योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-31

वह्निना व्योमतां गच्छ सतारं व्योम ते समम् ।
तद्वृस्यङ्गात्कराभ्यां स धृत्वा चर्माजहाविति ॥ ३१ ॥

vahninā vyomatāṃ gaccha satāraṃ vyoma te samam ,
tadvṛsyaṅgātkarābhyāṃ sa dhṛtvā carmājahāviti 31

31. vahninā vyomatāṃ gaccha satāraṃ vyoma te samam
tat vṛṣyaṅgāt karābhyām sa dhṛtvā carma ajahāt iti

31. te vahninā vyomatāṃ gaccha satāraṃ vyoma samam sa
karābhyām carma dhṛtvā tat vṛṣyaṅgāt ajahāt iti

31. Go by fire into the state of the sky; the star-filled sky is equal to you. Thus, he, having held the hide with his two hands, cast it off from that powerful body.

Words meanings summery:

• वह्निना (vahninā) - by fire

• व्योमतां (vyomatāṁ) - to the state of sky/space

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed

• सतारं (satāraṁ) - with stars, star-filled

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, atmosphere

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• समम् (samam) - equal, similar, like

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• वृष्यङ्गात् (vṛṣyaṅgāt) - from the powerful body, from the virile body

• कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) - with two hands

• स (sa) - he

• धृत्वा (dhṛtvā) - having held, having grasped

• चर्म (carma) - skin, hide, leather

• अजहात् (ajahāt) - he abandoned, he cast away, he gave up

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, indicates conclusion

Words meanings and morphology

वह्निना (vahninā) - by fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, flame, Agni

Root: vah (class 1)

व्योमतां (vyomatāṁ) - to the state of sky/space

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyomatā

vyomatā - the state or condition of being space/sky, spaceness

Derived from 'vyoman' (sky/space) with suffix 'tā' (state of being)

गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of gam

Imperative Mood

2nd person singular, present tense, imperative mood, parasmaipada

Root: gam (class 1)

सतारं (satāraṁ) - with stars, star-filled

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satāra

satāra - together with stars, containing stars

Compound formed with 'sa' (with) and 'tārā' (star)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sa+tārā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• tārā – star, planet
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'vyoma'

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, atmosphere

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Can also be genitive, but here dative 'to you' or implied genitive 'your' for 'vyoma' makes sense.

समम् (samam) - equal, similar, like

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, similar, even, level

Note: Agrees with 'vyoma'

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the unspecified 'strong body'

वृष्यङ्गात् (vṛṣyaṅgāt) - from the powerful body, from the virile body

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vṛṣyaṅga

vṛṣyaṅga - powerful body, virile body

Compound of vṛṣya (strong) and aṅga (body)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛṣya+aṅga)

• vṛṣya – strong, virile, powerful
  adjective
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)

कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) - with two hands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

धृत्वा (dhṛtvā) - having held, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from root √dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

चर्म (carma) - skin, hide, leather

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of carman

carman - skin, hide, leather, shield

अजहात् (ajahāt) - he abandoned, he cast away, he gave up

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense

3rd person singular, imperfect tense, active voice, parasmaipada, from root √hā (3rd class)

Prefix: a

Root: hā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, indicates conclusion

(indeclinable)

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