योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-9

चिन्तयामास च तटे क्व सा माता क्व सा प्रिया ।
यदाहं मृतिमायातो मध्ये मातृमहेलयोः ॥ ९ ॥

cintayāmāsa ca taṭe kva sā mātā kva sā priyā ,
yadāhaṃ mṛtimāyāto madhye mātṛmahelayoḥ 9

9. cintayāmāsa ca taṭe kva sā mātā kva sā priyā
yadā aham mṛtim āyātaḥ madhye mātṛmahilayoḥ

9. ca taṭe aham cintayāmāsa sā mātā kva sā priyā
kva yadā mātṛmahilayoḥ madhye mṛtim āyātaḥ

9. And on the bank, I pondered, 'Where is that mother, and where is that beloved wife? For I had reached death while in the midst of my mother and my beloved (wife).'

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - thought, considered, pondered

• च (ca) - and, also

• तटे (taṭe) - on the bank, on the shore

• क्व (kva) - where?, in what place?

• सा (sā) - that, she

• माता (mātā) - mother

• क्व (kva) - where?, in what place?

• सा (sā) - that, she

• प्रिया (priyā) - beloved, dear, wife

• यदा (yadā) - for, as (explaining the reason) (when, at what time)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मृतिम् (mṛtim) - death, dying

• आयातः (āyātaḥ) - having reached (death) (arrived, reached, obtained)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, between

• मातृमहिलयोः (mātṛmahilayoḥ) - of my mother and my beloved wife (of mother and woman/wife)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - thought, considered, pondered

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Third person singular Perfect Atmanepada of the causative stem cintay- from root cint (to think).

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Subject 'aham' is implied from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तटे (taṭe) - on the bank, on the shore

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taṭa

taṭa - bank, shore, slope

क्व (kva) - where?, in what place?

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

क्व (kva) - where?, in what place?

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

प्रिया (priyā) - beloved, dear, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved, dear, pleasing (feminine noun/adjective), wife

यदा (yadā) - for, as (explaining the reason) (when, at what time)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मृतिम् (mṛtim) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying, decease

Derived from root mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

आयातः (āyātaḥ) - having reached (death) (arrived, reached, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āyāta

āyāta - come, arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yā (to go) with upasarga ā- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'aham'.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle of, between

(indeclinable)

Locative singular of madhya used as an indeclinable.

Note: Governs the genitive case.

मातृमहिलयोः (mātṛmahilayoḥ) - of my mother and my beloved wife (of mother and woman/wife)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of mātṛmahilā

mātṛmahilā - mother and woman/wife

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+mahilā)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• mahilā – woman, wife, female
  noun (feminine)

Note: Genitive dual, expressing 'between' when used with 'madhye'.

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