योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-38, verse-35

घटिकां पूजयेद्यस्तु राजसूयं लभेत सः ।
मध्याह्नपूजनादित्थं राजसूयैकलक्षभाक् ॥ ३५ ॥

ghaṭikāṃ pūjayedyastu rājasūyaṃ labheta saḥ ,
madhyāhnapūjanāditthaṃ rājasūyaikalakṣabhāk 35

35. ghaṭikām pūjayet yaḥ tu rājasūyam labheta saḥ
madhyāhna-pūjanāt ittham rājasūya-eka-lakṣa-bhāk

35. yaḥ tu ghaṭikām pūjayet,
saḥ rājasūyam labheta.
ittham madhyāhna-pūjanāt rājasūya-eka-lakṣa-bhāk (bhavati)

35. Indeed, whoever worships for one ghaṭikā, that person would obtain the royal consecration (rājasūya) sacrifice. In this way, through midday worship, one becomes a recipient of a hundred thousand (rājasūya) sacrifices.

35. מי שעובד אותו במשך גַהטִיקַה שלמה זוכה בפרי של טקס רָאגַ'סוּיַה (יַגְיַה). פולחן בצהרי היום בצורה זו מעניק פרי השקול למאה אלף טקסי רָאגַ'סוּיַה.

Words meanings summery:

• घटिकाम् (ghaṭikām) - a duration of one ghaṭikā (approx. 24 minutes) (a ghaṭikā (unit of time))

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, may worship

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, on the other hand

• राजसूयम् (rājasūyam) - the Rājasūya (a significant Vedic royal consecration sacrifice) (the royal consecration sacrifice)

• लभेत (labheta) - would obtain, might obtain, should obtain

• सः (saḥ) - that one, he

• मध्याह्न-पूजनात् (madhyāhna-pūjanāt) - from midday worship

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner, in this way

• राजसूय-एक-लक्ष-भाक् (rājasūya-eka-lakṣa-bhāk) - recipient of a hundred thousand rājasūyas

Words meanings and morphology

घटिकाम् (ghaṭikām) - a duration of one ghaṭikā (approx. 24 minutes) (a ghaṭikā (unit of time))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghaṭikā

ghaṭikā - ghaṭikā (a unit of time, 24 minutes); a small pot

Note: Used here adverbially to indicate duration.

पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, may worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pūj

Causative stem

From root 'pūj' with causative suffix 'aya'

Root: pūj (class 10)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what; whoever, whatever

तु (tu) - indeed, but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

राजसूयम् (rājasūyam) - the Rājasūya (a significant Vedic royal consecration sacrifice) (the royal consecration sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājasūya

rājasūya - the royal consecration sacrifice (rājasūya), performed by a universal monarch

लभेत (labheta) - would obtain, might obtain, should obtain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मध्याह्न-पूजनात् (madhyāhna-pūjanāt) - from midday worship

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of madhyāhna-pūjana

madhyāhna-pūjana - midday worship or adoration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhyāhna+pūjana)

• madhyāhna – midday, noon
  noun (masculine)
• pūjana – worship, adoration, honoring
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  Derived from root 'pūj'
  Root: pūj (class 10)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner, in this way

(indeclinable)

राजसूय-एक-लक्ष-भाक् (rājasūya-eka-lakṣa-bhāk) - recipient of a hundred thousand rājasūyas

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājasūya-eka-lakṣa-bhāj

rājasūya-eka-lakṣa-bhāj - one who obtains or partakes in a hundred thousand rājasūyas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājasūya+eka+lakṣa+bhāj)

• rājasūya – the royal consecration sacrifice (rājasūya)
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, a single
  numeral adjective (neuter)
• lakṣa – a hundred thousand, a lakh
  noun (neuter)
• bhāj – sharing, partaking of, possessing, having
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhaj' (to divide, partake)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Used here as a substantive: 'one who is a recipient'.

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