योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-25

एकदैकेन तत्रोक्तं कथाप्रस्तावतः क्वचित् ।
इहाभूच्छ्वपचो राजा वर्षाण्यष्टौ द्विजेति मे ॥ २५ ॥

ekadaikena tatroktaṃ kathāprastāvataḥ kvacit ,
ihābhūcchvapaco rājā varṣāṇyaṣṭau dvijeti me 25

25. ekadā ekena tatra uktam kathāprastāvataḥ kvacit
iha abhūt śvapacaḥ rājā varṣāṇi aṣṭau dvija iti me

25. ekadā kvacit tatra ekena me kathāprastāvataḥ
uktam iti iha śvapacaḥ rājā aṣṭau varṣāṇi abhūt

25. Once, on a certain occasion, someone there recounted a story to me, saying: 'O Brahmin (dvija), here there was a king who was an outcaste (śvapaca) for eight years.'

Words meanings summery:

• एकदा (ekadā) - once, at one time

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, by someone

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• उक्तम् (uktam) - was said, spoken

• कथाप्रस्तावतः (kathāprastāvataḥ) - from the occasion of a story, by way of narrative

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, on some occasion, at some time

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• अभूत् (abhūt) - there was, he was, it happened

• श्वपचः (śvapacaḥ) - a dog-cooker, an outcaste, a Caṇḍāla

• राजा (rājā) - a king

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (plural)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• द्विज (dvija) - O Brahmin (dvija), O twice-born

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

एकदा (ekadā) - once, at one time

(indeclinable)

एकेन (ekena) - by one, by someone

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a certain, sole

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - was said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `vac` (to speak) with suffix `-ta`, with `vac` changing to `uk`.

Root: vac (class 2)

कथाप्रस्तावतः (kathāprastāvataḥ) - from the occasion of a story, by way of narrative

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kathāprastāva

kathāprastāva - occasion of a story, introduction to a story

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kathā+prastāva)

• kathā – story, tale, narrative
  noun (feminine)
• prastāva – occasion, introduction, proposal
  noun (masculine)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, on some occasion, at some time

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

अभूत् (abhūt) - there was, he was, it happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

श्वपचः (śvapacaḥ) - a dog-cooker, an outcaste, a Caṇḍāla

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvapaca

śvapaca - a dog-cooker, outcaste, Caṇḍāla

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śvan+paca)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• paca – cooker, one who cooks
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root `pac` (to cook) with suffix `-a`.
  Root: pac (class 1)

राजा (rājā) - a king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain

Note: accusative denotes duration of time

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

द्विज (dvija) - O Brahmin (dvija), O twice-born

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - Brahmin, twice-born, bird, snake, tooth

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dvi+jan)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jan – born, produced
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root `jan` (to be born) with suffix `-a`.
  Root: jan (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: can also be genitive

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