योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-67, verse-1

दशरथ उवाच ।
मुनिनायक तं भिक्षुं गत्वा संबोधयन्त्वमी ।
नरा मत्प्रहिताः शीघ्रं चानयन्तु कुटीगतम् ॥ १ ॥

daśaratha uvāca ,
munināyaka taṃ bhikṣuṃ gatvā saṃbodhayantvamī ,
narā matprahitāḥ śīghraṃ cānayantu kuṭīgatam 1

1. daśarathaḥ uvāca muni-nāyaka tam bhikṣum gatvā saṃbodhayantu
amī narāḥ mat-prahitāḥ śīghram ca ānayantu kuṭī-gatam

1. daśarathaḥ uvāca: muni-nāyaka! amī mat-prahitāḥ narāḥ tam bhikṣum gatvā saṃbodhayantu,
ca śīghram kuṭī-gatam (tam) ānayantu.

1. Daśaratha said: 'O leader of sages (munināyaka), let these men (narāḥ) sent by me (mat-prahitāḥ) go (gatvā), enlighten that mendicant (bhikṣum), and quickly bring him (ānayantu) who is in his hermitage (kuṭī-gatam).'

Words meanings summery:

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (Daśaratha (name of a king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मुनि-नायक (muni-nāyaka) - O leader of sages (munināyaka) (O leader of sages, chief of ascetics)

• तम् (tam) - that (him, that)

• भिक्षुम् (bhikṣum) - mendicant (mendicant, beggar, monk)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - go (having gone, after going)

• संबोधयन्तु (saṁbodhayantu) - let them enlighten (let them enlighten, let them awaken, let them inform)

• अमी (amī) - these (these (masculine plural))

• नराः (narāḥ) - men (men, people)

• मत्-प्रहिताः (mat-prahitāḥ) - sent by me

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• च (ca) - and

• आनयन्तु (ānayantu) - and bring him (let them bring, let them lead to)

• कुटी-गतम् (kuṭī-gatam) - who is in his hermitage (gone to a hermitage, in a hut)

Words meanings and morphology

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (Daśaratha (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Daśaratha (father of Rāma)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मुनि-नायक (muni-nāyaka) - O leader of sages (munināyaka) (O leader of sages, chief of ascetics)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni-nāyaka

muni-nāyaka - leader of sages, chief of ascetics

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (muni+nāyaka)

• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)
• nāyaka – leader, chief, guide
  noun (masculine)
  From root nī (to lead) with ṇvul suffix
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Addressing Vasiṣṭha.

तम् (tam) - that (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of gatvā and saṃbodhayantu.

भिक्षुम् (bhikṣum) - mendicant (mendicant, beggar, monk)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhikṣu

bhikṣu - mendicant, beggar, monk

From root bhikṣ (to beg)

Root: bhikṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of gatvā and saṃbodhayantu.

गत्वा (gatvā) - go (having gone, after going)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Suffix -tvā added to root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adverbial participle.

संबोधयन्तु (saṁbodhayantu) - let them enlighten (let them enlighten, let them awaken, let them inform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of saṃbodhay

Causative verb

Root budh with causative suffix -i and prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'narāḥ'.

अमी (amī) - these (these (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adas

adas - this, that, yonder (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with narāḥ.

नराः (narāḥ) - men (men, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, male

Note: Subject of saṃbodhayantu and ānayantu.

मत्-प्रहिताः (mat-prahitāḥ) - sent by me

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mat-prahita

mat-prahita - sent by me

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (mad+prahita)

• mad – by me (ablative/instrumental form of 'I')
  pronoun (masculine)
  Ablative/Instrumental form of aham
• prahita – sent, dispatched, hurled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-dhā (to send forth) or pra-hi (to send)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hi (class 5)

Note: Agrees with narāḥ.

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आनयन्तु (ānayantu) - and bring him (let them bring, let them lead to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of ānay

From root nī (to lead) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'narāḥ'.

कुटी-गतम् (kuṭī-gatam) - who is in his hermitage (gone to a hermitage, in a hut)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuṭī-gata

kuṭī-gata - gone to a hut/hermitage, residing in a hut/hermitage

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (kuṭī+gata)

• kuṭī – hut, cottage, hermitage
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, reached, resorted to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tam bhikṣum'.

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