योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-98, verse-6

तस्यामेको हि पुरुषः सहस्रकरलोचनः ।
पर्याकुलमतिर्भीमः संस्थितो वितताकृतिः ॥ ६ ॥

tasyāmeko hi puruṣaḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ ,
paryākulamatirbhīmaḥ saṃsthito vitatākṛtiḥ 6

6. tasyām ekaḥ hi puruṣaḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ
paryākulamatiḥ bhīmaḥ saṃsthitaḥ vitatākṛtiḥ

6. hi tasyām ekaḥ puruṣaḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ
paryākulamatiḥ bhīmaḥ vitatākṛtiḥ saṃsthitaḥ

6. Indeed, in that very forest, a certain person (puruṣa), dreadful and of expansive form, stands with a thousand hands and eyes, his mind greatly bewildered.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that forest (referring to rāmāṭavī) (in that, in her)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - a certain (one) (one, a certain, alone)

• हि (hi) - truly, indeed (emphatic) (indeed, truly, certainly, for)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, male, spirit, the cosmic person (puruṣa))

• सहस्रकरलोचनः (sahasrakaralocanaḥ) - having a thousand hands and eyes

• पर्याकुलमतिः (paryākulamatiḥ) - having a greatly agitated or bewildered mind

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - dreadful, terrible, formidable

• संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - stands, is situated, established, placed

• वितताकृतिः (vitatākṛtiḥ) - of expansive form, having a vast body

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that forest (referring to rāmāṭavī) (in that, in her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to rāmāṭavī.

एकः (ekaḥ) - a certain (one) (one, a certain, alone)

(numeral)

हि (hi) - truly, indeed (emphatic) (indeed, truly, certainly, for)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle or conjunction.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, male, spirit, the cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, the cosmic person, the conscious principle (puruṣa)

Root: pṛ

Note: Subject of saṃsthitaḥ.

सहस्रकरलोचनः (sahasrakaralocanaḥ) - having a thousand hands and eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasrakaralocana

sahasrakaralocana - having a thousand hands and eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+kara+locana)

• sahasra – a thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• kara – hand, ray, tax
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  From root √loc (to see)
  Root: loc (class 1)

पर्याकुलमतिः (paryākulamatiḥ) - having a greatly agitated or bewildered mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paryākulamati

paryākulamati - having a greatly agitated mind, bewildered intellect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (paryākula+mati)

• paryākula – greatly agitated, bewildered, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kul (to gather, heap) with prefixes pari- and ā-
  Prefixes: pari+ā
  Root: kul (class 1)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  From root √man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - dreadful, terrible, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful

From root √bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - stands, is situated, established, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - standing, situated, placed, established, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively, describing the state of puruṣaḥ.

वितताकृतिः (vitatākṛtiḥ) - of expansive form, having a vast body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vitatākṛti

vitatākṛti - of extensive form, having a vast body, widespread shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vitata+ākṛti)

• vitata – expanded, extended, vast, spread out
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √tan (to stretch) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• ākṛti – form, shape, figure, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix ā- + root √kṛ (to make)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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