योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-57

ग्राम्या ऊचुः ।
यथा कथयसि ब्रह्मंस्तत्तथा न तदन्यथा ।
कटंजनामा श्वपच इहाभूद्दारुणाकृतिः ॥ ५७ ॥

grāmyā ūcuḥ ,
yathā kathayasi brahmaṃstattathā na tadanyathā ,
kaṭaṃjanāmā śvapaca ihābhūddāruṇākṛtiḥ 57

57. grāmyāḥ ūcuḥ yathā kathayasi brahman tat tathā na tat
anyathā kaṭaṃja-nāmā śvapacaḥ iha abhūt dāruṇā-ākṛtiḥ

57. ग्राम्याः ऊचुः ब्रह्मन्,
यथा कथयसि तत् तथा न,
तत् अन्यथा न इह कटंजनामा दारुणाकृतिः श्वपचः अभूत ।

57. The villagers said: "O Brahmin, it is exactly as you say, and not otherwise. Here lived a dog-eater (śvapaca) named Kaṭaṃja, of terrifying appearance."

Words meanings summery:

• ग्राम्याः (grāmyāḥ) - the villagers (villagers, rural people, rustic)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said (they said, they spoke)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in what manner)

• कथयसि (kathayasi) - you say (you tell, you relate, you describe)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - so (so, thus, in that manner)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, differently)

• कटंज-नामा (kaṭaṁja-nāmā) - named Kaṭaṃja

• श्वपचः (śvapacaḥ) - a dog-eater, an outcaste (a dog-eater, an outcaste, a low-caste person)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this place)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - lived (was, existed, became)

• दारुणा-आकृतिः (dāruṇā-ākṛtiḥ) - of terrifying appearance (of terrifying appearance, frightful form)

Words meanings and morphology

ग्राम्याः (grāmyāḥ) - the villagers (villagers, rural people, rustic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of grāmya

grāmya - relating to a village, rustic, village-born, villager

Derived from grāma (village) + ya (suffix)

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active, 3rd plural

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural of 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

कथयसि (kathayasi) - you say (you tell, you relate, you describe)

(verb)

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

Present Active, 2nd singular

From root 'kath' (to tell), 10th class, present tense, 2nd person singular

Root: kath (class 10)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman), sacred word

तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

तथा (tathā) - so (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, differently)

(indeclinable)

कटंज-नामा (kaṭaṁja-nāmā) - named Kaṭaṃja

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṭaṃja-nāman

kaṭaṁja-nāman - named Kaṭaṃja, having the name Kaṭaṃja

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṭaṃja+nāman)

• kaṭaṃja – Kaṭaṃja (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

श्वपचः (śvapacaḥ) - a dog-eater, an outcaste (a dog-eater, an outcaste, a low-caste person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvapaca

śvapaca - dog-eater, Caṇḍāla, an outcaste

Compound of śvan (dog) and paca (one who cooks/eats)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this place)

(indeclinable)

अभूत् (abhūt) - lived (was, existed, became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist Active, 3rd singular

Aorist tense, 3rd person singular of 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)

दारुणा-आकृतिः (dāruṇā-ākṛtiḥ) - of terrifying appearance (of terrifying appearance, frightful form)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāruṇā-ākṛti

dāruṇā-ākṛti - of terrifying form, frightful appearance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dāruṇa+ākṛti)

• dāruṇa – terrible, dreadful, harsh, cruel
  adjective (masculine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)