योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-182, verse-23

इत्युक्ते तेन स मया पृष्टः परमतापसः ।
संदेहादिदमाश्चर्यमार्यास्तद्वर्णयाम्यहम् ॥ २३ ॥

ityukte tena sa mayā pṛṣṭaḥ paramatāpasaḥ ,
saṃdehādidamāścaryamāryāstadvarṇayāmyaham 23

23. iti ukte tena saḥ mayā pṛṣṭaḥ paramatāpasaḥ
saṃdehāt idam āścaryam āryāḥ tat varṇayāmi aham

23. tena iti ukte,
mayā saḥ paramatāpasaḥ saṃdehāt pṛṣṭaḥ.
āryāḥ,
aham tat idam āścaryam varṇayāmi.

23. When this was thus spoken by him, I questioned that supreme ascetic (tapas) due to my doubt. O noble ones, I will now describe that astonishing matter.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• उक्ते (ukte) - when it was said/spoken

• तेन (tena) - by him

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - questioned, asked

• परमतापसः (paramatāpasaḥ) - the supreme ascetic

• संदेहात् (saṁdehāt) - from doubt, out of doubt

• इदम् (idam) - this

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - astonishment, wonder, amazing thing

• आर्याः (āryāḥ) - O respected ones, O noble ones

• तत् (tat) - that

• वर्णयामि (varṇayāmi) - I describe, I narrate

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

उक्ते (ukte) - when it was said/spoken

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - questioned, asked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

परमतापसः (paramatāpasaḥ) - the supreme ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramatāpasa

paramatāpasa - supreme ascetic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+tāpasa)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost
  adjective (masculine)
• tāpasa – an ascetic, one who performs austerities (tapas)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from tapas (asceticism)

संदेहात् (saṁdehāt) - from doubt, out of doubt

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - astonishment, wonder, amazing thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, astonishment, surprising

आर्याः (āryāḥ) - O respected ones, O noble ones

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respected

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वर्णयामि (varṇayāmi) - I describe, I narrate

(verb)

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

Root: varṇ (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

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