योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-105, verse-17

योषित्स्तनवती रात्रौ वक्तव्यं किं मया पितुः ।
संसृतौ भवितव्यानामहो नु विषमा गतिः ॥ १७ ॥

yoṣitstanavatī rātrau vaktavyaṃ kiṃ mayā pituḥ ,
saṃsṛtau bhavitavyānāmaho nu viṣamā gatiḥ 17

17. yoṣit stanavatī rātrau vaktavyam kim mayā pituḥ
saṃsṛtau bhavitavyānām aho nu viṣamā gatiḥ

17. mayā yoṣit stanavatī rātrau pituḥ kim vaktavyam?
aho nu saṃsṛtau bhavitavyānām gatiḥ viṣamā!

17. What can I, a woman now endowed with breasts, say to my father at night? Alas, how difficult (viṣamā) is the course (gatiḥ) of those destined to undergo experiences within this cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra)!

Words meanings summery:

• योषित् (yoṣit) - (I, a) woman (woman, female)

• स्तनवती (stanavatī) - endowed with breasts (having breasts, endowed with breasts)

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night (at night, in the night)

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - what should be said (to be spoken, to be said, what should be said)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, who, which)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पितुः (pituḥ) - to my father (of the father, to the father)

• संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - within this cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in worldly existence, in metempsychosis)

• भवितव्यानाम् (bhavitavyānām) - of those destined to undergo experiences (of those who are destined to be, of things that must happen)

• अहो (aho) - Alas (Oh, alas, an exclamation of surprise or sorrow)

• नु (nu) - indeed (emphasizing the exclamation) (indeed, now, then (particle indicating interrogation, assertion, or emphasis))

• विषमा (viṣamā) - difficult (uneven, difficult, adverse, perverse)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - course (of destiny) (movement, course, path, state, destiny)

Words meanings and morphology

योषित् (yoṣit) - (I, a) woman (woman, female)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

Note: Refers to the speaker's new state.

स्तनवती (stanavatī) - endowed with breasts (having breasts, endowed with breasts)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of stanavatī

stanavatī - having breasts, endowed with breasts

feminine form of stanavat (possessive suffix -vat)

Note: Modifies 'yoṣit'.

रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night (at night, in the night)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - what should be said (to be spoken, to be said, what should be said)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, to be said, fit to be said

Gerundive

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Gerundive, implies obligation.

किम् (kim) - what (what, who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Agent in passive construction ('vaktavyam').

पितुः (pituḥ) - to my father (of the father, to the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Genitive indicating possession or dative sense 'to the father'.

संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - within this cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in worldly existence, in metempsychosis)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - cycle of transmigration, worldly existence, metempsychosis

from root sṛ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: This term is included in the special translation instruction.

भवितव्यानाम् (bhavitavyānām) - of those destined to undergo experiences (of those who are destined to be, of things that must happen)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhavitavya

bhavitavya - that which is to be, destined, future, necessary

Gerundive

from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Gerundive, used as a substantive in genitive plural.

अहो (aho) - Alas (Oh, alas, an exclamation of surprise or sorrow)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interjection.

नु (nu) - indeed (emphasizing the exclamation) (indeed, now, then (particle indicating interrogation, assertion, or emphasis))

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

विषमा (viṣamā) - difficult (uneven, difficult, adverse, perverse)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, difficult, adverse, perverse

Note: Modifies 'gatiḥ'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - course (of destiny) (movement, course, path, state, destiny)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, course, path, state, destiny

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)