योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-29

साम्राज्यं सुचिरं कृत्वा तथा भुक्त्वा वधूगणम् ।
भंक्त्वा परबलान्युच्चैः किमपूर्वमवाप्यते ॥ २९ ॥

sāmrājyaṃ suciraṃ kṛtvā tathā bhuktvā vadhūgaṇam ,
bhaṃktvā parabalānyuccaiḥ kimapūrvamavāpyate 29

29. sāmrājyam suciram kṛtvā tathā bhuktvā vadhūgaṇam
bhaṅktvā parabalāni uccaiḥ kim apūrvam avāpyate

29. suciram sāmrājyam kṛtvā tathā vadhūgaṇam bhuktvā
uccaiḥ parabalāni bhaṅktvā kim apūrvam avāpyate

29. Having ruled a vast empire for a long time, having enjoyed a multitude of women, and having powerfully crushed the forces of enemies, what unprecedented thing is achieved?

Words meanings summery:

• साम्राज्यम् (sāmrājyam) - universal dominion or sovereign rule (empire, sovereignty, universal dominion)

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a long time, for a very long duration

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having ruled (having done, having made, having performed, having ruled)

• तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and, also)

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed, having consumed, having experienced

• वधूगणम् (vadhūgaṇam) - a multitude of women, a group of wives/young women

• भङ्क्त्वा (bhaṅktvā) - having crushed (having broken, having crushed, having defeated)

• परबलानि (parabalāni) - armies of others, forces of enemies, enemy forces

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - mightily, powerfully (loudly, mightily, powerfully, high up)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented thing (unprecedented, new, not previously existing)

• अवाप्यते (avāpyate) - is attained, is achieved, is obtained

Words meanings and morphology

साम्राज्यम् (sāmrājyam) - universal dominion or sovereign rule (empire, sovereignty, universal dominion)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāmrājya

sāmrājya - empire, sovereignty, universal dominion

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a long time, for a very long duration

(indeclinable)

adverbial use of the accusative singular of sucira

Compound type : avyayībhāva (su+cira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• cira – long (time), ancient
  adjective (neuter)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having ruled (having done, having made, having performed, having ruled)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and, also)

(indeclinable)

भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed, having consumed, having experienced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: bhuj (class 7)

वधूगणम् (vadhūgaṇam) - a multitude of women, a group of wives/young women

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadhūgaṇa

vadhūgaṇa - multitude of women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadhū+gaṇa)

• vadhū – wife, bride, young woman
  noun (feminine)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, troop
  noun (masculine)

भङ्क्त्वा (bhaṅktvā) - having crushed (having broken, having crushed, having defeated)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: bhañj (class 7)

परबलानि (parabalāni) - armies of others, forces of enemies, enemy forces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of parabala

parabala - enemy forces, strength of others

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+bala)

• para – other, enemy, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, army, force
  noun (neuter)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - mightily, powerfully (loudly, mightily, powerfully, high up)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented thing (unprecedented, new, not previously existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, new, unparalleled, not before

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pūrva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pūrva – former, prior, earlier, eastern
  adjective (masculine)

अवाप्यते (avāpyate) - is attained, is achieved, is obtained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of avāp

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

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