योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-78

पुनरिन्द्रादिके याते सज्जमास्थाय केवलम् ।
आयात्यपरदेवेन्द्रषट्पदः स्वर्गपङ्कजम् ॥ ७८ ॥

punarindrādike yāte sajjamāsthāya kevalam ,
āyātyaparadevendraṣaṭpadaḥ svargapaṅkajam 78

78. punaḥ indra-ādike yāte sajjam āsthāya kevalam
āyāti apara-deva-indra-ṣaṭpadaḥ svarga-paṅkajam

78. punaḥ indra-ādike yāte apara-deva-indra-ṣaṭpadaḥ
kevalam sajjam āsthāya svarga-paṅkajam āyāti

78. Again, once Indra and the others have departed, another lord of gods, like a bee, arrives at the lotus of heaven, having simply readied himself.

Words meanings summery:

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, then

• इन्द्र-आदिके (indra-ādike) - when Indra and other gods (when Indra and others)

• याते (yāte) - after they have departed (gone, departed (locative singular))

• सज्जम् (sajjam) - having made himself ready (ready, prepared, equipped)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed or taken up (readiness) (having taken up, having resorted to, having occupied)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, simply (merely, solely, only, pure)

• आयाति (āyāti) - arrives, comes (comes, approaches, returns)

• अपर-देव-इन्द्र-षट्पदः (apara-deva-indra-ṣaṭpadaḥ) - another chief of the gods, likened to a bee (another lord of gods who is a bee)

• स्वर्ग-पङ्कजम् (svarga-paṅkajam) - to the celestial lotus (to the lotus of heaven)

Words meanings and morphology

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, then

(indeclinable)

इन्द्र-आदिके (indra-ādike) - when Indra and other gods (when Indra and others)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of indra-ādika

indra-ādika - Indra and others

Compound type : dvandva (indra+ādi)

• indra – Indra (king of gods), lord, chief
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on, others
  indeclinable
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction.

याते (yāte) - after they have departed (gone, departed (locative singular))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, passed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yā' (to go) + 'kta' suffix.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with 'indra-ādike'.

सज्जम् (sajjam) - having made himself ready (ready, prepared, equipped)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sajja

sajja - ready, prepared, armed, adorned

Root: sajj (class 1)

Note: Adverbial accusative, or object of 'āsthāya' (taking up readiness).

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed or taken up (readiness) (having taken up, having resorted to, having occupied)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'ā' and suffix 'lyaP'.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, simply (merely, solely, only, pure)

(indeclinable)

आयाति (āyāti) - arrives, comes (comes, approaches, returns)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present tense, active voice

From root 'yā' (to go) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

अपर-देव-इन्द्र-षट्पदः (apara-deva-indra-ṣaṭpadaḥ) - another chief of the gods, likened to a bee (another lord of gods who is a bee)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara-deva-indra-ṣaṭpada

apara-deva-indra-ṣaṭpada - another lord of gods who is a bee

Compound type : karmadhāraya (apara+deva-indra+ṣaṭpada)

• apara – other, another, posterior, lower
  adjective (masculine)
• deva-indra – lord of gods, king of gods
  noun (masculine)
• ṣaṭpada – six-footed, bee
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ṣaṭ' (six) + 'pada' (foot)

Note: Subject of 'āyāti'.

स्वर्ग-पङ्कजम् (svarga-paṅkajam) - to the celestial lotus (to the lotus of heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svarga-paṅkaja

svarga-paṅkaja - lotus of heaven, celestial lotus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+paṅkaja)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkaja – lotus (born in mud)
  noun (neuter)
  From 'paṅka' (mud) + 'ja' (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Destination of 'āyāti'.

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