योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-66, verse-6

एतावत्यो दिनावल्लयो मद्वियोगवता त्वया ।
वद क्व क्षपिताः साधो कच्चित्ते सफलं तपः ॥ ६ ॥

etāvatyo dināvallayo madviyogavatā tvayā ,
vada kva kṣapitāḥ sādho kaccitte saphalaṃ tapaḥ 6

6. etāvatyaḥ dināvallayaḥ mat viyogavatā tvayā vada
kva kṣapitāḥ sādho kaccit te saphalam tapas

6. sādho mat viyogavatā tvayā etāvatyaḥ dināvallayaḥ
kva kṣapitāḥ vada kaccit te tapas saphalam

6. O good one, tell me, where did you spend so many days separated from me? And surely your spiritual austerity (tapas) was fruitful, wasn't it?

Words meanings summery:

• एतावत्यः (etāvatyaḥ) - so many, so much

• दिनावल्लयः (dināvallayaḥ) - rows of days, many days

• मत् (mat) - from me

• वियोगवता (viyogavatā) - by one who is separated (from me)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• वद (vada) - speak, tell

• क्व (kva) - where?

• क्षपिताः (kṣapitāḥ) - were spent, wasted

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, O virtuous one

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it not (interrogative particle implying affirmative answer)

• ते (te) - your

• सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful, successful

• तपस् (tapas) - spiritual austerity (spiritual austerity (tapas), penance)

Words meanings and morphology

एतावत्यः (etāvatyaḥ) - so many, so much

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etāvat

etāvat - so much, so many, so great

from idam (this) + -āvat (suffix indicating quantity)

Note: Modifies 'dināvallayaḥ'.

दिनावल्लयः (dināvallayaḥ) - rows of days, many days

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dināvalli

dināvalli - string/row of days, many days

dina (day) + āvalli (row, series)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dina+āvalli)

• dina – day
  noun (neuter)
• āvalli – row, series, string
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'kṣapitāḥ'.

मत् (mat) - from me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of aham

aham - I

1st person pronoun, ablative singular.

वियोगवता (viyogavatā) - by one who is separated (from me)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viyogavat

viyogavat - endowed with separation, separated

viyoga (separation) + -vat (possessive suffix)

Note: Adjective to 'tvayā'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

2nd person pronoun, instrumental singular.

Note: Agent of 'kṣapitāḥ'.

वद (vada) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative active

2nd person singular imperative of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Directed to Bhāsa.

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

Note: Interrogative adverb modifying 'kṣapitāḥ'.

क्षपिताः (kṣapitāḥ) - were spent, wasted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣapita

kṣapita - spent, wasted, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṣi (to destroy, waste) in causative form kṣapaya (to spend, waste)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Agreement with 'dināvallayaḥ'.

साधो (sādho) - O good one, O virtuous one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous; a sage, holy man

Note: Addressing Bhāsa.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it not (interrogative particle implying affirmative answer)

(indeclinable)

interrogative particle

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

2nd person pronoun, dative/genitive singular.

Note: Possessive pronoun for 'tapas'.

सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful, successful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saphala

saphala - fruitful, successful, effective

sa (with) + phala (fruit)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+phala)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tapas'.

तपस् (tapas) - spiritual austerity (spiritual austerity (tapas), penance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, spiritual austerity, penance, devotion

from root tap (to heat, to perform austerity)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.