योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इति चिन्तयतस्तस्य पुरः संप्रविवेश ह ।
प्रतीहारः परो भानोः स्यन्दनाग्र इवारुणः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
iti cintayatastasya puraḥ saṃpraviveśa ha ,
pratīhāraḥ paro bhānoḥ syandanāgra ivāruṇaḥ 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca iti cintayataḥ tasya puraḥ saṃpraviveśa
ha pratīhāraḥ paraḥ bhānoḥ syandanāgra iva aruṇaḥ

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca tasya iti cintayataḥ ha pratīhāraḥ
puraḥ saṃpraviveśa bhānoḥ paraḥ syandanāgra iva aruṇaḥ

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: As he (the king) was thus contemplating, a gatekeeper, splendid like Aruṇa (the charioteer) at the forefront of the sun's chariot, indeed entered before him.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, revered sage Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• चिन्तयतः (cintayataḥ) - contemplating, thinking, of him who was thinking

• तस्य (tasya) - Of the king (Rama, implied) (his, of him)

• पुरः (puraḥ) - before, in front of, forward

• संप्रविवेश (saṁpraviveśa) - entered, came in

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle of emphasis)

• प्रतीहारः (pratīhāraḥ) - doorkeeper, gatekeeper

• परः (paraḥ) - superior, excellent, supreme, another

• भानोः (bhānoḥ) - of the sun, from the sun

• स्यन्दनाग्र (syandanāgra) - front of the chariot, at the front of the chariot

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अरुणः (aruṇaḥ) - Aruṇa, the charioteer of the sun god Sūrya. (Aruṇa (the charioteer of the sun god), dawn-colored, reddish)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, revered sage Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha, an epithet for the sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage), most excellent
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Form from root vac, reduplicated perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयतः (cintayataḥ) - contemplating, thinking, of him who was thinking

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - contemplating, thinking

Present Active Participle

Derived from the verb root 'cit' (to think) with causative suffix ('cintay') and 'śatṛ' suffix for present active participle.

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Also ablative singular masculine/neuter. Here, genitive in agreement with 'tasya'.

तस्य (tasya) - Of the king (Rama, implied) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can be genitive masculine/neuter singular, or ablative masculine/neuter singular. Context suggests genitive.

पुरः (puraḥ) - before, in front of, forward

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

संप्रविवेश (saṁpraviveśa) - entered, came in

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Derived from root 'viś' (class 6), with upasargas 'sam' and 'pra'. Reduplicated perfect.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: viś (class 6)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle of emphasis)

(indeclinable)

प्रतीहारः (pratīhāraḥ) - doorkeeper, gatekeeper

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratīhāra

pratīhāra - doorkeeper, gatekeeper, chamberlain

From 'prati' + 'hṛ' (to take, carry) + 'ghañ' suffix.

Prefix: prati

Root: hṛ (class 1)

परः (paraḥ) - superior, excellent, supreme, another

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - superior, excellent, supreme, highest, another, distant

Note: Agrees with 'pratīhāraḥ'.

भानोः (bhānoḥ) - of the sun, from the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhānu

bhānu - sun, ray of light, lustre

u-stem noun.

Root: bhā

Note: Here, genitive ("superior to the sun").

स्यन्दनाग्र (syandanāgra) - front of the chariot, at the front of the chariot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of syandanāgra

syandanāgra - front of the chariot

Compound of 'syandana' (chariot) and 'agra' (front).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (syandana+agra)

• syandana – chariot, flow
  noun (neuter)
  Root: syand (class 1)
• agra – front, tip, top, foremost
  noun (neuter)

Note: It functions as a descriptor for Aruṇa, meaning 'Aruṇa who is at the front of the chariot'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अरुणः (aruṇaḥ) - Aruṇa, the charioteer of the sun god Sūrya. (Aruṇa (the charioteer of the sun god), dawn-colored, reddish)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aruṇa

aruṇa - Aruṇa (mythological charioteer of the sun), dawn, red, reddish-brown

Note: Agrees with 'pratīhāraḥ' in the comparison.