योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-27

यश्चातको हिमगिरौ यो राजा पौण्ड्रमण्डले ।
व्याघ्रो यः सह्यकुञ्जेषु स एवाहं तवाग्रजः ॥ २७ ॥

yaścātako himagirau yo rājā pauṇḍramaṇḍale ,
vyāghro yaḥ sahyakuñjeṣu sa evāhaṃ tavāgrajaḥ 27

27. yaḥ ca cātakaḥ himagirau yaḥ rājā pauṇḍramaṇḍale
vyāghraḥ yaḥ sahyakuñjeṣu saḥ eva aham tava agrajaḥ

27. yaḥ ca himagirau cātakaḥ,
yaḥ pauṇḍramaṇḍale rājā,
yaḥ sahyakuñjeṣu vyāghraḥ,
saḥ eva aham tava agrajaḥ

27. I am indeed that very same being who was a cātaka bird on the Himālaya, who was a king in the Pauṇḍra region, and who was a tiger in the caves of the Sahya mountains; I am your elder brother.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• चातकः (cātakaḥ) - a legendary bird (cātaka) said to drink only raindrops (a cātaka bird)

• हिमगिरौ (himagirau) - on the Himālaya (snow mountain)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• राजा (rājā) - king

• पौण्ड्रमण्डले (pauṇḍramaṇḍale) - in the region of Pauṇḍra (an ancient kingdom, possibly modern Bengal) (in the Pauṇḍra region)

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - a tiger

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सह्यकुन्जेषु (sahyakunjeṣu) - in the caves/groves of the Sahya mountains

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine singular)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder brother

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चातकः (cātakaḥ) - a legendary bird (cātaka) said to drink only raindrops (a cātaka bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cātaka

cātaka - cātaka bird (Cuculus melanoleucus, a cuckoo)

हिमगिरौ (himagirau) - on the Himālaya (snow mountain)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of himagiri

himagiri - Himālaya (snow mountain)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hima+giri)

• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (neuter)
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

पौण्ड्रमण्डले (pauṇḍramaṇḍale) - in the region of Pauṇḍra (an ancient kingdom, possibly modern Bengal) (in the Pauṇḍra region)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pauṇḍramaṇḍala

pauṇḍramaṇḍala - Pauṇḍra region (a country or district in ancient India)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pauṇḍra+maṇḍala)

• pauṇḍra – name of an ancient country or people
  proper noun (neuter)
• maṇḍala – region, district, circle, sphere
  noun (neuter)

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - a tiger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger, cheetah

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सह्यकुन्जेषु (sahyakunjeṣu) - in the caves/groves of the Sahya mountains

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sahyakunja

sahyakunja - groves/caves of the Sahya mountains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahya+kuñja)

• sahya – the Sahya mountain range (Western Ghats)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kuñja – grove, thicket, bower, cave
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agraja

agraja - elder brother, born first

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+ja)

• agra – front, first, tip
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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