योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-185, verse-17

स एष कुन्ददन्ताख्यो द्विजः पार्श्वे समास्थितः ।
श्रुतवान्सहितामेतां मोक्षोपायाभिधामिह ॥ १७ ॥

sa eṣa kundadantākhyo dvijaḥ pārśve samāsthitaḥ ,
śrutavānsahitāmetāṃ mokṣopāyābhidhāmiha 17

17. saḥ eṣaḥ kundadanta-ākhyaḥ dvijaḥ pārśve samāsthitaḥ
śrutavān sahitām etām mokṣa-upāya-abhidhām iha

17. saḥ eṣaḥ kundadanta-ākhyaḥ dvijaḥ pārśve samāsthitaḥ
iha etām sahitām mokṣa-upāya-abhidhām śrutavān

17. This Brahmin, named Kundadanta, seated by my side, has heard this entire discourse on the means to liberation (mokṣa) here.

17. הברהמן הזה בשם קוּנְדַדַנְתַּה, הניצב לצדי, שמע כאן את תורת הדרך לשחרור כולה.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - referring to Kundadanta (he, that one)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - referring to Kundadanta, nearby (this one, he)

• कुन्ददन्त-आख्यः (kundadanta-ākhyaḥ) - named Kundadanta, called Kundadanta

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - Brahmin, twice-born

• पार्श्वे (pārśve) - by the side, near

• समास्थितः (samāsthitaḥ) - seated, situated, placed

• श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - has heard, having heard

• सहिताम् (sahitām) - complete, whole, accompanied

• एताम् (etām) - this

• मोक्ष-उपाय-अभिधाम् (mokṣa-upāya-abhidhām) - discourse on the means to liberation

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - referring to Kundadanta (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एषः (eṣaḥ) - referring to Kundadanta, nearby (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

कुन्ददन्त-आख्यः (kundadanta-ākhyaḥ) - named Kundadanta, called Kundadanta

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kundadanta-ākhya

kundadanta-ākhya - named Kundadanta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kundadanta+ākhya)

• kundadanta – Kundadanta (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ākhya – named, called, designated as
  adjective (masculine)

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - Brahmin, twice-born

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth, a snake)

पार्श्वे (pārśve) - by the side, near

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pārśva

pārśva - side, flank, vicinity

समास्थितः (samāsthitaḥ) - seated, situated, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sam-ā-√sthā

√sthā - to stand, to be situated, to remain

Past Passive Participle

formed from root √sthā with upasargas sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: functions as an adjective describing the subject

श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - has heard, having heard

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrutavat

śrutavat - having heard

Past Active Participle

formed from root √śru (to hear) with suffix -tavat

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: functions as an adjective/verb with active meaning

सहिताम् (sahitām) - complete, whole, accompanied

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, connected with, entire, complete

Past Passive Participle

from sa-hita

Note: Agrees with 'abhidhām'

एताम् (etām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मोक्ष-उपाय-अभिधाम् (mokṣa-upāya-abhidhām) - discourse on the means to liberation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mokṣa-upāya-abhidhā

mokṣa-upāya-abhidhā - description/discourse of the means to liberation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+upāya+abhidhā)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  from root √muc (to free) + -sa suffix
  Root: muc (class 6)
• upāya – means, method, resource
  noun (masculine)
  from upa-√i (to go)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)
• abhidhā – designation, description, discourse, naming
  noun (feminine)
  from abhi-√dhā
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

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