योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-11

अथैकदैकान्तगतां चूडालामङ्कमागताम् ।
इदं मधुरया वाचा समुवाच शिखिध्वजः ॥ ११ ॥

athaikadaikāntagatāṃ cūḍālāmaṅkamāgatām ,
idaṃ madhurayā vācā samuvāca śikhidhvajaḥ 11

11. atha ekadā ekāntagatām cūḍālām aṅkam āgatām
idam madhurayā vācā samuvāca śikhidhvajaḥ

11. atha ekadā śikhidhvajaḥ ekāntagatām aṅkam āgatām cūḍālām madhurayā vācā idam samuvāca.

11. Then, one day, Śikhidhvaja, with a sweet voice, spoke these words to Cūḍālā, who had approached and settled in his lap as he sat in a secluded spot.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• एकदा (ekadā) - one time, once, one day

• एकान्तगताम् (ekāntagatām) - who was in a secluded spot, or had gone to a secluded spot (having gone to a solitary place, secluded, in solitude)

• चूडालाम् (cūḍālām) - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

• अङ्कम् (aṅkam) - lap, side, embrace

• आगताम् (āgatām) - who had approached (and sat in his lap) (having come, approached)

• इदम् (idam) - these words (this, these (words))

• मधुरया (madhurayā) - with a sweet, by a charming

• वाचा (vācā) - by voice, with speech

• समुवाच (samuvāca) - he said, he spoke

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (a proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence of events.

एकदा (ekadā) - one time, once, one day

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

एकान्तगताम् (ekāntagatām) - who was in a secluded spot, or had gone to a secluded spot (having gone to a solitary place, secluded, in solitude)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekāntagata

ekāntagata - having gone to a solitary place, secluded

Past Passive Participle

Compound: 'ekānta' (solitude, secluded place) + 'gata' (gone)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ekānta+gata)

• ekānta – solitude, secluded place
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'eka' (one) + 'anta' (end, vicinity)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) + 'kta' suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'cūḍālām'.

चूडालाम् (cūḍālām) - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cūḍālā

cūḍālā - Cūḍālā (name of the queen in Yoga-Vasiṣṭha)

Note: Object of 'samuvāca'.

अङ्कम् (aṅkam) - lap, side, embrace

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṅka

aṅka - lap, side, embrace

Note: Object of motion with 'āgatām'.

आगताम् (āgatām) - who had approached (and sat in his lap) (having come, approached)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - having come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) + 'kta' suffix with upasarga 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'cūḍālām'.

इदम् (idam) - these words (this, these (words))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Object of 'samuvāca'.

मधुरया (madhurayā) - with a sweet, by a charming

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

Note: Modifies 'vācā'.

वाचा (vācā) - by voice, with speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - voice, speech, word

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Instrument of speaking.

समुवाच (samuvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense of root 'vac' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: vac (class 2)

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (name of the king in Yoga-Vasiṣṭha)

Compound 'śikhin' (peacock) + 'dhvaja' (banner), meaning 'he whose banner is a peacock' (epithet of Kārttikeya, but here a proper name)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – crested, peacock
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'samuvāca'.

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