योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-23

दिनानि कतिचित्तत्र नीत्वा शोकपरीतधीः ।
जहौ स्वदेशं संशुष्कपद्मं सर इवाण्डजः ॥ २३ ॥

dināni katicittatra nītvā śokaparītadhīḥ ,
jahau svadeśaṃ saṃśuṣkapadmaṃ sara ivāṇḍajaḥ 23

23. dināni katicit tatra nītvā śoka-parīta-dhīḥ |
jahau sva-deśam sam-śuṣka-padmam saraḥ iva aṇḍajaḥ

23. śoka-parīta-dhīḥ katicit dināni tatra nītvā sva-deśam
jahau yathā aṇḍajaḥ sam-śuṣka-padmam saraḥ iva

23. Having spent a few days there, his intellect overcome by grief, he abandoned his homeland, just as a bird abandons a lake with withered lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• दिनानि (dināni) - days

• कतिचित् (katicit) - a few (some, a few)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• नीत्वा (nītvā) - having spent (having led, having carried, having spent)

• शोक-परीत-धीः (śoka-parīta-dhīḥ) - whose intellect is overcome by grief (whose mind is overcome by sorrow, whose intellect is surrounded by grief)

• जहौ (jahau) - abandoned (abandoned, left, renounced)

• स्व-देशम् (sva-deśam) - his homeland (his own country, homeland)

• सम्-शुष्क-पद्मम् (sam-śuṣka-padmam) - with withered lotuses (a lotus with completely dried up, a dried-up lotus)

• सरः (saraḥ) - lake (lake, pond)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• अण्डजः (aṇḍajaḥ) - bird (bird, born from an egg)

Words meanings and morphology

दिनानि (dināni) - days

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dina

dina - day

Note: Duration of action.

कतिचित् (katicit) - a few (some, a few)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'dināni'.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

नीत्वा (nītvā) - having spent (having led, having carried, having spent)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root nī- (to lead, carry, spend) with suffix -tvā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund).

शोक-परीत-धीः (śoka-parīta-dhīḥ) - whose intellect is overcome by grief (whose mind is overcome by sorrow, whose intellect is surrounded by grief)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śoka-parīta-dhī

śoka-parīta-dhī - whose mind is overcome by sorrow

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śoka+parīta+dhī)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• parīta – surrounded, encompassed, overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i (to go) with upasargas pari- and ā-
  Prefixes: pari+ā
  Root: i (class 2)
• dhī – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes the implied subject.

जहौ (jahau) - abandoned (abandoned, left, renounced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of hā

perfect active 3rd singular

from root hā (to abandon)

Root: hā (class 3)

स्व-देशम् (sva-deśam) - his homeland (his own country, homeland)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva-deśa

sva-deśa - one's own country, homeland

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+deśa)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• deśa – country, place, region
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'jahau'.

सम्-शुष्क-पद्मम् (sam-śuṣka-padmam) - with withered lotuses (a lotus with completely dried up, a dried-up lotus)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sam-śuṣka-padma

sam-śuṣka-padma - having completely dried-up lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrihi (samśuṣka+padma)

• samśuṣka – completely dried, withered
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root śuṣ (to dry) with upasarga sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'saraḥ'.

सरः (saraḥ) - lake (lake, pond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

Note: Object of comparison for 'sva-deśam'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

अण्डजः (aṇḍajaḥ) - bird (bird, born from an egg)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇḍaja

aṇḍaja - egg-born (bird, snake, fish, insect)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aṇḍa+ja)

• aṇḍa – egg
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the simile.

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