योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-9

अहो मुनीश्वरगुरो कथं विश्राम्यते मया ।
दुष्पारस्य भवाम्भोधेस्तीर्यते तद्वदाशु मे ॥ ९ ॥

aho munīśvaraguro kathaṃ viśrāmyate mayā ,
duṣpārasya bhavāmbhodhestīryate tadvadāśu me 9

9. aho munīśvara-guro katham viśrāmyate mayā
duṣpārasya bhavāmbhodheḥ tīryate tat vada āśu me

9. aho munīśvara-guro mayā katham viśrāmyate duṣpārasya
bhavāmbhodheḥ katham tīryate tat me āśu vada

9. Oh, Guru of the lords of sages, how can I find rest? And how can this ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra), which is so difficult to cross, be crossed by me? Please tell me that quickly.

9. הוי מורה וקדוש דגול, כיצד אוכל למצוא מנוחה? כיצד חוצים את ים הקיום התופעתי הקשה למעבר? אמור לי במהרה!

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!, Ah!

• मुनीश्वर-गुरो (munīśvara-guro) - O Guru of the lords of sages

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

• विश्राम्यते (viśrāmyate) - is rested, can one rest

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दुष्पारस्य (duṣpārasya) - of the difficult-to-cross, of the impassable

• भवाम्भोधेः (bhavāmbhodheḥ) - of the ocean of existence (saṃsāra)

• तीर्यते (tīryate) - is crossed, can be crossed

• तत् (tat) - that

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!, Ah!

(indeclinable)

मुनीश्वर-गुरो (munīśvara-guro) - O Guru of the lords of sages

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of munīśvara-guru

munīśvara-guru - Guru of the lords of sages

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni-īśvara+guru)

• muni-īśvara – lord of sages
  noun (masculine)
• guru – teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

(indeclinable)

विश्राम्यते (viśrāmyate) - is rested, can one rest

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of viśram

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Used impersonally in passive voice.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

दुष्पारस्य (duṣpārasya) - of the difficult-to-cross, of the impassable

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of duṣpāra

duṣpāra - difficult to cross, impassable

Compound type : prādi-tatpurusha (dus+pāra)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• pāra – further shore, end, crossing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'bhavāmbhodheḥ'.

भवाम्भोधेः (bhavāmbhodheḥ) - of the ocean of existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavāmbhodhi

bhavāmbhodhi - ocean of existence, ocean of birth and rebirth

Compound type : śaṣṭhī-tatpurusha (bhava+ambhodhi)

• bhava – existence, birth, becoming, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ambhodhi – ocean (holder of water)
  noun (masculine)

तीर्यते (tīryate) - is crossed, can be crossed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of tṛ

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally in passive voice.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

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