योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-5

कर्कटीप्रश्नसंस्मृत्या मयैषा कथिता तव ।
अध्यात्मोक्तिप्रसङ्गेन विश्वरूपनिरूपणे ॥ ५ ॥

karkaṭīpraśnasaṃsmṛtyā mayaiṣā kathitā tava ,
adhyātmoktiprasaṅgena viśvarūpanirūpaṇe 5

5. karkaṭī-praśna-saṃsmṛtyā mayā eṣā kathitā tava
adhyātma-ukti-prasaṅgena viśvarūpa-nirūpaṇe

5. karkaṭī-praśna-saṃsmṛtyā mayā eṣā
adhyātma-ukti-prasaṅgena viśvarūpa-nirūpaṇe tava kathitā

5. By recalling the question about Karkaṭī, this (story) has been told by me to you within the context of a spiritual (adhyātma) discourse, specifically during the description of the universal form (viśvarūpa).

Words meanings summery:

• कर्कटी-प्रश्न-संस्मृत्या (karkaṭī-praśna-saṁsmṛtyā) - by recalling the question about Karkaṭī

• मया (mayā) - by me

• एषा (eṣā) - this story/account (this (feminine))

• कथिता (kathitā) - told, narrated

• तव (tava) - to you, your, of you

• अध्यात्म-उक्ति-प्रसङ्गेन (adhyātma-ukti-prasaṅgena) - in the context of a spiritual discourse

• विश्वरूप-निरूपणे (viśvarūpa-nirūpaṇe) - in the description of the universal form

Words meanings and morphology

कर्कटी-प्रश्न-संस्मृत्या (karkaṭī-praśna-saṁsmṛtyā) - by recalling the question about Karkaṭī

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of karkaṭī-praśna-saṃsmṛti

karkaṭī-praśna-saṁsmṛti - recollection of Karkaṭī's question

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karkaṭī+praśna+saṃsmṛti)

• karkaṭī – Karkaṭī (the demoness)
  proper noun (feminine)
• praśna – question, inquiry
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: prach (class 6)
• saṃsmṛti – recollection, memory, remembrance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

एषा (eṣā) - this story/account (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

कथिता (kathitā) - told, narrated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, spoken, narrated, said

Past Passive Participle

Root: kath (class 10)

तव (tava) - to you, your, of you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be genitive, but here implied dative ('to you').

अध्यात्म-उक्ति-प्रसङ्गेन (adhyātma-ukti-prasaṅgena) - in the context of a spiritual discourse

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adhyātma-ukti-prasaṅga

adhyātma-ukti-prasaṅga - context/occasion of a spiritual discourse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyātma+ukti+prasaṅga)

• adhyātman – spirit, supreme self (ātman), pertaining to the self, spiritual
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: adhi
• ukti – speech, saying, discourse, statement
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• prasaṅga – context, occasion, connection, discourse
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: pra+sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)

विश्वरूप-निरूपणे (viśvarūpa-nirūpaṇe) - in the description of the universal form

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of viśvarūpa-nirūpaṇa

viśvarūpa-nirūpaṇa - description of the universal form (viśvarūpa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viśvarūpa+nirūpaṇa)

• viśvarūpa – universal form, cosmic form, omnipresent
  noun (neuter)
• nirūpaṇa – description, ascertainment, clear determination
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: rūp (class 10)

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