योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-64

एवं कथयतो ग्राम्यान्गाधिः पृच्छन्पुनःपुनः ।
सर्वेषु तत्र प्रान्तेषु मासमेकमुवास सः ॥ ६४ ॥

evaṃ kathayato grāmyāngādhiḥ pṛcchanpunaḥpunaḥ ,
sarveṣu tatra prānteṣu māsamekamuvāsa saḥ 64

64. evam kathayataḥ grāmyān gādhiḥ pṛcchan punaḥ
punaḥ sarveṣu tatra prānteṣu māsam ekam uvāsa saḥ

64. gādhiḥ evam grāmyān punaḥ punaḥ pṛcchan kathayataḥ
tatra sarveṣu prānteṣu ekam māsam saḥ uvāsa

64. As he spoke to the villagers, repeatedly questioning them, King Gadhi stayed for one month in all those regions.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• कथयतः (kathayataḥ) - while speaking (to the villagers) (speaking, narrating)

• ग्राम्यान् (grāmyān) - villagers, rural people

• गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gadhi (a king's name)

• पृच्छन् (pṛcchan) - asking, questioning

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in every

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्रान्तेषु (prānteṣu) - in the regions, in the areas

• मासम् (māsam) - month

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• उवास (uvāsa) - dwelled, stayed, lived

• सः (saḥ) - King Gadhi (he)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

कथयतः (kathayataḥ) - while speaking (to the villagers) (speaking, narrating)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kathayat

kathayat - one who speaks, narrates

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'kath' (to tell, speak) in the causative stem, with the present active participle suffix.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Used here in a genitive absolute construction, implying 'while he was speaking'. The subject of the participle (Gadhi) is implicitly understood despite the nominative case for the main verb.

ग्राम्यान् (grāmyān) - villagers, rural people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of grāmya

grāmya - villager, rural, rustic

Derived from 'grāma' (village).

गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gadhi (a king's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gādhi

gādhi - Gadhi (name of a king, father of Viśvāmitra)

पृच्छन् (pṛcchan) - asking, questioning

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - one who asks, questions

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'prach' (to ask) with the present active participle suffix.

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'Gādhiḥ'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'repeatedly'.

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in every

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'prānteṣu'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb from the pronominal stem 'tad'.

प्रान्तेषु (prānteṣu) - in the regions, in the areas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of prānta

prānta - edge, border, extremity, region, vicinity

मासम् (māsam) - month

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration: 'for a month'.

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'māsam'.

उवास (uvāsa) - dwelled, stayed, lived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vas

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Perfect 3rd person singular, active voice of root 'vas'.

Root: vas (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - King Gadhi (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to King Gadhi.