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

स्थितः सीमान्तकुग्रामगोमये यश्च वृश्चिकः ।
सार्धसंवत्सरं साधो सोऽयं त्वमनुजो मम ॥ २० ॥

sthitaḥ sīmāntakugrāmagomaye yaśca vṛścikaḥ ,
sārdhasaṃvatsaraṃ sādho so'yaṃ tvamanujo mama 20

20. sthitaḥ sīmāntakugrāmago-maye yaḥ ca vṛścikaḥ |
sārdhasaṃvatsaram sādho saḥ ayam tvam anujaḥ mama ||

20. sādho yaḥ vṛścikaḥ sīmāntakugrāmago-maye sārdhasaṃvatsaram sthitaḥ,
saḥ ayam mama anujaḥ tvam (asi)

20. O virtuous one, that scorpion who remained for a year and a half in the cow-dung of a small village on the border – he is indeed your younger brother.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having stood, situated, remained

• सीमान्तकुग्रामगो-मये (sīmāntakugrāmago-maye) - in the cow-dung of a small village on the border

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• च (ca) - and

• वृश्चिकः (vṛścikaḥ) - scorpion

• सार्धसंवत्सरम् (sārdhasaṁvatsaram) - for a year and a half

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, O virtuous one

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनुजः (anujaḥ) - younger brother

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having stood, situated, remained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, steady, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand) + -ta (suffix for PPP)

Root: sthā (class 1)

सीमान्तकुग्रामगो-मये (sīmāntakugrāmago-maye) - in the cow-dung of a small village on the border

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sīmāntakugrāmago-maya

sīmāntakugrāmago-maya - cow-dung of a bad village on the border

Compound of sīmānta (border) + kugrāma (bad village) + gomaya (cow-dung)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sīmānta+kugrāma+gomaya)

• sīmānta – border, boundary, frontier
  noun (masculine)
• kugrāma – bad village, small village
  noun (masculine)
  ku (bad/small) + grāma (village)
• gomaya – cow-dung
  noun (neuter)
  go (cow) + maya (made of)

Note: Locative singular of the compound.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वृश्चिकः (vṛścikaḥ) - scorpion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛścika

vṛścika - scorpion

सार्धसंवत्सरम् (sārdhasaṁvatsaram) - for a year and a half

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sārdhasaṃvatsara

sārdhasaṁvatsara - a year and a half

Compound of sa-ardha (with half) + saṃvatsara (year)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sa-ardha+saṃvatsara)

• sa-ardha – with half, accompanied by half
  adjective
  sa (with) + ardha (half)
• saṃvatsara – year
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

Note: Denotes duration of time.

साधो (sādho) - O good one, O virtuous one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, holy man, sage

From root √sādh (to accomplish)

Root: sādh (class 5)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Used for emphasis with 'saḥ' meaning 'that very one' or 'this very one'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनुजः (anujaḥ) - younger brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuja

anuja - younger brother, born after

Compound of anu (after) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anu+ja)

• anu – after, along, following
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  From root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me