योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-93

खड्गच्छेद्यान्धकारेषु कुञ्जेषु गहनेषु च ।
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र यामार्धे प्रथमे गते ॥ ९३ ॥

khaḍgacchedyāndhakāreṣu kuñjeṣu gahaneṣu ca ,
etasminnantare tatra yāmārdhe prathame gate 93

93. khaḍgacchedya-andhakāreṣu kuñjeṣu gahaneṣu ca
etasmin antare tatra yāmārdhe prathame gate

93. gahaneṣu ca kuñjeṣu khaḍgacchedya-andhakāreṣu,
prathame yāmārdhe gate,
tatra etasmin antare

93. In the deep, dense groves, where the darkness was so profound it could be cut by a sword, at that very moment, after the first half-watch of the night had passed...

Words meanings summery:

• खड्गच्छेद्य-अन्धकारेषु (khaḍgacchedya-andhakāreṣu) - in the darkness cuttable by a sword

• कुञ्जेषु (kuñjeṣu) - in the groves, in the thickets

• गहनेषु (gahaneṣu) - in the deep, in the dense, in the impenetrable

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• अन्तरे (antare) - in the interval, in the meantime, at that point

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place or time

• यामार्धे (yāmārdhe) - in half a watch (of the night)

• प्रथमे (prathame) - first

• गते (gate) - having gone, having passed

Words meanings and morphology

खड्गच्छेद्य-अन्धकारेषु (khaḍgacchedya-andhakāreṣu) - in the darkness cuttable by a sword

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of khaḍgacchedya-andhakāra

khaḍgacchedya-andhakāra - darkness that can be cut by a sword

Compound type : karmadhāraya-tatpuruṣa (khaḍga+cchedya+andhakāra)

• khaḍga – sword
  noun (masculine)
• cchedya – to be cut, cuttable, divisible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root chid with suffix -ya
  Root: chid (class 7)
• andhakāra – darkness, gloom
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'kuñjeṣu' and 'gahaneṣu'.

कुञ्जेषु (kuñjeṣu) - in the groves, in the thickets

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kuñja

kuñja - grove, arbour, thicket

गहनेषु (gahaneṣu) - in the deep, in the dense, in the impenetrable

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of gahana

gahana - deep, dense, impenetrable, thick

Root: gah

Note: Qualifies 'kuñjeṣu'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'antare'.

अन्तरे (antare) - in the interval, in the meantime, at that point

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, space, time, inside, in the middle of

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place or time

(indeclinable)

यामार्धे (yāmārdhe) - in half a watch (of the night)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yāmārdha

yāmārdha - half a watch (of the night), a period of 1.5 hours

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yāma+ardha)

• yāma – watch (of the night), period of three hours
  noun (masculine)
• ardha – half, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'prathame gate'.

प्रथमे (prathame) - first

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, principal

Note: Agrees with 'yāmārdhe'.

गते (gate) - having gone, having passed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'yāmārdhe prathame'.

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