योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-37

उचिता ते गतिः सैव बृसिके भस्मतां व्रज ।
इत्युक्त्वादाय बृसिकामग्नावेव स मृद्विकाम् ॥ ३७ ॥

ucitā te gatiḥ saiva bṛsike bhasmatāṃ vraja ,
ityuktvādāya bṛsikāmagnāveva sa mṛdvikām 37

37. ucitā te gatiḥ sā eva bṛsike bhasmatām vraja
iti uktvā ādāya bṛsikām agnau eva sa mṛdvikām

37. he bṛsike,
te sā eva gatiḥ ucitā; bhasmatām vraja.
iti uktvā sa bṛsikām ādāya eva mṛdvikām agnau (tatyāja).

37. That very destiny (gati) is suitable for you, O lump of clay (bṛsikā); turn into ashes! Having said this, he took the lump (bṛsikā) and placed that soft lump (mṛdvikā) into the fire itself.

Words meanings summery:

• उचिता (ucitā) - proper, suitable, appropriate

• ते (te) - your, for you

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - path, movement, destiny, fate, condition

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• बृसिके (bṛsike) - O lump, O small ball (of earth/clay)

• भस्मताम् (bhasmatām) - to the state of ashes, to ash-ness

• व्रज (vraja) - go, proceed, turn into

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• बृसिकाम् (bṛsikām) - the lump (of earth/clay)

• अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• स (sa) - he

• मृद्विकाम् (mṛdvikām) - the soft lump (of clay)

Words meanings and morphology

उचिता (ucitā) - proper, suitable, appropriate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ucita

ucita - proper, suitable, fit, appropriate, accustomed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak) or 'uc' (to be pleased, suitable) with suffix -ita

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - your, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here as a possessive pronoun 'your' or dative 'for you'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - path, movement, destiny, fate, condition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, way, path, destiny, fate, means, refuge

Root: gam (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

बृसिके (bṛsike) - O lump, O small ball (of earth/clay)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bṛsikā

bṛsikā - a small ball, a lump (especially of clay or earth)

भस्मताम् (bhasmatām) - to the state of ashes, to ash-ness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhasmatā

bhasmatā - the state of being ashes, ash-ness

व्रज (vraja) - go, proceed, turn into

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'vac' with suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'dā' with prefix 'ā' and suffix -ya (after preverb)

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

बृसिकाम् (bṛsikām) - the lump (of earth/clay)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bṛsikā

bṛsikā - a small ball, a lump (especially of clay or earth)

अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मृद्विकाम् (mṛdvikām) - the soft lump (of clay)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛdvikā

mṛdvikā - a soft lump, a soft clod of earth, a type of grape

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