योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-28

यो गृध्रो दशवर्षाणि यो ग्राहो मासपञ्चकम् ।
यः समानां शतं सिंहः स एवेह तवाग्रजः ॥ २८ ॥

yo gṛdhro daśavarṣāṇi yo grāho māsapañcakam ,
yaḥ samānāṃ śataṃ siṃhaḥ sa eveha tavāgrajaḥ 28

28. yaḥ gṛdhraḥ daśavarṣāṇi yaḥ grāhaḥ māsapañcakam
yaḥ samānām śatam siṃhaḥ saḥ eva iha tava agrajaḥ

28. yaḥ daśavarṣāṇi gṛdhraḥ,
yaḥ māsapañcakam grāhaḥ,
yaḥ samānām śatam siṃhaḥ,
saḥ eva iha tava agrajaḥ

28. He who was a vulture for ten years, he who was a crocodile for five months, and he who was a lion for a hundred years—that very one is your elder brother here, having undergone transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• गृध्रः (gṛdhraḥ) - vulture

• दशवर्षाणि (daśavarṣāṇi) - for ten years

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - crocodile, grabber

• मासपञ्चकम् (māsapañcakam) - for five months

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• समानाम् (samānām) - of years

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• तव (tava) - your

• अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder brother, born first

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

गृध्रः (gṛdhraḥ) - vulture

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture

दशवर्षाणि (daśavarṣāṇi) - for ten years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of daśavarṣa

daśavarṣa - ten years, of ten years

Compound type : karmadhāraya (daśa+varṣa)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• varṣa – year
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

ग्राहः (grāhaḥ) - crocodile, grabber

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grāha

grāha - crocodile, grabber, anything that seizes

Root: grah (class 9)

मासपञ्चकम् (māsapañcakam) - for five months

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māsapañcaka

māsapañcaka - five months, a period of five months

Compound type : dvigu (māsa+pañcaka)

• māsa – month
  noun (masculine)
• pañcaka – group of five, five-fold
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

समानाम् (samānām) - of years

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

Note: Used adverbially with genitive to indicate 'a hundred of years'.

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder brother, born first

(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
  kṛt suffix
  Derived from root jan (to be born) with kṛt suffix -a.
  Root: jan (class 4)