योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-105, verse-22

यथागतमयं देहो मत्तोऽन्योऽनुभविष्यति ।
शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
परिदेवनया कोऽर्थो देवपुत्र तथैतया ॥ २२ ॥

yathāgatamayaṃ deho matto'nyo'nubhaviṣyati ,
śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
paridevanayā ko'rtho devaputra tathaitayā 22

22. yathā-āgatam ayam dehaḥ mattaḥ anyaḥ anubhavaiṣyati | śikhidhvajaḥ
uvāca | paridevanayā kaḥ arthaḥ devaputra tathā etayā

22. ayam dehaḥ yathā-āgatam (astīti),
mattaḥ anyaḥ anubhavaiṣyati śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca devaputra,
etayā tathā paridevanayā kaḥ arthaḥ ?

22. This body, having come into being, another [being] will experience it, distinct from me. Shikhidhvaja said: "O son of a deity, what purpose is served by such lamentation?"

Words meanings summery:

• यथा-आगतम् (yathā-āgatam) - having come into being (in its destined way) (as it came, as it happened, in the manner it arrived)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - distinct from me (from me, than me)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another [being] (another, different)

• अनुभवैष्यति (anubhavaiṣyati) - will experience, will perceive

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Shikhidhvaja (proper name, literally 'peacock-bannered')

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• परिदेवनया (paridevanayā) - by lamentation, by bewailing

• कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose (purpose, meaning, object, wealth)

• देवपुत्र (devaputra) - O son of a deity, O divine son

• तथा (tathā) - such (thus, so, in that way)

• एतया (etayā) - by this (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा-आगतम् (yathā-āgatam) - having come into being (in its destined way) (as it came, as it happened, in the manner it arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathā-āgata

yathā-āgata - as it has come, as it happened

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgata)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gam (to go) with upasarga ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `dehaḥ` in meaning, but its form is neuter singular, implying a general statement about its nature, or it could be seen as an adverbial phrase 'as it came'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - distinct from me (from me, than me)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of aham

aham - I

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another [being] (another, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - another, other, different

अनुभवैष्यति (anubhavaiṣyati) - will experience, will perceive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of anubhav

Future (Lṛṭ)

3rd person singular future active of root √bhū (to be) with upasarga anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Shikhidhvaja (proper name, literally 'peacock-bannered')

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - peacock-bannered; name of a king/sage

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – crested, peaked; peacock
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, ensign
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular perfect active of root √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

परिदेवनया (paridevanayā) - by lamentation, by bewailing

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of paridevanā

paridevanā - lamentation, wailing, grieving

Root: div (class 4)

कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose (purpose, meaning, object, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, object

देवपुत्र (devaputra) - O son of a deity, O divine son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devaputra

devaputra - son of a god, divine son

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deva+putra)

• deva – deity, god
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - such (thus, so, in that way)

(indeclinable)

एतया (etayā) - by this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Agrees with 'paridevanayā'.

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