योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-17

अथाकलितरूपोऽसौ कालः कवलितप्रजः ।
आधिभौतिकमास्थाय वपुर्मुनिमुपाययौ ॥ १७ ॥

athākalitarūpo'sau kālaḥ kavalitaprajaḥ ,
ādhibhautikamāsthāya vapurmunimupāyayau 17

17. atha akalitarūpaḥ asau kālaḥ kavalitaprajaḥ
ādhibhautikam āsthāya vapuḥ munim upāyayau

17. atha akalitarūpaḥ kavalitaprajaḥ asau kālaḥ
ādhibhautikam vapuḥ āsthāya munim upāyayau

17. Then, that incomprehensible Time (Kāla), who devours all beings, assumed a physical form and approached the sage.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अकलितरूपः (akalitarūpaḥ) - whose form is not grasped, incomprehensible in form, whose form is unperceived

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, Death

• कवलितप्रजः (kavalitaprajaḥ) - who has devoured all beings/creation, who has swallowed the creatures

• आधिभौतिकम् (ādhibhautikam) - physical, material, relating to physical beings

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed, having taken, having adopted

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

• मुनिम् (munim) - the sage

• उपाययौ (upāyayau) - approached

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

अकलितरूपः (akalitarūpaḥ) - whose form is not grasped, incomprehensible in form, whose form is unperceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akalitarūpa

akalitarūpa - of unperceived form, incomprehensible form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kalita+rūpa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kalita – grasped, perceived, known
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kal + suffix -ta
  Root: kal (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, Death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

कवलितप्रजः (kavalitaprajaḥ) - who has devoured all beings/creation, who has swallowed the creatures

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavalitapraja

kavalitapraja - having devoured the people/creatures

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kavalita+praja)

• kavalita – swallowed, devoured
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kaval + suffix -ita
  Root: kaval (class 10)
• praja – offspring, creatures, people
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

आधिभौतिकम् (ādhibhautikam) - physical, material, relating to physical beings

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ādhibhautika

ādhibhautika - relating to physical beings, material

Derived from adhibhūta (related to elements/beings) + ṭhaK

Note: Agrees with vapuḥ

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed, having taken, having adopted

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Prefix ā + root sthā + suffix -ya (for indeclinable participle/absolutive)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Object of āsthāya

मुनिम् (munim) - the sage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of upāyayau

उपाययौ (upāyayau) - approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of upāyā

perfect

Perfect form of upa + ā + root i (to go)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: i (class 2)

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