योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-121, verse-11

बभूव भगवानेषामथ दृश्यो हुताशनः ।
आकारवान्वरं पुत्राः प्रगृह्णीतेत्युवाच ह ॥ ११ ॥

babhūva bhagavāneṣāmatha dṛśyo hutāśanaḥ ,
ākāravānvaraṃ putrāḥ pragṛhṇītetyuvāca ha 11

11. babhūva bhagavān eṣām atha dṛśyaḥ hutāśanaḥ
ākāravān varam putrāḥ pragṛhṇīta iti uvāca ha

11. atha eṣām bhagavān hutāśanaḥ dṛśyaḥ babhūva ākāravān
[bhūtvā] "putrāḥ varam pragṛhṇīta" iti ha uvāca

11. Then, the divine Agni (hutāśana) became visible to them. Assuming a form, he said, "O sons, choose a boon!"

Words meanings summery:

• बभूव (babhūva) - he became, he was

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the divine (Agni) (the divine one, the glorious, the worshipful)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - to them (the sages) (of these, to them)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• दृश्यः (dṛśyaḥ) - visible, to be seen

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - the fire-god (Agni) (Agni, the fire-god, fire)

• आकारवान् (ākāravān) - assuming a form, embodied (having a form, embodied, having shape)

• वरम् (varam) - boon, gift, choice

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - O sons! (vocative address) (sons, children)

• प्रगृह्णीत (pragṛhṇīta) - choose (a boon) (choose, accept, take)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a quotation) (thus, in this manner, so)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely (an emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

बभूव (babhūva) - he became, he was

(verb)

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

Perfect (Liṭ lakāra) 3rd person singular of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the divine (Agni) (the divine one, the glorious, the worshipful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, glorious, worshipful, prosperous

एषाम् (eṣām) - to them (the sages) (of these, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Can also function as dative in some contexts.

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

दृश्यः (dṛśyaḥ) - visible, to be seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root dṛś (to see) with -ya suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - the fire-god (Agni) (Agni, the fire-god, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - Agni, the fire-god (eater of oblations)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – sacrificed, offered (oblation)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hu (to sacrifice, offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eater, consumer
  noun (masculine)
  From root aś (to eat) with -ana suffix
  Root: aś (class 9)

आकारवान् (ākāravān) - assuming a form, embodied (having a form, embodied, having shape)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāravat

ākāravat - having a form, embodied, having shape

Possessive adjective formed from ākāra (form) and the suffix -vat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākāra+vat)

• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vat – having, possessing, like
  indeclinable
  Possessive suffix

वरम् (varam) - boon, gift, choice

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - boon, gift, choice, best

From root vṛ (to choose, wish)

Root: vṛ (class 9)

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - O sons! (vocative address) (sons, children)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

प्रगृह्णीत (pragṛhṇīta) - choose (a boon) (choose, accept, take)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (lot) of pragṛhṇīta

Imperative (Loṭ lakāra) 2nd person plural of root grah (to seize, take) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a quotation) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect (Liṭ lakāra) 3rd person singular of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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