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).

5. זיכרון שאלותיה של כַּרְכַּטִי הוא שהוביל אותי לספר לך סיפור זה, כחלק מההוראה הרוחנית על אודות מראית היקום.

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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