योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-24

तत्संस्थाप्येन्धनैः शुष्कैर्ज्वालयामास पावकम् ।
करैः संचारवानर्कः सूर्यकान्तपदं यथा ॥ २४ ॥

tatsaṃsthāpyendhanaiḥ śuṣkairjvālayāmāsa pāvakam ,
karaiḥ saṃcāravānarkaḥ sūryakāntapadaṃ yathā 24

24. tat saṃsthāpya indhanaiḥ śuṣkaiḥ jvālayāmāsa pāvakam
karaiḥ saṃcāravān arkaḥ sūryakāntapadam yathā

24. tat saṃsthāpya,
śuṣkaiḥ indhanaiḥ pāvakam jvālayāmāsa,
yathā saṃcāravān arkaḥ karaiḥ sūryakāntapadam [jvālayati]

24. Having arranged that (collection of items), he kindled the fire with dry fuels, just as the moving sun, with its rays, causes a sunstone (sūryakānta) to ignite.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (collection of items) (that)

• संस्थाप्य (saṁsthāpya) - having placed, having arranged, having established

• इन्धनैः (indhanaiḥ) - with fuels, with firewood

• शुष्कैः (śuṣkaiḥ) - with dry (fuels)

• ज्वालयामास (jvālayāmāsa) - he kindled, he caused to burn

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

• करैः (karaiḥ) - by rays, with hands

• संचारवान् (saṁcāravān) - moving, possessing movement

• अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the sun (sun, ray, praise)

• सूर्यकान्तपदम् (sūryakāntapadam) - a sunstone (sūryakānta gem)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (collection of items) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संस्थाप्य (saṁsthāpya) - having placed, having arranged, having established

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root sthā with prefix sam, in causative (p-suffix), followed by -ya.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

इन्धनैः (indhanaiḥ) - with fuels, with firewood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indhana

indhana - fuel, firewood, kindling

शुष्कैः (śuṣkaiḥ) - with dry (fuels)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śuṣka

śuṣka - dry, dried up

Note: Agrees with 'indhanaiḥ'

ज्वालयामास (jvālayāmāsa) - he kindled, he caused to burn

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of jval

Reduplicated Perfect (Lit)

Causative of root jval (jvālaya), 3rd person singular, active voice, Reduplicated Perfect (Lit) tense.

Root: jval (class 1)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying

करैः (karaiḥ) - by rays, with hands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kara

kara - hand; ray (of light); tax

संचारवान् (saṁcāravān) - moving, possessing movement

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃcāravat

saṁcāravat - moving, having movement, endowed with motion

Possessive suffix -vat

Derived from saṃcāra (movement) with the possessive suffix -vat.

अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the sun (sun, ray, praise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun; ray; copper; praise

सूर्यकान्तपदम् (sūryakāntapadam) - a sunstone (sūryakānta gem)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūryakāntapada

sūryakāntapada - a sunstone (sūryakānta gem)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sūryakānta+pada)

• sūryakānta – sunstone, heliotrope (literally 'loved by the sun')
  noun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, place, state, object
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

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