योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
रम्ये धनेषु दारादौ शोकस्यावसरो हि कः ।
इन्द्रजालेक्षणाद्दृष्टे नष्टे का परिदेवना ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ramye dhaneṣu dārādau śokasyāvasaro hi kaḥ ,
indrajālekṣaṇāddṛṣṭe naṣṭe kā paridevanā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca ramye dhaneṣu dārādau śokasya avasaraḥ
hi kaḥ indrajālekṣaṇāt dṛṣṭe naṣṭe kā paridevanā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca ramye dhaneṣu dārādau śokasya avasaraḥ
hi kaḥ indrajālekṣaṇāt dṛṣṭe naṣṭe kā paridevanā

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha spoke: What occasion for sorrow is there, indeed, regarding pleasant things, riches, or one's wife and family (dāra)? What lamentation can there be when a magic show (indrajāla) is seen and then vanishes?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• रम्ये (ramye) - in pleasant, in delightful

• धनेषु (dhaneṣu) - in riches, in wealth

• दारादौ (dārādau) - in one's wife and family (in wife and so forth, in wife etc.)

• शोकस्य (śokasya) - for sorrow (of sorrow, for sorrow)

• अवसरः (avasaraḥ) - scope, occasion (occasion, opportunity, scope, proper time)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• कः (kaḥ) - what (interrogative) (who, what)

• इन्द्रजालेक्षणात् (indrajālekṣaṇāt) - from seeing a magic show (from seeing a magic show, from an illusionary sight)

• दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - when (it is) seen (when seen, having been seen)

• नष्टे (naṣṭe) - when (it is) lost/vanishes (when lost, having been lost, destroyed)

• का (kā) - what (interrogative) (what, who (feminine))

• परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation (lamentation, wailing, weeping)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Root 'vac' (class 2) in perfect, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

रम्ये (ramye) - in pleasant, in delightful

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ramya

ramya - pleasant, delightful, beautiful

Gerundive/PPP (passive sense)

From root 'ram' (to rejoice) with suffix 'ya'.

Root: ram (class 1)

धनेषु (dhaneṣu) - in riches, in wealth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, money, property

From root 'dhā' (to place, hold).

Root: dhā (class 3)

दारादौ (dārādau) - in one's wife and family (in wife and so forth, in wife etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dārādi

dārādi - wife and others, wife and family, beginning with wife

'dāra' (wife) + 'ādi' (beginning, etc.)

Compound type : dvandva (dāra+ādi)

• dāra – wife, wives
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to family and possessions associated with one's wife.

शोकस्य (śokasya) - for sorrow (of sorrow, for sorrow)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

From root 'śuc' (to grieve).

Root: śuc (class 1)

अवसरः (avasaraḥ) - scope, occasion (occasion, opportunity, scope, proper time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avasara

avasara - occasion, opportunity, scope, proper time, descent

From root 'sṛ' (to go) with prefix 'ava'.

Prefix: ava

Root: sṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

Particle.

कः (kaḥ) - what (interrogative) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

इन्द्रजालेक्षणात् (indrajālekṣaṇāt) - from seeing a magic show (from seeing a magic show, from an illusionary sight)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of indrajālekṣaṇa

indrajālekṣaṇa - sight of a magic show, illusionary sight

'indrajaāla' (magic) + 'īkṣaṇa' (seeing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indrajāla+īkṣaṇa)

• indrajāla – magic, illusion, Indra's net
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, looking, sight
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'īkṣ' (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe) - when (it is) seen (when seen, having been seen)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, beheld

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the magic show (implied).

नष्टे (naṣṭe) - when (it is) lost/vanishes (when lost, having been lost, destroyed)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, disappeared, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish, be lost).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Refers to the magic show (implied).

का (kā) - what (interrogative) (what, who (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with 'paridevanā'.

परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation (lamentation, wailing, weeping)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paridevanā

paridevanā - lamentation, wailing, weeping, sorrow

From root 'div' (to lament) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: div (class 4)

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