योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-19, verse-11

अन्तर्वत्न्यो बभूवुस्ता ब्राह्म्यो हंस्यो मुनीश्वर ।
वृत्तान्तं कथयामासुर्ब्राह्म्या देव्या यथास्थितम् ॥ ११ ॥

antarvatnyo babhūvustā brāhmyo haṃsyo munīśvara ,
vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsurbrāhmyā devyā yathāsthitam 11

11. antavartnyaḥ babhūvuḥ tāḥ brāhmyaḥ haṃsyaḥ munīśvara
vṛttāntam kathayām āsuḥ brāhmyā devyā yathā-sthitam

11. munīśvara tāḥ brāhmyaḥ haṃsyaḥ antavartnyaḥ babhūvuḥ
(tāḥ) brāhmyā devyā yathā-sthitam vṛttāntam kathayām āsuḥ

11. O chief of sages, those Brahmin women and female swans became pregnant. They then narrated the entire incident as it occurred to the goddess Brāhmī.

11. האווזות של בְּרָאהְמִי נכנסו להריון, הוי אדון הפרושים, וסיפרו לאלה בְּרָאהְמִי את המאורע כפי שהתרחש.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तवर्त्न्यः (antavartnyaḥ) - pregnant (pregnant (women/females))

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became (they became; they were)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (those (feminine))

• ब्राह्म्यः (brāhmyaḥ) - Brahmin women (Brahmin women; related to Brahmā)

• हंस्यः (haṁsyaḥ) - female swans (female swans; female geese)

• मुनीश्वर (munīśvara) - O chief of sages (O chief of sages; O lord of ascetics)

• वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - the incident (incident; event; narrative)

• कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrated (as part of periphrastic perfect) (having told; having narrated)

• आसुः (āsuḥ) - they did (auxiliary verb, forming periphrastic perfect) (they were (auxiliary verb))

• ब्राह्म्या (brāhmyā) - to the goddess Brāhmī (to the goddess Brāhmī; by the goddess Brāhmī)

• देव्या (devyā) - to the goddess (to the goddess; by the goddess)

• यथा-स्थितम् (yathā-sthitam) - as it occurred (as it happened; as it stood; in the proper state)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तवर्त्न्यः (antavartnyaḥ) - pregnant (pregnant (women/females))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of antavartnī

antavartnī - pregnant; being in an inner condition

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became (they became; they were)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (those (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that; those

ब्राह्म्यः (brāhmyaḥ) - Brahmin women (Brahmin women; related to Brahmā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of brāhmī

brāhmī - Brahmin woman; wife of Brahmā; relating to Brahmā

Feminine derivative of brāhmaṇa or brahman

हंस्यः (haṁsyaḥ) - female swans (female swans; female geese)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of haṃsī

haṁsī - female swan; female goose

Feminine form of haṃsa (swan/goose)

मुनीश्वर (munīśvara) - O chief of sages (O chief of sages; O lord of ascetics)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of munīśvara

munīśvara - chief of sages; lord of ascetics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+īśvara)

• muni – sage; ascetic; silent one
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord; master; ruler; supreme being
  noun (masculine)

वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - the incident (incident; event; narrative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - incident; event; narrative; news

कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrated (as part of periphrastic perfect) (having told; having narrated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Am-stem)

Used with auxiliary 'as' to form a periphrastic perfect tense. From the causative stem of kath.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Part of a periphrastic perfect: 'kathayām āsuḥ'.

आसुः (āsuḥ) - they did (auxiliary verb, forming periphrastic perfect) (they were (auxiliary verb))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of as

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a periphrastic perfect: 'kathayām āsuḥ'.

ब्राह्म्या (brāhmyā) - to the goddess Brāhmī (to the goddess Brāhmī; by the goddess Brāhmī)

(proper noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of brāhmī

brāhmī - goddess Brāhmī; wife of Brahmā; Brahmin woman

Feminine derivative of brahman/Brahmā

Note: Though formally instrumental/ablative, often used poetically in dative sense in epic Sanskrit.

देव्या (devyā) - to the goddess (to the goddess; by the goddess)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess; female deity; queen

Note: Though formally instrumental/ablative, often used poetically in dative sense in epic Sanskrit.

यथा-स्थितम् (yathā-sthitam) - as it occurred (as it happened; as it stood; in the proper state)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sthitam)

• yathā – as; according to; in which manner
  indeclinable
• sthitam – stood; situated; existing; occurred
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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