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4,31

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-31, verse-4

क्व धैर्यममरानीकविद्रावणकरं महत् ।
क्व किरातमहीपालक्षुद्रकिङ्कररूपता ॥ ४ ॥
kva dhairyamamarānīkavidrāvaṇakaraṃ mahat ,
kva kirātamahīpālakṣudrakiṅkararūpatā 4
4. kva dhairyam amara-anīka-vidrāvaṇa-karam mahat
kva kirāta-mahīpāla-kṣudra-kiṅkara-rūpatā
4. mahat amara-anīka-vidrāvaṇa-karam dhairyam
kva kirāta-mahīpāla-kṣudra-kiṅkara-rūpatā kva
4. Where is great courage, capable of routing the army of the gods? And where is the form of a lowly servant of a Kirāta king?

Words meanings summery:

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  • क्व (kva) - where (indicating a stark contrast) (where, in what place, to what extent)
  • धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - courage (heroic fortitude) (courage, fortitude, patience, firmness)
  • अमर-अनीक-विद्रावण-करम् (amara-anīka-vidrāvaṇa-karam) - capable of scattering the divine army (causing the routing of the army of gods)
  • महत् (mahat) - great, immense (great, large, important, mighty)
  • क्व (kva) - where (indicating a stark contrast) (where, in what place, to what extent)
  • किरात-महीपाल-क्षुद्र-किङ्कर-रूपता (kirāta-mahīpāla-kṣudra-kiṅkara-rūpatā) - the condition of being a humble attendant to a Kirāta tribal ruler (the state of having the form of a lowly servant of a Kirāta king)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where (indicating a stark contrast) (where, in what place, to what extent)
(indeclinable)
From interrogative pronoun ka.
धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - courage (heroic fortitude) (courage, fortitude, patience, firmness)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dhairya
dhairya - courage, fortitude, patience, firmness, steadfastness
From dhīra (firm, steady) + ya (taddhita suffix).
अमर-अनीक-विद्रावण-करम् (amara-anīka-vidrāvaṇa-karam) - capable of scattering the divine army (causing the routing of the army of gods)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of amara-anīka-vidrāvaṇa-kara
amara-anīka-vidrāvaṇa-kara - causing the routing/flight of the army of gods
Compound. kara (maker) is agent.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amara+anīka+vidrāvaṇa+kara)
  • amara – immortal, god, deity
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: a
  • anīka – army, host, troop
    noun (neuter)
  • vidrāvaṇa – causing to flee, routing, putting to flight
    noun (neuter)
    Causative verbal noun
    From vi-√dru (causative) + -ana
    Prefix: vi
    Root: dru (class 1)
  • kara – making, doing, causing, doer, maker
    adjective (masculine)
    Agent noun/adjective
    From √kṛ
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Modifies dhairyam.
महत् (mahat) - great, immense (great, large, important, mighty)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, important, mighty, noble
Present Active Participle
From √mah (to be great) or treated as a primary stem.
Root: mah
Note: Modifies dhairyam.
क्व (kva) - where (indicating a stark contrast) (where, in what place, to what extent)
(indeclinable)
From interrogative pronoun ka.
किरात-महीपाल-क्षुद्र-किङ्कर-रूपता (kirāta-mahīpāla-kṣudra-kiṅkara-rūpatā) - the condition of being a humble attendant to a Kirāta tribal ruler (the state of having the form of a lowly servant of a Kirāta king)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kirāta-mahīpāla-kṣudra-kiṅkara-rūpatā
kirāta-mahīpāla-kṣudra-kiṅkara-rūpatā - the state of having the form of a lowly servant of a Kirāta king
Derived with suffix -tā (feminine abstract noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kirāta+mahīpāla+kṣudra+kiṅkara+rūpa+-tā)
  • kirāta – a Kirāta (name of a wild tribe, mountaineer)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • mahīpāla – king, ruler (lit. earth-protector)
    noun (masculine)
    Compound: mahī (earth) + pāla (protector)
  • kṣudra – small, insignificant, lowly, mean, base
    adjective (masculine)
  • kiṅkara – servant, attendant, slave
    noun (masculine)
    From kim (what) + √kṛ (do, make) - 'one who asks what to do'
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
    noun (neuter)
  • -tā – suffix forming abstract feminine nouns, indicating 'the state of', 'the quality of'
    suffix (feminine)
    Taddhita suffix
Note: Compound word.