योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-75, verse-4

दिवसत्रयमात्रेण सर्वमेव परित्यजन् ।
असुमात्रावशेषोऽसावासीद्राजा भगीरथः ॥ ४ ॥

divasatrayamātreṇa sarvameva parityajan ,
asumātrāvaśeṣo'sāvāsīdrājā bhagīrathaḥ 4

4. divasatrajamātreṇa sarvam eva parityajan
asu-mātrāvaśeṣaḥ asau āsīt rājā bhagīrathaḥ

4. asau rājā bhagīrathaḥ divasatrajamātreṇa
sarvam eva parityajan asu-mātrāvaśeṣaḥ āsīt

4. Abandoning everything in just three days, that King Bhagīratha was left with nothing but his life breath.

4. בתוך שלושה ימים בלבד ויתר המלך בְּהַגִירַתְהַ על כל מה שהיה לו, עד שלא נותר ברשותו דבר מלבד רוח החיים.

Words meanings summery:

• दिवसत्रजमात्रेण (divasatrajamātreṇa) - in just three days, by the measure of three days

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• परित्यजन् (parityajan) - abandoning, renouncing

• असु-मात्रावशेषः (asu-mātrāvaśeṣaḥ) - having only his life-breath remaining

• असौ (asau) - that (one), he

• आसीत् (āsīt) - he was, existed

• राजा (rājā) - king

• भगीरथः (bhagīrathaḥ) - King Bhagīratha (Bhagīratha)

Words meanings and morphology

दिवसत्रजमात्रेण (divasatrajamātreṇa) - in just three days, by the measure of three days

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of divasatrajamātra

divasatrajamātra - the measure of three days, only three days

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divasa+traya+mātra)

• divasa – day
  noun (masculine)
• traya – three (as a collective noun or adjective)
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – measure, extent, only, mere
  noun (neuter)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire, every

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

परित्यजन् (parityajan) - abandoning, renouncing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parityajat

parityajat - abandoning, giving up, relinquishing

Present Active Participle

From root √tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari-, forming a present active participle.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject (King Bhagīratha).

असु-मात्रावशेषः (asu-mātrāvaśeṣaḥ) - having only his life-breath remaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asumātrāvaśeṣa

asumātrāvaśeṣa - one for whom only life-breath/vital air remains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asu+mātra+avaśeṣa)

• asu – breath, life, vital air
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – measure, only, just, mere
  noun (neuter)
• avaśeṣa – remainder, residue, what is left
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with King Bhagīratha.

असौ (asau) - that (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (yonder), this, he, she, it

आसीत् (āsīt) - he was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, monarch

भगीरथः (bhagīrathaḥ) - King Bhagīratha (Bhagīratha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagīratha

bhagīratha - Bhagīratha (a legendary king, known for bringing the Ganges to earth)

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