योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-203, verse-28

धूपेन गन्धमाल्याभ्यां यथोदितमनिन्दितः ।
पूर्वान्संपूजयामास सर्वानेव महीपतिः ॥ २८ ॥

dhūpena gandhamālyābhyāṃ yathoditamaninditaḥ ,
pūrvānsaṃpūjayāmāsa sarvāneva mahīpatiḥ 28

28. dhūpena gandhamālyābhyām yathoditam aninditaḥ
pūrvān saṃpūjayāmāsa sarvān eva mahīpatiḥ

28. mahīpatiḥ aninditaḥ dhūpena gandhamālyābhyām
yathoditam sarvān eva pūrvān saṃpūjayāmāsa

28. With incense, and with perfumes and garlands, the blameless king worshipped all his ancestors as prescribed.

Words meanings summery:

• धूपेन (dhūpena) - with incense

• गन्धमाल्याभ्याम् (gandhamālyābhyām) - with perfumes and garlands

• यथोदितम् (yathoditam) - as prescribed (for the ritual) (as prescribed, as spoken, as arisen)

• अनिन्दितः (aninditaḥ) - the blameless king (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

• पूर्वान् (pūrvān) - the ancestors (to be worshipped) (the ancestors, the former ones)

• संपूजयामास (saṁpūjayāmāsa) - he worshipped, he honored greatly

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (the ancestors) (all, every)

• एव (eva) - indeed, all of them (indeed, only, just)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king, ruler of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

धूपेन (dhūpena) - with incense

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhūpa

dhūpa - incense, perfume, fumigation

from √dhup (to fumigate)

Root: dhup (class 1)

गन्धमाल्याभ्याम् (gandhamālyābhyām) - with perfumes and garlands

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of gandhamālya

gandhamālya - perfume and garland

dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (gandha+mālya)

• gandha – smell, fragrance, perfume
  noun (masculine)
• mālya – garland, wreath
  noun (neuter)

Note: This is a dvandva compound treated as dual in instrumental case.

यथोदितम् (yathoditam) - as prescribed (for the ritual) (as prescribed, as spoken, as arisen)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathodita

yathodita - as spoken, as prescribed, as arisen, proper

Past Passive Participle

compound: yathā + udita

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+udita)

• yathā – as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• udita – spoken, said, risen, appeared
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ud-√vad (to speak) or ud-√i (to go up, rise)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially, meaning 'in the prescribed manner'.

अनिन्दितः (aninditaḥ) - the blameless king (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, faultless, irreproachable

Negative Past Passive Participle

na + nindita (from √nind - to blame)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• nindita – blamed, censured
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √nind (to blame)
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Qualifies mahīpatiḥ.

पूर्वान् (pūrvān) - the ancestors (to be worshipped) (the ancestors, the former ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, ancient, eastern, ancestors (plural)

Note: Object of worship.

संपूजयामास (saṁpūjayāmāsa) - he worshipped, he honored greatly

(verb)

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

Periphrastic Perfect tense

formed from the causative stem of sam-√pūj combined with perfect auxiliary √ās

Prefix: sam

Root: pūj (class 10)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (the ancestors) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Agrees with pūrvān.

एव (eva) - indeed, all of them (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king, ruler of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king, ruler

compound: mahī (earth) + pati (lord)

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of saṃpūjayāmāsa.

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