योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-52

तत्रापृच्छज्जनं साधो कच्चित्स्मरति भो भवान् ।
प्राग्वृत्तमस्य ग्रामस्य पर्यन्ते श्वपचक्रमम् ॥ ५२ ॥

tatrāpṛcchajjanaṃ sādho kaccitsmarati bho bhavān ,
prāgvṛttamasya grāmasya paryante śvapacakramam 52

52. tatra apṛcchat janam sādho kaccit smarati bho bhavān
prāgvṛttam asya grāmasya paryante śvapacakramam

52. tatra janam apṛcchat bho sādho bhavān kaccit asya
grāmasya paryante prāgvṛttam śvapacakramam smarati

52. There, he asked the people, "O good sir, do you, esteemed one, recall the past events concerning this village, specifically the lineage of outcastes (śvapaca) who lived at its edge?"

Words meanings summery:

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

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked (asked, inquired)

• जनम् (janam) - the people (people, person)

• साधो (sādho) - O good sir (O good man, O virtuous one)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether (introducing a question) (whether, perhaps, I hope that...)

• स्मरति (smarati) - you remember (remembers, recalls)

• भो (bho) - O (addressing someone respectfully) (O (vocative particle))

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (esteemed one) (you, sir, your honor)

• प्राग्वृत्तम् (prāgvṛttam) - the past event (past event, former occurrence)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (village) (of this, of him)

• ग्रामस्य (grāmasya) - of this village (of the village, of the hamlet)

• पर्यन्ते (paryante) - at its edge (of the village) (at the edge, on the border, in the vicinity)

• श्वपचक्रमम् (śvapacakramam) - the lineage of outcastes (śvapaca) (lineage/succession/group of dog-eaters)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb formed from the pronominal stem 'tad'

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked (asked, inquired)

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root 'pṛcch' (class 6), augmented with 'a-' for imperfect

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

जनम् (janam) - the people (people, person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

साधो (sādho) - O good sir (O good man, O virtuous one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether (introducing a question) (whether, perhaps, I hope that...)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle

स्मरति (smarati) - you remember (remembers, recalls)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smara

Present tense, active voice, 2nd person singular

From root 'smṛ' (class 1)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

भो (bho) - O (addressing someone respectfully) (O (vocative particle))

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (esteemed one) (you, sir, your honor)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you, sir, being, existing

Present Active Participle (used as a pronoun)

From root 'bhū' (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्राग्वृत्तम् (prāgvṛttam) - the past event (past event, former occurrence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāgvṛtta

prāgvṛtta - past event, former occurrence, what has happened before

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāk+vṛtta)

• prāk – before, formerly, eastward
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, event, conduct, state
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vṛt' (to be, to exist, to happen)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of this (village) (of this, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ग्रामस्य (grāmasya) - of this village (of the village, of the hamlet)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of grāma

grāma - village, hamlet, collection

पर्यन्ते (paryante) - at its edge (of the village) (at the edge, on the border, in the vicinity)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paryanta

paryanta - edge, end, limit, border

श्वपचक्रमम् (śvapacakramam) - the lineage of outcastes (śvapaca) (lineage/succession/group of dog-eaters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śvapacakrama

śvapacakrama - lineage/succession/group of dog-eaters (outcastes)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvapaca+krama)

• śvapaca – dog-eater, outcaste, caṇḍāla
  noun (masculine)
• krama – step, order, sequence, succession, lineage
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)