योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-182, verse-32

देव्युवाच ।
भर्त्रर्थमथ चात्मार्थे गृह्यतां बालिके वरः ।
चिरं क्लिष्टासि तपसा निदाघेनेव मञ्जरी ॥ ३२ ॥

devyuvāca ,
bhartrarthamatha cātmārthe gṛhyatāṃ bālike varaḥ ,
ciraṃ kliṣṭāsi tapasā nidāgheneva mañjarī 32

32. devī uvāca bhartrartham atha ca ātmārthe gṛhyatām bālike
varaḥ ciram kliṣṭā asi tapasā nidāghena iva mañjarī

32. devī uvāca bālike bhartrartham atha ca ātmārthe varaḥ
gṛhyatām tvam tapasā ciram nidāghena iva mañjarī kliṣṭā asi

32. The Goddess said: 'O young girl, accept a boon, for the sake of your husband and for your own welfare (ātman). You have been troubled for a long time by your austerities (tapas), like a cluster of blossoms withered by the summer heat.'

Words meanings summery:

• देवी (devī) - the Goddess (Pārvatī) (goddess, queen)

• उवाच (uvāca) - she said (she said, he said, it said)

• भर्त्रर्थम् (bhartrartham) - for the sake of your husband (for the sake of the husband)

• अथ (atha) - and (then, now, and, moreover)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आत्मार्थे (ātmārthe) - for your own sake (ātman), for your own welfare (for the sake of oneself, for one's own purpose)

• गृह्यताम् (gṛhyatām) - let it be accepted (let it be taken, let it be accepted)

• बालिके (bālike) - O young girl (O young girl, O maiden)

• वरः (varaḥ) - a boon (boon, blessing, choice)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time (for a long time, long ago)

• क्लिष्टा (kliṣṭā) - troubled, withered (distressed, troubled, afflicted, withered)

• असि (asi) - you are

• तपसा (tapasā) - by your austerity (tapas) (by penance, by austerity)

• निदाघेन (nidāghena) - by the summer heat (by summer heat, by drought)

• इव (iva) - like, just like (like, as, as if)

• मञ्जरी (mañjarī) - a cluster of blossoms (a cluster of blossoms, a sprout, a bud)

Words meanings and morphology

देवी (devī) - the Goddess (Pārvatī) (goddess, queen)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen

Feminine of `deva`.

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - she said (she said, he said, it said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect tense

Reduplicated form of root `vac`.

Root: vac (class 2)

भर्त्रर्थम् (bhartrartham) - for the sake of your husband (for the sake of the husband)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartrartha

bhartrartha - for the sake of one's husband

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhartṛ+artha)

• bhartṛ – husband, supporter, maintainer, lord
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root `bhṛ` (to bear, support) + `tṛ` suffix.
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, thing, sake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially for 'for the sake of'.

अथ (atha) - and (then, now, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आत्मार्थे (ātmārthe) - for your own sake (ātman), for your own welfare (for the sake of oneself, for one's own purpose)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātmārtha

ātmārtha - for the sake of oneself, one's own interest/welfare

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+artha)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, individual
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, thing, sake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially for 'for the sake of'.

गृह्यताम् (gṛhyatām) - let it be accepted (let it be taken, let it be accepted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (Loṭ) of grah

Imperative mood, passive voice

Passive form `gṛhyate` + `tām` ending.

Root: grah (class 9)

बालिके (bālike) - O young girl (O young girl, O maiden)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bālikā

bālikā - young girl, maiden

Feminine diminutive of `bāla`.

वरः (varaḥ) - a boon (boon, blessing, choice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, wish, choice, best, excellent

From root `vṛ` (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Subject of passive verb `gṛhyatām`.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time (for a long time, long ago)

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of `cira` used adverbially.

क्लिष्टा (kliṣṭā) - troubled, withered (distressed, troubled, afflicted, withered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kliṣṭa

kliṣṭa - distressed, afflicted, withered, troubled

Past Passive Participle

From root `kliś` (to suffer, to trouble) + `kta` suffix.

Root: kliś (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective with `asi`.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

Present tense

Root: as (class 2)

तपसा (tapasā) - by your austerity (tapas) (by penance, by austerity)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, asceticism, penance, austerity

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Cause of being withered.

निदाघेन (nidāghena) - by the summer heat (by summer heat, by drought)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nidāgha

nidāgha - heat, summer, drought

From `ni` + root `dah` (to burn).

Prefix: ni

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Comparison for `tapasā`.

इव (iva) - like, just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

मञ्जरी (mañjarī) - a cluster of blossoms (a cluster of blossoms, a sprout, a bud)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mañjarī

mañjarī - a cluster of blossoms, a flower-stalk, a bud, a sprout

Note: Subject of comparison.

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