योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-22

एतास्वन्यासु बह्वीषु जनयोनिषु पुत्रक ।
जातोऽसि जम्बूद्वीपेऽस्मिन्पुरा शतसहस्रशः ॥ २२ ॥

etāsvanyāsu bahvīṣu janayoniṣu putraka ,
jāto'si jambūdvīpe'sminpurā śatasahasraśaḥ 22

22. etāsu anyāsu bahvīṣu janayoniṣu putraka | jātaḥ
asi jambūdvīpe asmin purā śatasahasraśaḥ ||

22. putraka,
purā asmin jambūdvīpe etāsu anyāsu bahvīṣu janayoniṣu śatasahasraśaḥ jātaḥ asi.

22. O son, in the past, you were born hundreds of thousands of times in this Jambudvīpa, in these and many other human births.

22. בכל אלה ובצורות חיים רבות אחרות, בני, נולדת ביבשת גַ'מְבּוּ-דְוִויפָּה מאות אלפי פעמים בעבר.

Words meanings summery:

• एतासु (etāsu) - in these

• अन्यासु (anyāsu) - in other

• बह्वीषु (bahvīṣu) - in many

• जनयोनिषु (janayoniṣu) - in human wombs/births

• पुत्रक (putraka) - O son, dear son

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, originated

• असि (asi) - you are

• जम्बूद्वीपे (jambūdvīpe) - in Jambudvīpa

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - hundreds of thousands of times

Words meanings and morphology

एतासु (etāsu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to 'janayoniṣu'.

अन्यासु (anyāsu) - in other

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'janayoniṣu'.

बह्वीषु (bahvīṣu) - in many

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'janayoniṣu'.

जनयोनिषु (janayoniṣu) - in human wombs/births

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of janayoni

janayoni - human birth, human womb/origin

Compound of jana (man, people) + yoni (womb, origin, birth)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+yoni)

• jana – man, person, people
  noun (masculine)
  From root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth
  noun (feminine)

पुत्रक (putraka) - O son, dear son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - dear son, little son

Diminutive of putra (son)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

From root √jan (to be born) + -ta (suffix for PPP)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used with 'asi' (you are) to form 'you were born'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active

From root √as

Root: as (class 2)

जम्बूद्वीपे (jambūdvīpe) - in Jambudvīpa

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jambūdvīpa

jambūdvīpa - Jambudvīpa (one of the seven continents in Hindu cosmology)

Compound of jambū (rose-apple tree) + dvīpa (island, continent)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jambū+dvīpa)

• jambū – rose-apple tree, jambu fruit
  noun (feminine)
• dvīpa – island, continent, region
  noun (masculine)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'jambūdvīpe'.

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

(indeclinable)

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - hundreds of thousands of times

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -śas from śatasahasra (hundred thousand)

Note: Adverbial form indicating frequency.

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