योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-34, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अत्र ते श्रृणु वक्ष्यामि दामादिषु गतेष्वथ ।
यद्वृत्तं शम्बरस्यैव नगरे नगसंनिभे ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
atra te śrṛṇu vakṣyāmi dāmādiṣu gateṣvatha ,
yadvṛttaṃ śambarasyaiva nagare nagasaṃnibhe 1

1. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca atra te śṛṇu vakṣyāmi dāmādiṣu gateṣu
atha yat vṛttam śambarasya eva nagare nagasaṃnibhe

1. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca atra te śṛṇu vakṣyāmi atha dāmādiṣu
gateṣu nagasaṃnibhe śambarasya eva nagare yat vṛttam

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "Now, listen to me; I will tell you what transpired in Śambara's city, which resembled a mountain, after Dāma and the others had departed."

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - Used as an honorific prefix. (illustrious, glorious, prosperity, auspiciousness)

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, now

• ते (te) - Dative, 'to you'. (to you, for you)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say, I will tell

• दामादिषु (dāmādiṣu) - Absolute locative construction indicating 'when Dāma and others had gone'. (among Dāma and others, when Dāma and others (are/were))

• गतेषु (gateṣu) - Part of an absolute locative construction, meaning 'when Dāma and others had gone'. (having gone, departed)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, transpired, incident

• शम्बरस्य (śambarasya) - of Śambara

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, verily

• नगरे (nagare) - in the city

• नगसंनिभे (nagasaṁnibhe) - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - Used as an honorific prefix. (illustrious, glorious, prosperity, auspiciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - illustrious, glorious, prosperity, auspiciousness

Often used as an honorific prefix

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasiṣṭha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect indicative (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active Indicative

From root vac (2nd class), perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place/time

ते (te) - Dative, 'to you'. (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Active

From root śru (5th class), imperative mood.

Root: śru (class 5)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Active Indicative

From root vac (2nd class), future tense, 1st person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

दामादिषु (dāmādiṣu) - Absolute locative construction indicating 'when Dāma and others had gone'. (among Dāma and others, when Dāma and others (are/were))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dāmādi

dāmādi - Dāma and others, etcetera

Compound (Dvandva or Tatpuruṣa with 'ādi')

Compound type : dvandva (dāma+ādi)

• dāma – Dāma (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and others
  noun (masculine)

गतेषु (gateṣu) - Part of an absolute locative construction, meaning 'when Dāma and others had gone'. (having gone, departed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (1st class) + -ta suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dāmādiṣu'.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating sequence or commencement

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to 'vṛttam'.

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, transpired, incident

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, transpired, occurred, conduct, story

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt (1st class) + -ta suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used substantively, meaning 'what happened'.

शम्बरस्य (śambarasya) - of Śambara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śambara

śambara - Śambara (name of a demon)

Note: Possessive, 'of Śambara'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, verily

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

नगरे (nagare) - in the city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

नगसंनिभे (nagasaṁnibhe) - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagasaṃnibha

nagasaṁnibha - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

Tatpuruṣa compound: naga + saṃnibha

Compound type : tatpurusha (naga+saṃnibha)

• naga – mountain, tree
  noun (masculine)
  From na + ga ("not moving")
  Root: gam (class 1)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (neuter)
  From sam-nibh (to resemble)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nibh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'nagare'.

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