योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-51, verse-6

श्रीराम उवाच ।
केन क्रमेण भगवन्मुनिनोद्दालकेन तत् ।
भूतपञ्चकमालूनं कृत्वान्तः प्रविचारितम् ॥ ६ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kena krameṇa bhagavanmuninoddālakena tat ,
bhūtapañcakamālūnaṃ kṛtvāntaḥ pravicāritam 6

6. śrī-rāma uvāca kena krameṇa bhagavan muninā uddālakena
tat bhūta-pañcakam ālūnam kṛtvā antaḥ pravicāritam

6. śrī-rāma uvāca bhagavan kena krameṇa muninā uddālakena
tat bhūta-pañcakam ālūnam kṛtvā antaḥ pravicāritam

6. Śrī Rāma said: "O revered one (Bhagavan), by what process (krama) did the sage (muni) Uddālaka, after dissecting and making that group of five elements (bhūta) into parts, inwardly contemplate them?"

6. רָאמָה המבורך אמר: באיזה אופן, אדוני, ניתח ופירק הקדוש אֻדָאלָקָה את חמשת האלמנטים וחקר אותם בתוכו?

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by method, by process, by sequence, by order

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - addressed to sage Vasiṣṭha (O revered one, O divine one, O blessed one)

• मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage, by the ascetic

• उद्दालकेन (uddālakena) - by Uddālaka

• तत् (tat) - refers to the 'bhūta-pañcakam' (that, that one)

• भूत-पञ्चकम् (bhūta-pañcakam) - the five constituent elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) (the group of five elements)

• आलूनम् (ālūnam) - cut off, dissected, severed, completely cut

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having created

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inwardly, inside

• प्रविचारितम् (pravicāritam) - reflected upon, contemplated, thoroughly investigated

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-rāma

śrī-rāma - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – radiance, glory, prosperity, sacred prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the prince of Ayodhya), pleasing, dark
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (liṭ)

root vac, 2nd class, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Agrees with 'krameṇa'

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by method, by process, by sequence, by order

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - method, process, sequence, order, step

Root: kram (class 1)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - addressed to sage Vasiṣṭha (O revered one, O divine one, O blessed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - revered, divine, blessed, glorious, adorable

possessive suffix -vat

Root: bhaj (class 1)

मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage, by the ascetic

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

उद्दालकेन (uddālakena) - by Uddālaka

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of uddālaka

uddālaka - name of a sage (Uddālaka Āruṇi)

तत् (tat) - refers to the 'bhūta-pañcakam' (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

भूत-पञ्चकम् (bhūta-pañcakam) - the five constituent elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) (the group of five elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūta-pañcaka

bhūta-pañcaka - group of five elements

Compound type : dvigu (bhūta+pañcaka)

• bhūta – element, being, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (of bhū)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• pañcaka – a group of five, a collection of five
  noun (neuter)

आलूनम् (ālūnam) - cut off, dissected, severed, completely cut

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ālūna

ālūna - cut off, dissected, severed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root lū (to cut) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lū (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūta-pañcakam'

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having created

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inwardly, inside

(indeclinable)

प्रविचारितम् (pravicāritam) - reflected upon, contemplated, thoroughly investigated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravicārita

pravicārita - reflected upon, contemplated

Past Passive Participle

derived from root car (to move, go) with prefixes pra and vi, in causative form

Prefixes: pra+vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate for 'tat bhūta-pañcakam'

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