योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-90, verse-10

अथ व्यसनसंसक्तौ मृगयोनिमुपागतौ ।
ततो द्वावपि संसक्तौ भूयो जातौ विहंगमौ ॥ १० ॥

atha vyasanasaṃsaktau mṛgayonimupāgatau ,
tato dvāvapi saṃsaktau bhūyo jātau vihaṃgamau 10

10. atha vyasanasaṃsaktau mṛgayonim upāgatau |
tataḥ dvau api saṃsaktau bhūyaḥ jātau vihaṃgamau

10. atha vyasanasaṃsaktau (tau) mṛgayonim upāgatau tataḥ
(tau) dvau api bhūyaḥ saṃsaktau vihaṃgamau jātau

10. Then, due to their attachment to vices (vyasana), they were born into the species of deer. Subsequently, remaining entangled, both of them were born again as birds.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, subsequently (then, next, now, therefore)

• व्यसनसंसक्तौ (vyasanasaṁsaktau) - attached to misfortune/vice

• मृगयोनिम् (mṛgayonim) - into the species/womb of deer, to the state of a deer

• उपागतौ (upāgatau) - having been born as (having approached, having attained, having come to)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, subsequently (then, thereafter, from there)

• द्वौ (dvau) - both (of them) (two, both)

• अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

• संसक्तौ (saṁsaktau) - still entangled (by their past karma) (attached, connected, devoted)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further)

• जातौ (jātau) - were born (born, produced, became)

• विहंगमौ (vihaṁgamau) - birds

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, subsequently (then, next, now, therefore)

(indeclinable)

व्यसनसंसक्तौ (vyasanasaṁsaktau) - attached to misfortune/vice

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vyasanasaṃsakta

vyasanasaṁsakta - addicted to vice/misfortune, engrossed in distress

Compound formed from 'vyasana' and 'saṃsakta'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyasana+saṃsakta)

• vyasana – misfortune, calamity, addiction, vice (vyasana), distress
  noun (neuter)
  From 'vyas' (to throw, to cast) with suffix 'ana'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vyas (class 4)
• saṃsakta – attached, connected, joined, devoted, engrossed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'sañj' with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: Refers to the implied subjects (the couple).

मृगयोनिम् (mṛgayonim) - into the species/womb of deer, to the state of a deer

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayoni

mṛgayoni - the species/origin of deer, birth as a deer

Compound 'mṛga' (deer) + 'yoni' (womb, origin, species).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+yoni)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal, game
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – womb, source, origin, species, family
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'upāgatau'.

उपागतौ (upāgatau) - having been born as (having approached, having attained, having come to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, obtained, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'upa' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subjects.

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, subsequently (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

द्वौ (dvau) - both (of them) (two, both)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to the implied subjects.

अपि (api) - also, even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'dvau'.

संसक्तौ (saṁsaktau) - still entangled (by their past karma) (attached, connected, devoted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃsakta

saṁsakta - attached, connected, joined, devoted, engrossed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sañj' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies the implied subjects.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, repeatedly, further)

(indeclinable)

From 'bhū' (to be, become), comparative suffix 'īyas'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

जातौ (jātau) - were born (born, produced, became)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jāta

jāta - born, produced, generated, happened, became

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jan' (to be born, to produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for the implied subjects.

विहंगमौ (vihaṁgamau) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vihaṃgama

vihaṁgama - bird (lit. moving in the sky)

Compound 'vi' (sky/bird) + 'gam' (going).

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (vi+gam)

• vi – bird, sky, air, heaven
  noun (masculine)
• gam – going, motion
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix -a
  From root 'gam' (to go) with agent suffix 'a'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative with 'jātau'.

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