योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-45

किं करोति कथं दूर्वाश्चर्वयत्युर्वरास्पदः ।
जातिं तां जरठज्ञानी कदोदारां स्मरिष्यति ॥ ४५ ॥

kiṃ karoti kathaṃ dūrvāścarvayatyurvarāspadaḥ ,
jātiṃ tāṃ jaraṭhajñānī kadodārāṃ smariṣyati 45

45. kim karoti katham dūrvāḥ carvvayati urvarāspadaḥ
| jātim tām jaraṭhajñānī kadā udārām smariṣyati ||

45. kim karoti katham urvarāspadaḥ dūrvāḥ carvvayati
jaraṭhajñānī tām udārām jātim kadā smariṣyati

45. What does it do? How does it, residing in a fertile place, chew Dūrvā grass? When will that one, who is wise from long experience, remember its noble previous birth (jāti) or state?

45. מה הוא עושה? כיצד הוא לוחך דשא על האדמה הפורייה? ומתי יזכור היצור בעל הידע העתיק את גלגולו הנאצל מן העבר?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• दूर्वाः (dūrvāḥ) - Dūrvā grass

• चर्व्वयति (carvvayati) - chews

• उर्वरास्पदः (urvarāspadaḥ) - having fertile land as its place, dweller of fertile ground

• जातिम् (jātim) - Refers to a previous, possibly higher, state of existence or understanding. (birth, species, state, condition)

• ताम् (tām) - that

• जरठज्ञानी (jaraṭhajñānī) - having old knowledge, wise from long experience

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• उदाराम् (udārām) - noble, elevated, magnanimous

• स्मरिष्यति (smariṣyati) - will remember

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

दूर्वाः (dūrvāḥ) - Dūrvā grass

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of dūrvā

dūrvā - Dūrvā grass (Cynodon dactylon), a sacred grass

चर्व्वयति (carvvayati) - chews

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of carv

Causative form (suffix 'aya') of root 'carv'.

Root: carv (class 10)

उर्वरास्पदः (urvarāspadaḥ) - having fertile land as its place, dweller of fertile ground

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of urvarāspada

urvarāspada - one whose abode is fertile ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (urvarā+āspada)

• urvarā – fertile land, fruitful soil
  noun (feminine)
• āspada – place, seat, dwelling, object
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'mṛgaḥ'.

जातिम् (jātim) - Refers to a previous, possibly higher, state of existence or understanding. (birth, species, state, condition)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, species, lineage, condition, state

Root: jan (class 4)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'jātim'.

जरठज्ञानी (jaraṭhajñānī) - having old knowledge, wise from long experience

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaraṭhajñānin

jaraṭhajñānin - one who has old knowledge or is wise due to age

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jaraṭha+jñānin)

• jaraṭha – old, aged, decrepit
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• jñānin – knowing, wise, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'mṛgaḥ'.

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

उदाराम् (udārām) - noble, elevated, magnanimous

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udāra

udāra - noble, exalted, generous, distinguished

Prefix: ud

Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'jātim'.

स्मरिष्यति (smariṣyati) - will remember

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

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