योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-117, verse-21
हरिवक्षोगता लक्ष्मीरपि शोभार्थमेव यत् ।
बिभर्ति कमलं हस्ते कान्याशंसाधिका भवेत् ॥ २१ ॥
बिभर्ति कमलं हस्ते कान्याशंसाधिका भवेत् ॥ २१ ॥
harivakṣogatā lakṣmīrapi śobhārthameva yat ,
bibharti kamalaṃ haste kānyāśaṃsādhikā bhavet 21
bibharti kamalaṃ haste kānyāśaṃsādhikā bhavet 21
21.
harivakṣogatā lakṣmīḥ api śobhārtham eva yat
bibharti kamalam haste kā anyā āśaṃsā adhikā bhavet
bibharti kamalam haste kā anyā āśaṃsā adhikā bhavet
21.
yat harivakṣogatā lakṣmīḥ api śobhārtham eva
kamalam haste bibharti kā anyā adhikā āśaṃsā bhavet
kamalam haste bibharti kā anyā adhikā āśaṃsā bhavet
21.
Since even Lakshmi (lakṣmī), who resides on Viṣṇu's (Hari) chest, holds a lotus (kamala) in her hand purely for aesthetic appeal, what other greater aspiration could possibly exist?
Words meanings summery:
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- हरिवक्षोगता (harivakṣogatā) - one who has gone to or is situated on Hari's chest
- लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - the goddess Lakshmi; fortune, prosperity
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- शोभार्थम् (śobhārtham) - for the sake of beauty, for embellishment
- एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed
- यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun, here implying 'since' or 'because')
- बिभर्ति (bibharti) - she holds, bears, carries
- कमलम् (kamalam) - a lotus
- हस्ते (haste) - in the hand
- का (kā) - what (feminine)
- अन्या (anyā) - other, another
- आशंसा (āśaṁsā) - hope, desire, expectation, aspiration
- अधिका (adhikā) - greater, more, superior
- भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, could be
Words meanings and morphology
हरिवक्षोगता (harivakṣogatā) - one who has gone to or is situated on Hari's chest
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of harivakṣogatā
harivakṣogatā - dwelling on Viṣṇu's chest
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hari+vakṣas+gatā)
- hari – Viṣṇu, remover of evil
proper noun (masculine) - vakṣas – chest, breast
noun (neuter) - gatā – gone, reached, situated
adjective (feminine)
Past Passive Participle
Feminine form of 'gata', derived from root gam- to go.
Root: gam (class 1)
लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - the goddess Lakshmi; fortune, prosperity
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of lakṣmī
lakṣmī - Lakshmi, goddess of fortune and beauty
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
शोभार्थम् (śobhārtham) - for the sake of beauty, for embellishment
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śobhā+artham)
- śobhā – beauty, splendor
noun (feminine) - artham – purpose, for the sake of
indeclinable
एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed
(indeclinable)
यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun, here implying 'since' or 'because')
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, that
बिभर्ति (bibharti) - she holds, bears, carries
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhṛ
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
कमलम् (kamalam) - a lotus
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kamala
kamala - lotus
हस्ते (haste) - in the hand
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of hasta
hasta - hand
का (kā) - what (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kim
kim - what, which, who
अन्या (anyā) - other, another
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different
आशंसा (āśaṁsā) - hope, desire, expectation, aspiration
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of āśaṃsā
āśaṁsā - hope, desire, expectation, aspiration
अधिका (adhikā) - greater, more, superior
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of adhika
adhika - more, excessive, superior
भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, could be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)