योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-182, verse-19

इदं कदम्बमम्लानं जनताः पूजयन्त्यलम् ।
वागीश्वरीगृहमिति मां चैवैकसमाधिगम् ॥ १९ ॥

idaṃ kadambamamlānaṃ janatāḥ pūjayantyalam ,
vāgīśvarīgṛhamiti māṃ caivaikasamādhigam 19

19. idam kadambam amlānam janatāḥ pūjayanti alam
vāgīśvarīgṛham iti mām ca eva ekasamādhigam

19. janatāḥ idam amlānam kadambam vāgīśvarīgṛham
iti alam pūjayanti ca eva mām ekasamādhigam

19. This kadamba tree, unfading, people worship abundantly, thinking, 'This is the abode of Vāgīśvarī,' and also me, who am attained through single-minded concentration (dhyāna).

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (kadamba tree) (this)

• कदम्बम् (kadambam) - kadamba tree

• अम्लानम् (amlānam) - unfading (unfading, fresh, blooming)

• जनताः (janatāḥ) - people (people, populace)

• पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they worship (they worship, they honor)

• अलम् (alam) - abundantly (enough, sufficient, adequately, abundantly)

• वागीश्वरीगृहम् (vāgīśvarīgṛham) - abode of Vāgīśvarī (house of Vāgīśvarī, abode of Vāgīśvarī)

• इति (iti) - thinking (thus, so, thinking that, in this way)

• माम् (mām) - me (the speaker, identified with the tree) (me (accusative of I))

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just)

• एकसमाधिगम् (ekasamādhigam) - who am attained through single-minded concentration (dhyāna) (obtained through single-minded concentration, attained by one-pointed meditation)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (kadamba tree) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Adjective to kadambam.

कदम्बम् (kadambam) - kadamba tree

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kadamba

kadamba - a kadamba tree (Nauclea cadamba)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अम्लानम् (amlānam) - unfading (unfading, fresh, blooming)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amlāna

amlāna - unfaded, fresh, blooming

Past Passive Participle (negative)

formed from negative prefix 'a-' and root √mlai 'to fade'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mlāna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mlāna – faded, withered
  verbal derivative (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root √mlai 'to fade'
  Root: mlai (class 1)

Note: Adjective to kadambam.

जनताः (janatāḥ) - people (people, populace)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of janatā

janatā - people, multitude of men, community

Tā-pratyaya (feminine suffix forming abstract nouns from common nouns)

Note: Subject of pūjayanti.

पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they worship (they worship, they honor)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pūj

Present Active Indicative

10th conjugation (pūj-ayati), Parasmaipada

Root: pūj (class 10)

अलम् (alam) - abundantly (enough, sufficient, adequately, abundantly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying pūjayanti.

वागीश्वरीगृहम् (vāgīśvarīgṛham) - abode of Vāgīśvarī (house of Vāgīśvarī, abode of Vāgīśvarī)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāgīśvarīgṛha

vāgīśvarīgṛha - house of the goddess of speech, abode of Vāgīśvarī

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāgīśvarī+gṛha)

• vāgīśvarī – goddess of speech, Sarasvatī
  proper noun (feminine)
• gṛha – house, home, abode
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate nominative, implied by iti.

इति (iti) - thinking (thus, so, thinking that, in this way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Follows the quote or thought.

माम् (mām) - me (the speaker, identified with the tree) (me (accusative of I))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Object of pūjayanti, parallel to kadambam.

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects implied kadambam and mām.

एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

एकसमाधिगम् (ekasamādhigam) - who am attained through single-minded concentration (dhyāna) (obtained through single-minded concentration, attained by one-pointed meditation)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekasamādhigam

ekasamādhigam - attained by or through single concentration

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+samādhi+gam)

• eka – one, single
  adjective (neuter)
• samādhi – concentration, meditation, absorption
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• gam – going, attaining
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  suffix -ga (from √gam 'to go, attain')
  an agentive suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective for mām.

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