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6,105

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-105, verse-16

एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं संपन्नोऽस्मि निशाङ्गना ।
अतिवाह्यं दिनान्तेषु स्त्रीत्वमेतन्मया कथम् ॥ १६ ॥
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ saṃpanno'smi niśāṅganā ,
ativāhyaṃ dinānteṣu strītvametanmayā katham 16
16. etat te kathitam sarvam sampannaḥ asmi niśāṅganā
ativāhyam dinānteṣu strītvam etat mayā katham
16. niśāṅganā,
te etat sarvam kathitam.
aham sampannaḥ asmi.
mayā etat strītvam dinānteṣu katham ativāhyam?
16. O lady of the night, all this has been recounted to you. I have become a woman. How am I to endure this state of womanhood (strītvam) at the close of days?

Words meanings summery:

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  • एतत् (etat) - this
  • ते (te) - to you, your
  • कथितम् (kathitam) - recounted (told, narrated, spoken)
  • सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, entire)
  • सम्पन्नः (sampannaḥ) - become (a woman) (accomplished, complete, endowed with, become)
  • अस्मि (asmi) - I am
  • निशाङ्गना (niśāṅganā) - O lady of the night (lady of the night, beautiful woman of the night)
  • अतिवाह्यम् (ativāhyam) - to be endured (to be passed, to be endured, to be spent)
  • दिनान्तेषु (dinānteṣu) - at the close of days (at the end of days, in the evenings)
  • स्त्रीत्वम् (strītvam) - this state of womanhood (strītvam) (womanhood, female state, femininity)
  • एतत् (etat) - this
  • मया (mayā) - by me
  • कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, that
ते (te) - to you, your
(pronoun)
Dative, singular of tvad
tvad - you
Note: Also genitive singular, but dative fits better with 'told to you'.
कथितम् (kathitam) - recounted (told, narrated, spoken)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita
kathita - told, spoken, narrated
Past Passive Participle
from root kath (to tell, speak)
Root: kath (class 10)
Note: Modifies 'etat sarvam'.
सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, entire)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Adverbially used as 'everything' or agrees with 'etat'.
सम्पन्नः (sampannaḥ) - become (a woman) (accomplished, complete, endowed with, become)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sampanna
sampanna - accomplished, complete, endowed with, become, attained
Past Passive Participle
from root pad with prefix sam
Prefix: sam
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Refers to the speaker who is now a woman (grammatically masculine here, possibly reflecting the speaker's original gender identity or default usage).
अस्मि (asmi) - I am
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
root verb 'to be'
Root: as (class 2)
निशाङ्गना (niśāṅganā) - O lady of the night (lady of the night, beautiful woman of the night)
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of niśāṅganā
niśāṅganā - lady of the night, beautiful woman of the night
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+aṅganā)
  • niśā – night
    noun (feminine)
  • aṅganā – woman, beautiful woman
    noun (feminine)
Note: Compound of niśā (night) and aṅganā (woman).
अतिवाह्यम् (ativāhyam) - to be endured (to be passed, to be endured, to be spent)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ativāhya
ativāhya - to be passed, to be endured, to be spent
Gerundive
from root vah with prefix ati
Prefix: ati
Root: vah (class 1)
Note: Gerundive, indicating obligation or fitness to be done.
दिनान्तेषु (dinānteṣu) - at the close of days (at the end of days, in the evenings)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of dinānta
dinānta - end of the day, evening
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dina+anta)
  • dina – day
    noun (neuter)
  • anta – end, boundary
    noun (masculine)
Note: Compound of 'dina' (day) and 'anta' (end).
स्त्रीत्वम् (strītvam) - this state of womanhood (strītvam) (womanhood, female state, femininity)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of strītva
strītva - womanhood, female state, femininity
from strī (woman) with suffix -tva
Note: Abstract noun derived from 'strī'.
एतत् (etat) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, that
Note: Adjective modifying 'strītvam'.
मया (mayā) - by me
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of mad
mad - I, me
Note: Agent in passive construction ('ativāhyam').
कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)
(indeclinable)
Note: Interrogative adverb.