योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-206, verse-29

तेषां च जाया संपन्ना कथमेतन्महामुने ।
गृहानिर्गच्छमाकल्पं नृपः स द्वीपसप्तके ॥ २९ ॥

teṣāṃ ca jāyā saṃpannā kathametanmahāmune ,
gṛhānirgacchamākalpaṃ nṛpaḥ sa dvīpasaptake 29

29. teṣām ca jāyā sampannā katham etat mahā-mune
gṛhāt nirgamam ā-kalpam nṛpaḥ saḥ dvīpa-saptake

29. mahā-mune,
teṣām ca jāyā katham etat sampannā? saḥ nṛpaḥ dvīpa-saptake gṛhāt ā-kalpam nirgamam (abhūt).

29. And how did she become their wife, O great sage (mahāmune)? That king (nṛpa) in the seven continents, whose departure from home lasted until the end of the age (kalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the meditators (or implicitly, the Pandavas) (of them)

• च (ca) - and

• जाया (jāyā) - wife

• सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - became, happened, furnished (fem. nom. sg.)

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• एतत् (etat) - this (situation) (this)

• महा-मुने (mahā-mune) - O great sage

• गृहात् (gṛhāt) - from the house, from home

• निर्गमम् (nirgamam) - departure, going out

• आ-कल्पम् (ā-kalpam) - until the end of the kalpa (cosmic age)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• द्वीप-सप्तके (dvīpa-saptake) - in the seven continents/islands

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the meditators (or implicitly, the Pandavas) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

जाया (jāyā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāyā

jāyā - wife

सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - became, happened, furnished (fem. nom. sg.)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampanna

sampanna - completed, accomplished, happened, became

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad (to go) with upasarga sam, used with bhū to mean 'become'

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (situation) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

महा-मुने (mahā-mune) - O great sage

(compound noun)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)

गृहात् (gṛhāt) - from the house, from home

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home

निर्गमम् (nirgamam) - departure, going out

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirgama

nirgama - going out, departure, exit

From root gam (to go) with upasarga nis

Prefix: nis

Root: gam (class 1)

आ-कल्पम् (ā-kalpam) - until the end of the kalpa (cosmic age)

(indeclinable)

Preposition ā + kalpa (cosmic age)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+kalpa)

• ā – up to, until
  indeclinable
  Preposition
• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon
  noun (masculine)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

From nṛ (man) + pā (to protect)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्वीप-सप्तके (dvīpa-saptake) - in the seven continents/islands

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvīpa+saptaka)

• dvīpa – continent, island
  noun (masculine)
• saptaka – group of seven
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the traditional division of the world.

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