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?

6. אמור לי, רעי הטוב, היכן בילית את כל הימים הללו בנפרד ממני? האם סיגופיך הניבו פרי?

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'.

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