योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-33

अथोज्झितप्रजाचेष्टो रविरस्ताचलं ययौ ।
शिखिध्वजो वनमिव समस्तजनदुर्गमम् ॥ ३३ ॥

athojjhitaprajāceṣṭo ravirastācalaṃ yayau ,
śikhidhvajo vanamiva samastajanadurgamam 33

33. atha ujjhita-prajā-ceṣṭaḥ raviḥ asta-acalam yayau
| śikhidhvajaḥ vanam iva samasta-jana-durgamam ||

33. atha ujjhita-prajā-ceṣṭaḥ raviḥ asta-acalam yayau
iva śikhidhvajaḥ samasta-jana-durgamam vanam (yayau)

33. Then, when the activities of living beings ceased due to its departure, the sun went to the western mountain, just as Śikhidhvaja went to the forest, which was inaccessible to all people.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• उज्झित-प्रजा-चेष्टः (ujjhita-prajā-ceṣṭaḥ) - the sun, having caused the cessation of the activities of living beings (having abandoned the activities of beings, whose activities of people have ceased)

• रविः (raviḥ) - sun

• अस्त-अचलम् (asta-acalam) - western mountain, setting mountain

• ययौ (yayau) - went, proceeded

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• समस्त-जन-दुर्गमम् (samasta-jana-durgamam) - inaccessible to all people, difficult for all beings to reach

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

उज्झित-प्रजा-चेष्टः (ujjhita-prajā-ceṣṭaḥ) - the sun, having caused the cessation of the activities of living beings (having abandoned the activities of beings, whose activities of people have ceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ujjhita-prajā-ceṣṭa

ujjhita-prajā-ceṣṭa - one by whom the activities of beings have been abandoned/caused to cease

Masculine nominative singular. Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ujjhitā+prajā+ceṣṭā)

• ujjhitā – abandoned, given up, forsaken
  adjective
  past passive participle
  Formed from ud + √hā 'to abandon'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: hā (class 3)
• prajā – beings, subjects, progeny
  noun (feminine)
• ceṣṭā – movement, action, activity
  noun (feminine)
  From √ceṣṭ 'to move'.
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

रविः (raviḥ) - sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Subject of yayau.

अस्त-अचलम् (asta-acalam) - western mountain, setting mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta-acala

asta-acala - western mountain, setting mountain

Masculine accusative singular.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (asta+acala)

• asta – setting, western, disappearance
  noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
  From √as 'to throw' or √as 'to be'.
  Root: as (class 4)
• acala – mountain, immovable
  noun (masculine)
  From a (not) + √cal (to move).
  Root: cal (class 1)

ययौ (yayau) - went, proceeded

(verb)

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

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of √yā.

Root: yā (class 2)

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (a king, husband of Cūḍālā in Yogavasiṣṭha)

Masculine nominative singular.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Neuter accusative singular.

Root: van (class 10)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

समस्त-जन-दुर्गमम् (samasta-jana-durgamam) - inaccessible to all people, difficult for all beings to reach

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samasta-jana-durgama

samasta-jana-durgama - difficult for all people to access

Neuter accusative singular.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samasta+jana+durgama)

• samasta – all, whole, entire
  adjective
  past passive participle
  From sam + √as 'to throw' or sam + √as 'to be'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: as (class 4)
• jana – person, human, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 1)
• durgama – difficult to access, inaccessible
  adjective
  From dur (bad/difficult) + √gam (to go).
  Prefix: dur
  Root: gam (class 1)

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