योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-126, verse-23

प्राप्तो दशसहस्राणि योजनानां महामहीम् ।
सौवर्णीं सुरसंचारसरणिं मृतवानसौ ॥ २३ ॥

prāpto daśasahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ mahāmahīm ,
sauvarṇīṃ surasaṃcārasaraṇiṃ mṛtavānasau 23

23. prāptaḥ daśasahasrāṇi yojanānām mahāmahīm
sauvarṇīm surasaṃcārasaraṇim mṛtavān asau

23. asau daśasahasrāṇi yojanānām sauvarṇīm
surasaṃcārasaraṇim mahāmahīm prāptaḥ mṛtavān

23. He reached a great land, ten thousand yojanas in extent, golden, which served as a path for the movement of celestial beings, and then he died.

23. הוא הגיע לארץ הזהב הגדולה, המשתרעת על פני עשרת אלפים יוֹגַ'נָה, שהיא מסלול תנועתם של האלים, ושם נפטר.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached (reached, obtained, attained)

• दशसहस्राणि (daśasahasrāṇi) - ten thousands

• योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a measure of distance)

• महामहीम् (mahāmahīm) - great earth, great land

• सौवर्णीम् (sauvarṇīm) - golden

• सुरसंचारसरणिम् (surasaṁcārasaraṇim) - a path for the movement of celestial beings (path of celestial movement, path where gods move)

• मृतवान् (mṛtavān) - died (died, deceased)

• असौ (asau) - he (that one, he/she/it)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached (reached, obtained, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - reached, obtained, attained, arrived

past passive participle

Derived from root 'āp' with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective, implying 'he was reached' or 'he, having reached'.

दशसहस्राणि (daśasahasrāṇi) - ten thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of daśasahasra

daśasahasra - ten thousand

Compound type : dvandva / karmadhāraya (daśa+sahasra)

• daśa – ten
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'prāptaḥ', indicating the extent of the land.

योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a measure of distance)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - a measure of distance (usually 4 to 9 miles), a stage of a journey, yoking, union

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates the measure of distance for the preceding number.

महामहीम् (mahāmahīm) - great earth, great land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāmahī

mahāmahī - great earth, vast land

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mahī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)

Note: Direct object of 'prāptaḥ'.

सौवर्णीम् (sauvarṇīm) - golden

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sauvarṇī

sauvarṇī - golden, made of gold

Derived from 'suvarṇa' (gold) with a taddhita suffix.

Note: Modifies 'mahāmahīm'.

सुरसंचारसरणिम् (surasaṁcārasaraṇim) - a path for the movement of celestial beings (path of celestial movement, path where gods move)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of surasaṃcārasaraṇi

surasaṁcārasaraṇi - path of the movement of gods/celestial beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+saṃcāra+saraṇi)

• sura – god, deity, celestial being
  noun (masculine)
• saṃcāra – movement, wandering, passing through
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'car' with upasarga 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)
• saraṇi – path, road, way
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mahāmahīm'.

मृतवान् (mṛtavān) - died (died, deceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtavat

mṛtavat - one who has died

past active participle (kṛtavat)

Derived from root 'mṛ' with the suffix 'kṛtavat'.

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective referring to the subject 'asau'.

असौ (asau) - he (that one, he/she/it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun, often referring to something distant or previously mentioned)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

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