योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-30

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इति श्रुतवता तेन गाधिना स तदा द्विजः ।
भूयः पृष्टोऽप्येतदेव कथयामास नान्यथा ॥ ३० ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
iti śrutavatā tena gādhinā sa tadā dvijaḥ ,
bhūyaḥ pṛṣṭo'pyetadeva kathayāmāsa nānyathā 30

30. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca iti śrutavatā tena gādhinā saḥ tadā
dvijaḥ bhūyaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ api etat eva kathayām āsa na anyathā

30. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca tena gādhinā iti śrutavatā saḥ dvijaḥ
tadā bhūyaḥ api etat eva pṛṣṭaḥ na anyathā kathayām āsa

30. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: When Gādhi had heard this, that twice-born (dvija) then, even though asked again about this very matter, recounted it precisely the same way and not otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• इति (iti) - this (referring to the preceding narrative) (thus, so, in this manner)

• श्रुतवता (śrutavatā) - by (Gādhi) who had heard (by one who has heard, having heard)

• तेन (tena) - by that (king Gādhi) (by that, by him)

• गाधिना (gādhinā) - by Gādhi

• सः (saḥ) - that (twice-born person) (he, that)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the Brahmin (the speaker of the previous verses) (the twice-born, the Brahmin)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, more)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• अपि (api) - even though (even, also, too, though)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter/story) (this)

• एव (eva) - precisely (this very thing) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrated, told

• आस (āsa) - he did (as part of periphrastic perfect 'kathayām āsa') (he was, he became)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently, in another way

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – beauty, prosperity, glory, veneration, good fortune
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, best; name of a famous Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

perfect

Root 'vac' in the perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - this (referring to the preceding narrative) (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

श्रुतवता (śrutavatā) - by (Gādhi) who had heard (by one who has heard, having heard)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śrutavat

śrutavat - one who has heard, having heard

past active participle

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -vat

Root: śru (class 5)

तेन (tena) - by that (king Gādhi) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गाधिना (gādhinā) - by Gādhi

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gādhi

gādhi - name of a king, father of Viśvāmitra

सः (saḥ) - that (twice-born person) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the Brahmin (the speaker of the previous verses) (the twice-born, the Brahmin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya initiated by the sacred thread; also a bird, a tooth, a snake)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dvi+jan)

• dvi – two, twice
  indeclinable
• jan – to be born, to produce
  root
  Root for 'born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, more)

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

past passive participle

Derived from root prach (to ask) with suffix -ta

Root: prach (class 6)

अपि (api) - even though (even, also, too, though)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter/story) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

एव (eva) - precisely (this very thing) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrated, told

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathayā

kathayā - narrative, tale, speech

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: This is part of the periphrastic perfect form 'kathayām āsa'.

आस (āsa) - he did (as part of periphrastic perfect 'kathayām āsa') (he was, he became)

(verb)

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

perfect

Root 'as' in the perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Used here as an auxiliary verb in a periphrastic perfect construction (kathayām āsa).

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently, in another way

(indeclinable)

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