योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-76, verse-11

पातालतलनष्टानां सागराकारकारिणाम् ।
पितामहानां गङ्गाम्बु शुश्रुवे तारणक्षमम् ॥ ११ ॥

pātālatalanaṣṭānāṃ sāgarākārakāriṇām ,
pitāmahānāṃ gaṅgāmbu śuśruve tāraṇakṣamam 11

11. pātālatanaṣṭānām sāgarākārakāriṇām
pitāmahānām gaṅgāmbu śuśruve tāraṇakṣamam

11. pātālatanaṣṭānām sāgarākārakāriṇām
pitāmahānām gaṅgāmbu tāraṇakṣamam śuśruve

11. It was heard that the water of the Gaṅgā was capable of delivering the ancestors (pitāmaha), who were lost in the nether regions and whose immense remains had created ocean-like forms.

Words meanings summery:

• पातालतनष्टानाम् (pātālatanaṣṭānām) - of the ancestors (pitāmaha) who were lost in the nether region (of those lost in the nether region, of those destroyed in Pātāla)

• सागराकारकारिणाम् (sāgarākārakāriṇām) - of the ancestors (pitāmaha) whose immense remains had created ocean-like forms (of those who created ocean-like forms, of those who became ocean-like in form)

• पितामहानाम् (pitāmahānām) - of the ancestors (pitāmaha) (sons of Sagara) (of the grandfathers, of the ancestors (pitāmaha))

• गङ्गाम्बु (gaṅgāmbu) - Gaṅgā water

• शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard, became known

• तारणक्षमम् (tāraṇakṣamam) - capable of delivering (the ancestors) (capable of delivering, able to save/redeem)

Words meanings and morphology

पातालतनष्टानाम् (pātālatanaṣṭānām) - of the ancestors (pitāmaha) who were lost in the nether region (of those lost in the nether region, of those destroyed in Pātāla)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pātālatanaṣṭa

pātālatanaṣṭa - lost in the nether region

Masculine plural genitive of pātālatanaṣṭa.

Compound type : tatpurusha (pātāla+tala+naṣṭa)

• pātāla – the nether regions, one of the seven underworlds
  proper noun (neuter)
• tala – bottom, surface, region, realm
  noun (neuter)
• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Refers to the sons of Sagara.

सागराकारकारिणाम् (sāgarākārakāriṇām) - of the ancestors (pitāmaha) whose immense remains had created ocean-like forms (of those who created ocean-like forms, of those who became ocean-like in form)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sāgarākārakārin

sāgarākārakārin - creating ocean-like forms, making ocean-like shapes

From sāgarākāra (ocean-like form) and kārin (maker/doer).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sāgarākāra+kārin)

• sāgarākāra – ocean-like form, shape of an ocean
  noun (masculine)
• kārin – making, doing, causing, doer, maker
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ (to do) with ṇini suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Also refers to the sons of Sagara.

पितामहानाम् (pitāmahānām) - of the ancestors (pitāmaha) (sons of Sagara) (of the grandfathers, of the ancestors (pitāmaha))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, ancestor, Brahmā (as universal ancestor)

गङ्गाम्बु (gaṅgāmbu) - Gaṅgā water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gaṅgāmbu

gaṅgāmbu - water of the Gaṅgā river

Compound type : tatpurusha (gaṅgā+ambu)

• gaṅgā – the river Gaṅgā (Ganges)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)

शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard, became known

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (Lit) of śru

Perfect tense (Lit)

Perfect middle voice form of root śru.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Impersonal usage.

तारणक्षमम् (tāraṇakṣamam) - capable of delivering (the ancestors) (capable of delivering, able to save/redeem)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāraṇakṣama

tāraṇakṣama - capable of delivering, able to cross over, capable of saving

From tāraṇa (act of crossing/delivering) and kṣama (capable).

Compound type : tatpurusha (tāraṇa+kṣama)

• tāraṇa – crossing, passing over, delivering, saving, purifying
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root tṛ (to cross, save).
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• kṣama – capable, able, fit for, patient
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'gaṅgāmbu'.

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