सा कथं कृष्णराक्षसी ।
बभूव कर्कटी नाम्ना यथावद्वद मे प्रभो ॥ २ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
himavadgahvare protthā sā kathaṃ kṛṣṇarākṣasī ,
babhūva karkaṭī nāmnā yathāvadvada me prabho 2

2. śrīrāma uvāca himavat-gahvare protthā sā katham
kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī babhūva karkaṭī nāmnā yathāvat vada me prabho

2. prabho me yathāvat vada sā himavat-gahvare protthā
katham kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī nāmnā karkaṭī babhūva śrīrāma uvāca

2. Śrī Rāma said: O Lord, how did she, who arose from the Himalayan cave, become a dark-skinned demoness named Karkaṭī? Please tell me the full account.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• हिमवत्-गह्वरे (himavat-gahvare) - in the cave of the Himalayas

• प्रोत्था (protthā) - arisen, come forth, originated

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• कृष्ण-राक्षसी (kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī) - a dark-skinned demoness

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, came into being

• कर्कटी (karkaṭī) - The demoness Karkaṭī (Karkaṭī (proper name))

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name, named

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - precisely, exactly, accurately

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• मे (me) - to me, my

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, revered, holy
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

हिमवत्-गह्वरे (himavat-gahvare) - in the cave of the Himalayas

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of himavat-gahvara

himavat-gahvara - Himalayan cave, mountain cave

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (himavat+gahvara)

• himavat – Himalayas, snowy mountain
  proper noun (masculine)
• gahvara – cave, cavern, abyss
  noun (neuter)

प्रोत्था (protthā) - arisen, come forth, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prottha

prottha - arisen, emerged, stood forth

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: pra+ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

कृष्ण-राक्षसी (kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī) - a dark-skinned demoness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī

kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī - dark demoness, black rākṣasī

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+rākṣasī)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark, dark-blue
  adjective
• rākṣasī – demoness, female rākṣasa
  noun (feminine)

बभूव (babhūva) - became, came into being

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

कर्कटी (karkaṭī) - The demoness Karkaṭī (Karkaṭī (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karkaṭī

karkaṭī - a female demon, a specific proper name

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name, named

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

यथावत् (yathāvat) - precisely, exactly, accurately

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative active second person singular

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign

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