योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथ वर्षसहस्रेण दिव्येन परमेश्वरः ।
भृगुः परमसंबोधाद्विरराम समाधितः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
atha varṣasahasreṇa divyena parameśvaraḥ ,
bhṛguḥ paramasaṃbodhādvirarāma samādhitaḥ 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha varṣasahasreṇa divyena
parameśvaraḥ bhṛguḥ paramasaṃbodhāt virarāma samādhitaḥ

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha divyena varṣasahasreṇa bhṛguḥ
parameśvaraḥ paramasaṃbodhāt samādhitaḥ virarāma

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, after a divine thousand years, the supreme sage Bhṛgu, having attained supreme enlightenment, emerged from his meditative absorption (samādhi).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - indicating the sequence of events (then, now, moreover)

• वर्षसहस्रेण (varṣasahasreṇa) - indicating a duration of time, 'after' a thousand years (by a thousand years, after a thousand years)

• दिव्येन (divyena) - describing the divine nature of the thousand years (by the divine, by the celestial)

• परमेश्वरः (parameśvaraḥ) - refers to the sage Bhṛgu as a great and powerful being (the supreme lord, the highest sovereign)

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - The sage Bhṛgu, who is the subject of the narration (Bhṛgu)

• परमसंबोधात् (paramasaṁbodhāt) - The cause for Bhṛgu emerging from his meditation (from supreme enlightenment/realization)

• विरराम (virarāma) - emerged from his state of meditation (ceased, stopped, desisted, emerged)

• समाधितः (samādhitaḥ) - from his state of meditative absorption (samādhi) (from meditation, from meditative absorption)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - indicating the sequence of events (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वर्षसहस्रेण (varṣasahasreṇa) - indicating a duration of time, 'after' a thousand years (by a thousand years, after a thousand years)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - a thousand years

Compound type : karmadhāraya (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

दिव्येन (divyena) - describing the divine nature of the thousand years (by the divine, by the celestial)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly, supernatural

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'varṣasahasreṇa'.

परमेश्वरः (parameśvaraḥ) - refers to the sage Bhṛgu as a great and powerful being (the supreme lord, the highest sovereign)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parameśvara

parameśvara - supreme lord, highest sovereign

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+īśvara)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest
  adjective (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - The sage Bhṛgu, who is the subject of the narration (Bhṛgu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Name of a celebrated ancient sage, one of the Prajāpatis

परमसंबोधात् (paramasaṁbodhāt) - The cause for Bhṛgu emerging from his meditation (from supreme enlightenment/realization)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paramasaṃbodha

paramasaṁbodha - supreme enlightenment, ultimate realization

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+saṃbodha)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃbodha – enlightenment, awakening, perfect knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Verbal noun from sam-√budh
  Prefix: sam
  Root: budh (class 1)

विरराम (virarāma) - emerged from his state of meditation (ceased, stopped, desisted, emerged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of viram

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of vi-√ram (to rest, cease)

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

समाधितः (samādhitaḥ) - from his state of meditative absorption (samādhi) (from meditation, from meditative absorption)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - meditation, concentration, absorption, profound contemplation

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

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