योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-24

बहूनि तव जन्मानि समतीतानि तान्यहम् ।
विविधानि विचित्राणि वीर जानामि नो भवान् ॥ २४ ॥

bahūni tava janmāni samatītāni tānyaham ,
vividhāni vicitrāṇi vīra jānāmi no bhavān 24

24. bahūni tava janmāni samatītāni tāni aham
vividhāni vicitrāṇi vīra jānāmi no bhavān

24. vīra tava bahūni vividhāni vicitrāṇi janmāni
samatītāni tāni aham jānāmi bhavān no (jānāti)

24. Many births of yours have passed. O hero, I know about those various and diverse (births), but you do not.

Words meanings summery:

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, much

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• जन्मानि (janmāni) - births, existences

• समतीतानि (samatītāni) - passed, elapsed, gone by

• तानि (tāni) - those

• अहम् (aham) - I

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

• विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - diverse, variegated, wonderful, strange

• वीर (vīra) - hero, brave man

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• नो (no) - not, no

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you (polite)

Words meanings and morphology

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, much

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive with janmāni.

जन्मानि (janmāni) - births, existences

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence

From root jan- 'to be born'

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'samatītāni'.

समतीतानि (samatītāni) - passed, elapsed, gone by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of samatīta

samatīta - passed, gone by, elapsed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from sam- + ati- + √i (to go).

Prefixes: sam+ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Functions as a predicate here.

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of jānāmi.

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - diverse, variegated, wonderful, strange

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange

Prefix: vi

Root: citr

वीर (vīra) - hero, brave man

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Addressed to the interlocutor.

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

नो (no) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you (polite)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite); being, existing

Present Active Participle of √bhū (to be) used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied verb 'jānāti'.

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