योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-12

भूरभून्मृन्मयी काचित्काचिदासीद्दृषन्मयी ।
आसीद्धेममयी काचित्काचित्ताम्रमयी तथा ॥ १२ ॥

bhūrabhūnmṛnmayī kācitkācidāsīddṛṣanmayī ,
āsīddhemamayī kācitkācittāmramayī tathā 12

12. bhūḥ abhūt mṛnmayī kācit kācit āsīt dṛṣanmayī
āsīt hemamayī kācit kācit tāmramayī tathā

12. kācit bhūḥ mṛnmayī abhūt; kācit dṛṣanmayī āsīt;
kācit hemamayī āsīt; tathā kācit tāmramayī (āsīt)

12. Some earths were made of clay, some were made of stone. Some earths were golden, and some were made of copper.

Words meanings summery:

• भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, ground, land

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became, existed

• मृन्मयी (mṛnmayī) - made of clay/earth, earthen

• काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

• काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• दृषन्मयी (dṛṣanmayī) - made of stone, stony

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• हेममयी (hemamayī) - made of gold, golden

• काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

• काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

• ताम्रमयी (tāmramayī) - made of copper, coppery

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, in that manner, and also)

Words meanings and morphology

भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land, place

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

Aorist 3rd person singular of root 'bhū'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मृन्मयी (mṛnmayī) - made of clay/earth, earthen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛnmaya

mṛnmaya - made of clay/earth, earthen

Derived from 'mṛd' (earth, clay) + suffix '-maya' (made of, consisting of).

काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain, any

'kim' + 'cid' (indeclinable particle).

काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain, any

'kim' + 'cid' (indeclinable particle).

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular of root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

दृषन्मयी (dṛṣanmayī) - made of stone, stony

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣanmaya

dṛṣanmaya - made of stone, stony

Derived from 'dṛṣad' (stone) + suffix '-maya' (made of, consisting of).

Note: The 'n' in 'dṛṣan' comes from sandhi 'dṛṣad' + 'maya'.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person singular of root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

हेममयी (hemamayī) - made of gold, golden

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hemamaya

hemamaya - made of gold, golden

Derived from 'heman' (gold) + suffix '-maya' (made of, consisting of).

काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain, any

'kim' + 'cid' (indeclinable particle).

काचित् (kācit) - some (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain, any

'kim' + 'cid' (indeclinable particle).

ताम्रमयी (tāmramayī) - made of copper, coppery

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāmramaya

tāmramaya - made of copper, coppery

Derived from 'tāmra' (copper) + suffix '-maya' (made of, consisting of).

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, in that manner, and also)

(indeclinable)

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