योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-20

ततः प्रावर्तते शान्ता तयोस्तापसयोः कथा ।
स्वव्यापारोचिता पुष्पश्रीरिवर्तुत्वमाशयोः ॥ २० ॥

tataḥ prāvartate śāntā tayostāpasayoḥ kathā ,
svavyāpārocitā puṣpaśrīrivartutvamāśayoḥ 20

20. tataḥ prāvartate śāntā tayoḥ tāpasayoḥ kathā
sva-vyāpāra-ucitā puṣpa-śrīḥ iva ṛtutvam āśayayoḥ

20. tataḥ tayoḥ tāpasayoḥ sva-vyāpāra-ucitā śāntā
kathā prāvartate puṣpa-śrīḥ iva ṛtutvam āśayayoḥ

20. Then, a calm conversation commenced between those two ascetics. This conversation was fitting for their spiritual endeavors (sva-vyāpāra), much like the beauty of flowers (puṣpaśrī) is appropriate for its season and for their receptive minds (āśaya).

20. אז החלה שיחה רגועה בין שני הפרושים, שיחה הולמת את אורח חייהם הרוחני, כשם פריחת הפרחים הולמת את חילופי העונות.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - Then, following the previous action (then, thereafter, thence)

• प्रावर्तते (prāvartate) - began (a conversation) (commences, begins, proceeds)

• शान्ता (śāntā) - a peaceful (conversation) (peaceful, calm, tranquil)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (ascetics) (of those two, for those two)

• तापसयोः (tāpasayoḥ) - of the two ascetics (of two ascetics, for two ascetics)

• कथा (kathā) - a conversation (story, conversation, narrative)

• स्व-व्यापार-उचिता (sva-vyāpāra-ucitā) - suitable for their own spiritual practices (suitable for one's own activities/practices)

• पुष्प-श्रीः (puṣpa-śrīḥ) - the beauty of flowers (splendor of flowers, beauty of flowers)

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

• ऋतुत्वम् (ṛtutvam) - its proper season (seasonality, state of being a season, proper season)

• आशययोः (āśayayoḥ) - of their receptive minds (of two intentions/minds/hearts/receptacles)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - Then, following the previous action (then, thereafter, thence)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to pronominal stem tad

प्रावर्तते (prāvartate) - began (a conversation) (commences, begins, proceeds)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pravṛt

present middle 3rd singular

root vṛt with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

शान्ता (śāntā) - a peaceful (conversation) (peaceful, calm, tranquil)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, calm, tranquil, quieted

Past Passive Participle

derived from root śam (to be calm) + kta suffix

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: qualifies kathā

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (ascetics) (of those two, for those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

तापसयोः (tāpasayoḥ) - of the two ascetics (of two ascetics, for two ascetics)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tāpasa

tāpasa - an ascetic, hermit, practicing tapas

derived from tapas (austerity)

कथा (kathā) - a conversation (story, conversation, narrative)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, conversation, narrative, talk

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: subject of prāvartate

स्व-व्यापार-उचिता (sva-vyāpāra-ucitā) - suitable for their own spiritual practices (suitable for one's own activities/practices)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sva-vyāpāra-ucita

sva-vyāpāra-ucita - suitable for one's own activities

Tatpurusha compound describing kathā

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vyāpāra+ucita)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun
• vyāpāra – activity, occupation, business, practice
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)
• ucita – suitable, appropriate, fit
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vac (to speak), here meaning fitting
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: qualifies kathā

पुष्प-श्रीः (puṣpa-śrīḥ) - the beauty of flowers (splendor of flowers, beauty of flowers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṣpa-śrī

puṣpa-śrī - beauty/splendor of flowers

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣpa+śrī)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• śrī – splendor, beauty, prosperity, wealth, glory
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śrī

Note: subject of the simile

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

(indeclinable)

ऋतुत्वम् (ṛtutvam) - its proper season (seasonality, state of being a season, proper season)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ṛtutva

ṛtutva - seasonality, state of being a season, proper season

from ṛtu (season) + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Root: ṛ

आशययोः (āśayayoḥ) - of their receptive minds (of two intentions/minds/hearts/receptacles)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of āśaya

āśaya - intention, mind, heart, receptacle, repository

from root śī (to lie, rest) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: refers to the two ascetics' minds/hearts

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