योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-22, verse-27

मेरुश्रृङ्गशिखारत्नकृतवातायनस्थितः ।
एकदा चिन्तयामास स्वयं संसारसंस्थितिम् ॥ २७ ॥

meruśrṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthitaḥ ,
ekadā cintayāmāsa svayaṃ saṃsārasaṃsthitim 27

27. Meruśṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthitaḥ
ekadā cintayām āsa svayam saṃsārasaṃsthitim

27. ekadā Meruśṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthitaḥ
svayam saṃsārasaṃsthitim cintayām āsa

27. Once, while situated at a window adorned with jewels on the peak of Mount Meru, he himself reflected upon the nature of the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• मेरुशृङ्गशिखारत्नकृतवातायनस्थितः (meruśṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthitaḥ) - situated at a window made of jewels on the peak of Mount Meru

• एकदा (ekadā) - once, one time

• चिन्तयाम् (cintayām) - thought, reflected (part of periphrastic perfect)

• आस (āsa) - did, was (auxiliary verb)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

• संसारसंस्थितिम् (saṁsārasaṁsthitim) - the nature/state of the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

मेरुशृङ्गशिखारत्नकृतवातायनस्थितः (meruśṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthitaḥ) - situated at a window made of jewels on the peak of Mount Meru

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Meruśṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthita

Meruśṛṅgaśikhāratnakṛtavātāyanasthita - situated at a window made of jewels on the peak of Mount Meru

Compound type : tatpurusha (Meru+śṛṅga+śikhā+ratna+kṛta+vātāyana+sthita)

• Meru – Mount Meru, a mythical mountain
  proper noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – peak, horn
  noun (neuter)
• śikhā – summit, top, crest
  noun (feminine)
• ratna – gem, jewel
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root kṛ (to do, to make) + ta suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vātāyana – window
  noun (neuter)
• sthita – situated, standing
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root sthā (to stand) + ta suffix
  Root: sthā (class 1)

एकदा (ekadā) - once, one time

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix dā added to eka (one)

चिन्तयाम् (cintayām) - thought, reflected (part of periphrastic perfect)

(indeclinable)

perfect participle stem

from cint (to think) in the 10th class, forming a periphrastic perfect with āsa

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Used with āsa to form the periphrastic perfect

आस (āsa) - did, was (auxiliary verb)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Liṭ) of as

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active of as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

(indeclinable)

संसारसंस्थितिम् (saṁsārasaṁsthitim) - the nature/state of the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃsārasaṃsthiti

saṁsārasaṁsthiti - the state or nature of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+saṃsthiti)

• saṃsāra – cycle of transmigration, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from saṃ-sṛ (to flow together, to wander through)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• saṃsthiti – state, condition, nature, firm standing
  noun (feminine)
  from saṃ-sthā (to stand together, to exist)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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