योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-49, verse-5

गाधिरुवाच ।
भ्रान्तोऽस्मि देव षण्मासान्भूतकीरजनास्पदम् ।
तत्र व्यभिचरत्यस्मद्वृत्तान्तो न कथास्वपि ॥ ५ ॥

gādhiruvāca ,
bhrānto'smi deva ṣaṇmāsānbhūtakīrajanāspadam ,
tatra vyabhicaratyasmadvṛttānto na kathāsvapi 5

5. gādhiḥ uvāca bhrāntaḥ asmi deva ṣaṭmāsān bhūtakīrajanāspadam
tatra vyabhicarati asmat-vṛttāntaḥ na kathāsu api

5. gādhiḥ uvāca,
"deva,
asmi bhrāntaḥ ṣaṭmāsān bhūtakīrajanāspadam.
tatra asmat-vṛttāntaḥ kathāsu api na vyabhicarati.
"

5. Gādhi replied: "O Lord, for six months I have been bewildered in that place of parrot-like beings. There, my experience (or account) does not falter, not even in stories."

Words meanings summery:

• गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gādhi (name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भ्रान्तः (bhrāntaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, having wandered

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• देव (deva) - O Lord, O divine one

• षट्मासान् (ṣaṭmāsān) - for six months

• भूतकीरजनास्पदम् (bhūtakīrajanāspadam) - a place where parrot-like beings reside; a place for ghost-parrots-people

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• व्यभिचरति (vyabhicarati) - deviates, goes astray, is inconsistent, fails

• अस्मत्-वृत्तान्तः (asmat-vṛttāntaḥ) - my account, my story, my situation

• न (na) - not, no

• कथासु (kathāsu) - in stories, in tales

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gādhi (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gādhi

gādhi - Gādhi (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

भ्रान्तः (bhrāntaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, having wandered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - wandered, deluded, confused

Past Passive Participle

from root 'bhram'

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

1st person singular

Root: as (class 2)

देव (deva) - O Lord, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being, lord

Root: div (class 4)

षट्मासान् (ṣaṭmāsān) - for six months

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṣaṭmāsa

ṣaṭmāsa - six months

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṭ+māsa)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• māsa – month
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative used to indicate duration of time.

भूतकीरजनास्पदम् (bhūtakīrajanāspadam) - a place where parrot-like beings reside; a place for ghost-parrots-people

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūtakīrajanāspada

bhūtakīrajanāspada - abode of parrot-like beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+kīra+jana+āspada)

• bhūta – being, creature, ghost, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from 'bhū' to be
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• kīra – parrot
  noun (masculine)
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• āspada – seat, place, abode
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Accusative of place or object of wandering.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

from 'tad' with suffix 'tra'

व्यभिचरति (vyabhicarati) - deviates, goes astray, is inconsistent, fails

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vyabhicar

Present Active

3rd person singular

Prefixes: vi+abhi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: From root 'car' with prefixes 'vi' and 'abhi'.

अस्मत्-वृत्तान्तः (asmat-vṛttāntaḥ) - my account, my story, my situation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmad-vṛttānta

asmad-vṛttānta - my narrative, our story

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asmad+vṛttānta)

• asmad – our, my, us
  pronoun
  from 'aham' in genitive
• vṛttānta – event, occurrence, narrative, account, story
  noun (masculine)
  from 'vṛt' + 'anta'
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: 'asmat' here indicates 'my'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

कथासु (kathāsu) - in stories, in tales

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narration

Root: kath (class 10)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.