योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-181, verse-25

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कौ भवन्ताविमौ साधू क्वासौ गौर्याश्रमो गतः ।
केन वाहमिहानीतः कालोऽयं कश्च वर्तते ॥ २५ ॥

kau bhavantāvimau sādhū kvāsau gauryāśramo gataḥ ,
kena vāhamihānītaḥ kālo'yaṃ kaśca vartate 25

25. kau bhavantau imau sādhū kva asau gaury-āśramaḥ gataḥ
kena vā aham iha ānītaḥ kālaḥ ayam kaḥ ca vartate

25. imau kau bhavantau sādhū? kva asau gaury-āśramaḥ gataḥ?
vā kena aham iha ānītaḥ? ca ayam kaḥ kālaḥ vartate?

25. Who are you two venerable persons? Where has Gauri's hermitage gone? And by whom was I brought here? What time is this now?

Words meanings summery:

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कौ (kau) - who (are you two) (who (dual), which two)

भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you two venerable persons (you (dual, honorific), venerable ones)

इमौ (imau) - these two (referring to the speaker and his companion) (these two)

साधू (sādhū) - good people / sages (good, virtuous, holy men, sages (dual))

क्व (kva) - where?

असौ (asau) - that (one) (that (distant), he, she, it)

गौर्य्-आश्रमः (gaury-āśramaḥ) - Gauri's hermitage

गतः (gataḥ) - gone (disappeared) (gone, departed, arrived at)

केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

वा (vā) - and/or (used here to connect a series of questions) (or, either)

अहम् (aham) - I (the sage) (I)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

आनीतः (ānītaḥ) - brought (brought, led)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, period, season)

अयम् (ayam) - this (one) (this, he)

कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

वर्तते (vartate) - is (present) (exists, is, revolves, takes place)

Words meanings and morphology

कौ (kau) - who (are you two) (who (dual), which two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun, dual nominative.

भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you two venerable persons (you (dual, honorific), venerable ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, venerable, you (honorific)

Present Active Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be) with 'śatṛ' suffix, used as an honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Honorific second person pronoun, dual nominative.

इमौ (imau) - these two (referring to the speaker and his companion) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, dual nominative.

साधू (sādhū) - good people / sages (good, virtuous, holy men, sages (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

From root 'sādh' (to accomplish, succeed)

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Adjective modifying 'bhavantau'.

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'kim' (what) + 'va' suffix (indicating place)

Note: Interrogative adverb of place.

असौ (asau) - that (one) (that (distant), he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, nominative singular masculine, referring to 'āśramaḥ'.

गौर्य्-आश्रमः (gaury-āśramaḥ) - Gauri's hermitage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaurī-āśrama

gaurī-āśrama - Gauri's hermitage

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (gaurī+āśrama)

gaurī – Gauri (name of a goddess, a woman), yellowish-white
proper noun (feminine)
āśrama – hermitage, abode, spiritual retreat, stage of life (āśrama)
noun (masculine)
From root 'śram' (to toil) with prefix 'ā' and suffix 'a'
Prefix: ā
Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'gataḥ'.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone (disappeared) (gone, departed, arrived at)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived at, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with 'kta' (ta) suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used with 'kva' to ask 'where has it gone?'

केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim