योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-121, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथ तेष्वर्णवतटेष्वेते भूमौ विपश्चितः ।
उपविश्यैतदखिलं चक्रू राज्यप्रयोजनम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
atha teṣvarṇavataṭeṣvete bhūmau vipaścitaḥ ,
upaviśyaitadakhilaṃ cakrū rājyaprayojanam 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha teṣu arṇavataṭeṣu ete bhūmau
vipaścitaḥ upaviśya etat akhilam cakruḥ rājyaprayojanam

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
atha ete vipaścitaḥ teṣu arṇavataṭeṣu bhūmau upaviśya etat akhilam rājyaprayojanam cakruḥ

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Thereupon, these learned ones (vipaścit), having sat down on the ground (bhūmi) at those ocean shores, settled all these royal affairs (rājyaprayojana).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, accordingly

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those, among those

• अर्णवतटेषु (arṇavataṭeṣu) - on the ocean shores, on the banks of the sea

• एते (ete) - these

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• विपश्चितः (vipaścitaḥ) - learned ones, wise men, scholars

• उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down, having settled

• एतत् (etat) - this, these

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, all, complete

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they accomplished, they settled (they did, they made, they performed)

• राज्यप्रयोजनम् (rājyaprayojanam) - the entire business/management of the kingdom (royal affair, purpose of the kingdom, state business)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, glory, beauty, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of the root vac, with reduplication and vowel change.

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, accordingly

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - in those, among those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'arṇavataṭeṣu'.

अर्णवतटेषु (arṇavataṭeṣu) - on the ocean shores, on the banks of the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of arṇavataṭa

arṇavataṭa - ocean shore, sea bank

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arṇava+taṭa)

• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)
• taṭa – bank, shore, slope
  noun (masculine)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'vipaścitaḥ'.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Root: bhū (class 1)

विपश्चितः (vipaścitaḥ) - learned ones, wise men, scholars

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipaścit

vipaścit - learned, wise, sagacious, intelligent person

उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down, having settled

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root viś (to enter) with the prefix upa and the suffix -ya (after a prefix).

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

एतत् (etat) - this, these

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'akhilam' and 'rājyaprayojanam'.

अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, all, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - entire, whole, complete, all

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'khila' (deficient, empty).

Note: Agrees with 'rājyaprayojanam'.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they accomplished, they settled (they did, they made, they performed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense form of the root kṛ, with reduplication.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राज्यप्रयोजनम् (rājyaprayojanam) - the entire business/management of the kingdom (royal affair, purpose of the kingdom, state business)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājyaprayojana

rājyaprayojana - purpose of the kingdom, royal affair, state business

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājya+prayojana)

• rājya – kingdom, realm, rule, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from rājan (king).
• prayojana – purpose, aim, object, motive, business
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root yuj (to join) with prefix pra and suffix -ana.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)

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