योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-64

अयं स पुत्रो भवतो भूत्वा मन्त्रविदां वरः ।
प्रजजाप पुरा विद्यां विद्याधरपुरप्रदाम् ॥ ६४ ॥

ayaṃ sa putro bhavato bhūtvā mantravidāṃ varaḥ ,
prajajāpa purā vidyāṃ vidyādharapurapradām 64

64. ayam saḥ putraḥ bhavataḥ bhūtvā mantravidām
varaḥ prajajāpa purā vidyām vidyādharapurapradām

64. ayam saḥ bhavataḥ putraḥ mantravidām varaḥ bhūtvā
purā vidyādharapurapradām vidyām prajajāpa

64. This is that very son of yours who, having been the best among those skilled in sacred chants (mantras), formerly recited the mystic knowledge (vidyā) that bestows the city of the Vidyādharas.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• सः (saḥ) - that (masculine)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - of your (honorific, genitive of bhavat)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, becoming

• मन्त्रविदाम् (mantravidām) - among those who know mantras, of the mantra-knowers

• वरः (varaḥ) - the best, excellent, a boon

• प्रजजाप (prajajāpa) - he chanted, he recited (intensively/repeatedly)

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

• विद्याम् (vidyām) - knowledge, mystic science (accusative)

• विद्याधरपुरप्रदाम् (vidyādharapurapradām) - that which grants the city of the Vidyādharas (feminine, accusative)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

सः (saḥ) - that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - of your (honorific, genitive of bhavat)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your, honorable (used as a polite second-person pronoun)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, becoming

(indeclinable)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) ending in -tvā

मन्त्रविदाम् (mantravidām) - among those who know mantras, of the mantra-knowers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mantravid

mantravid - one who knows mantras

Compound type : tatpurusha (mantra+vid)

• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, spell
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knowing, wise, expert
  noun
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

वरः (varaḥ) - the best, excellent, a boon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, a boon, a groom

प्रजजाप (prajajāpa) - he chanted, he recited (intensively/repeatedly)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: jap (class 1)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

विद्याम् (vidyām) - knowledge, mystic science (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, science, learning, mystic knowledge

विद्याधरपुरप्रदाम् (vidyādharapurapradām) - that which grants the city of the Vidyādharas (feminine, accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidyādharapuraprada

vidyādharapuraprada - bestowing the city of Vidyādharas

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidyādhara+pura+prada)

• vidyādhara – a class of celestial beings, 'knowledge-bearer'
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• prada – giving, granting, bestowing
  adjective
  agent noun
  From root dā (to give) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

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