योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-13

बभूवुस्ते स्रवन्तीषु सरःस्वम्भोजिनीषु च ।
बहवो बन्धवो मत्स्यास्तान्कथं नानुशोचसि ॥ १३ ॥

babhūvuste sravantīṣu saraḥsvambhojinīṣu ca ,
bahavo bandhavo matsyāstānkathaṃ nānuśocasi 13

13. babūvuḥ te sravantīṣu saraḥsu ambhojinīṣu ca
bahavaḥ bandhavaḥ matsyāḥ tān katham na anuśocasi

13. te bahavaḥ bandhavaḥ sravantīṣu saraḥsu ambhojinīṣu
ca matsyāḥ babūvuḥ tān katham na anuśocasi

13. Many of your relatives became fish in rivers, lakes, and lotus ponds. Why do you not lament for them?

Words meanings summery:

• बबूवुः (babūvuḥ) - they were, they became

• ते (te) - your, of yours

• स्रवन्तीषु (sravantīṣu) - in rivers, in streams

• सरःसु (saraḥsu) - in lakes, in ponds

• अम्भोजिनीषु (ambhojinīṣu) - in lotus ponds, in lotus lakes

• च (ca) - and

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

• मत्स्याः (matsyāḥ) - fish

• तान् (tān) - them

• कथम् (katham) - why? how?

• न (na) - not

• अनुशोचसि (anuśocasi) - you lament, you grieve for

Words meanings and morphology

बबूवुः (babūvuḥ) - they were, they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect Active

3rd person plural Perfect Active indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

ते (te) - your, of yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Can also be Dative singular.

स्रवन्तीषु (sravantīṣu) - in rivers, in streams

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of sravantī

sravantī - river, stream (literally 'flowing')

Present Active Participle (feminine)

Feminine form of 'sravat' (present participle of root 'sru').

Root: sru (class 1)

सरःसु (saraḥsu) - in lakes, in ponds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, water

अम्भोजिनीषु (ambhojinīṣu) - in lotus ponds, in lotus lakes

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ambhojinī

ambhojinī - lotus pond, collection of lotus flowers

Feminine noun derived from 'ambhojin' (lotus-bearing).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle.

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

Note: Agrees with 'bandhavaḥ' and 'matsyāḥ'.

बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bandhava

bandhava - relative, kinsman, belonging to a family

Derived from 'bandhu' (kinsman) with 'a' suffix.

Note: Subject of 'babūvuḥ'.

मत्स्याः (matsyāḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: Predicate nominative with 'babūvuḥ'.

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'matsyāḥ' (fish).

कथम् (katham) - why? how?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

अनुशोचसि (anuśocasi) - you lament, you grieve for

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of anuśuc

Present Active

2nd person singular Present Active indicative

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)