योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-58

आसीद्विप्रो दशार्णेषु कोसलेषु महीपतिः ।
धीवरोऽथ महाटव्यां हंसस्त्रिपथगातटे ॥ ५८ ॥

āsīdvipro daśārṇeṣu kosaleṣu mahīpatiḥ ,
dhīvaro'tha mahāṭavyāṃ haṃsastripathagātaṭe 58

58. āsīt vipraḥ daśārṇeṣu kosaleṣu mahīpatiḥ
dhīvaraḥ atha mahāṭavyām haṃsaḥ tripathagātaṭe

58. daśārṇeṣu vipraḥ āsīt kosaleṣu mahīpatiḥ atha
mahāṭavyām dhīvaraḥ tripathagātaṭe haṃsaḥ

58. He was a Brahmin in the Daśārṇa country, a king in Kosala, then a fisherman in a great forest, and a swan on the bank of the Tripathagā (Ganges).

Words meanings summery:

• आसीत् (āsīt) - he was, existed

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin, a learned person

• दशार्णेषु (daśārṇeṣu) - in Daśārṇa (a country)

• कोसलेषु (kosaleṣu) - in Kosala (a country)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - a king, lord of the earth

• धीवरः (dhīvaraḥ) - a fisherman

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

• महाटव्याम् (mahāṭavyām) - in a great forest

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - a swan, a goose

• त्रिपथगातटे (tripathagātaṭe) - on the bank of the Tripathagā (Ganges)

Words meanings and morphology

आसीत् (āsīt) - he was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin, a learned person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, wise, inspired, a learned man

दशार्णेषु (daśārṇeṣu) - in Daśārṇa (a country)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of daśārṇa

daśārṇa - Daśārṇa (name of an ancient Indian country or people)

कोसलेषु (kosaleṣu) - in Kosala (a country)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kosala

kosala - Kosala (name of an ancient Indian kingdom or people)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - a king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

धीवरः (dhīvaraḥ) - a fisherman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīvara

dhīvara - fisherman

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

महाटव्याम् (mahāṭavyām) - in a great forest

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāṭavī

mahāṭavī - great forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+aṭavī)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• aṭavī – forest, wilderness
  noun (feminine)

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - a swan, a goose

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a mythical bird, soul (ātman)

त्रिपथगातटे (tripathagātaṭe) - on the bank of the Tripathagā (Ganges)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tripathagātaṭa

tripathagātaṭa - bank of the Tripathagā (Ganges)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tripathagā+taṭa)

• tripathagā – the river Ganges ('she who goes by three paths')
  proper noun (feminine)
• taṭa – bank, shore, slope
  noun (masculine)

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