योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-32

तयोस्ते तनया दुःखकलिता विपिनं गताः ।
कृतौर्ध्वदेहिकास्त्यक्त्वा व्यवहारं समाधये ॥ ३२ ॥

tayoste tanayā duḥkhakalitā vipinaṃ gatāḥ ,
kṛtaurdhvadehikāstyaktvā vyavahāraṃ samādhaye 32

32. tayoḥ te tanayāḥ duḥkhakalitāḥ vipinam gatāḥ
kṛtaurddhavadehikāḥ tyaktvā vyavahāram samādhaye

32. tayoḥ te tanayāḥ duḥkhakalitāḥ kṛtaurddhavadehikāḥ
vyavahāram tyaktvā samādhaye vipinam gatāḥ

32. Their sons, overcome with grief, went to the forest. After performing the final rites, they abandoned all worldly affairs for the sake of deep meditation (samādhi).

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them, their

• ते (te) - they, those (referring to the sons)

• तनयाः (tanayāḥ) - sons, children

• दुःखकलिताः (duḥkhakalitāḥ) - afflicted by sorrow, filled with grief

• विपिनम् (vipinam) - forest, wilderness

• गताः (gatāḥ) - went, gone

• कृतौर्द्धवदेहिकाः (kṛtaurddhavadehikāḥ) - having performed the final rites, having completed the post-mortem ceremonies

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) - worldly activities, dealings, conduct

• समाधये (samādhaye) - for deep meditation, for concentration, for absorption (samādhi)

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

ते (te) - they, those (referring to the sons)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

तनयाः (tanayāḥ) - sons, children

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanaya

tanaya - son, offspring, child

Derived from root tan (to spread, to produce)

Root: tan (class 8)

दुःखकलिताः (duḥkhakalitāḥ) - afflicted by sorrow, filled with grief

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duḥkhakalita

duḥkhakalita - afflicted by sorrow, filled with grief, overcome by misery

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+kalita)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)
• kalita – filled with, endowed with, afflicted, held
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kal 'to hold' or 'to count'
  Root: kal (class 1)

विपिनम् (vipinam) - forest, wilderness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipina

vipina - forest, grove, wilderness

गताः (gatāḥ) - went, gone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Root: gam (class 1)

कृतौर्द्धवदेहिकाः (kṛtaurddhavadehikāḥ) - having performed the final rites, having completed the post-mortem ceremonies

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtaurddhavadehika

kṛtaurddhavadehika - one for whom funeral rites have been performed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+ūrdhvadehika)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ūrdhvadehika – funeral rites, post-mortem ceremony
  noun (neuter)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) - worldly activities, dealings, conduct

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - activity, transaction, conduct, worldly affair

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

समाधये (samādhaye) - for deep meditation, for concentration, for absorption (samādhi)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - deep meditation, concentration, absorption, trance (samādhi)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

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