योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-93, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथोत्थाय ददाहासौ शुष्कं तत्तृणमन्दिरम् ।
अज्ञेन स्वेन मनसा वृथा संकल्पकल्पितम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
athotthāya dadāhāsau śuṣkaṃ tattṛṇamandiram ,
ajñena svena manasā vṛthā saṃkalpakalpitam 1

1. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca | atha utthāya dadāha asau śuṣkam tat
tṛṇamandiram | ajñena svena manasā vṛthā saṅkalpakalpitam ||

1. śrī vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha asau utthāya śuṣkam tat tṛṇamandiram
vṛthā ajñena svena manasā saṅkalpakalpitam dadāha

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, having risen, he set fire to that dry grass hut which had been fruitlessly conceived and constructed by his own ignorant mind.

1. וַסִישְׁטְהָה אמר, לאחר מכן קם המלך ושרף את בקתת הקש היבשה, אשר נבנתה לחינם במחשבתו הבוראת עקב בורותו.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - An honorific prefix to the name Vasiṣṭha. (auspicious, glorious, venerable (title))

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• उत्थाय (utthāya) - having stood up, having arisen

• ददाह (dadāha) - he burnt

• असौ (asau) - that (person), he

• शुष्कम् (śuṣkam) - dry

• तत् (tat) - that

• तृणमन्दिरम् (tṛṇamandiram) - grass hut

• अज्ञेन (ajñena) - by the ignorant

• स्वेन (svena) - by his own

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

• वृथा (vṛthā) - uselessly, in vain, fruitlessly

• सङ्कल्पकल्पितम् (saṅkalpakalpitam) - imagined and created by thought/resolve

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - An honorific prefix to the name Vasiṣṭha. (auspicious, glorious, venerable (title))

(indeclinable)

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered Vedic sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

उत्थाय (utthāya) - having stood up, having arisen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ut, forming the absolutive.

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

ददाह (dadāha) - he burnt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

असौ (asau) - that (person), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, that one over there (demonstrative pronoun)

शुष्कम् (śuṣkam) - dry

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śuṣka

śuṣka - dry, withered, parched, arid

Past Passive Participle

From root śuṣ (to dry).

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one (neuter nominative/accusative)

तृणमन्दिरम् (tṛṇamandiram) - grass hut

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tṛṇamandira

tṛṇamandira - grass hut, a dwelling made of straw

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+mandira)

• tṛṇa – grass, straw, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• mandira – dwelling, house, abode, temple
  noun (neuter)

अज्ञेन (ajñena) - by the ignorant

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, foolish, unknowing, inexperienced

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jña)

• a – not, non-, un-, without
  indeclinable
• jña – knowing, wise, skilled
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

स्वेन (svena) - by his own

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, disposition

वृथा (vṛthā) - uselessly, in vain, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्पकल्पितम् (saṅkalpakalpitam) - imagined and created by thought/resolve

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṅkalpakalpita

saṅkalpakalpita - imagined, conceived, or created by intention, resolve, or mental fabrication

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+kalpita)

• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, conception, thought, mental fabrication
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to arrange, imagine) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• kalpita – imagined, created, arranged, constructed, supposed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kḷp (to arrange, imagine) with suffix -ita.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

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