योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-7, verse-2

साधु विद्याधराधीश दिष्ट्या बुद्धोऽसि भूतये ।
भवान्धकूपकुहराच्चिरेणोत्थानमिच्छसि ॥ २ ॥

sādhu vidyādharādhīśa diṣṭyā buddho'si bhūtaye ,
bhavāndhakūpakuharāccireṇotthānamicchasi 2

2. sādhu vidyādharādhīśa diṣṭyā buddhaḥ asi bhūtaye
bhavāndhakūpakuharāt cireṇa utthānam icchasi

2. vidyādharādhīśa sādhu diṣṭyā bhūtaye buddhaḥ
asi bhavāndhakūpakuharāt cireṇa utthānam icchasi

2. Excellent, O lord of the Vidyadharas! Fortunately, you have awakened for your true welfare. You desire, after a long time, to rise up from the deep cavern of the blind well of worldly existence (saṃsāra).

2. כל הכבוד לך, שליט הַוִדְיָאדְהָרָה (הישויות המכושפות)! למזלך התעוררת למען רווחתך, וכעת אתה מבקש לעלות סוף סוף ממעמקי באר האפלה של סבך הקיום התופעתי.

Words meanings summery:

• साधु (sādhu) - Excellent!, Well done! (good, excellent, well done, righteous)

• विद्याधराधीश (vidyādharādhīśa) - O lord of Vidyadharas

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by luck, happily

• बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - spiritually awakened (awakened, enlightened, known)

• असि (asi) - you are

• भूतये (bhūtaye) - for your true welfare or spiritual being (for welfare, for prosperity, for being/existence)

• भवान्धकूपकुहरात् (bhavāndhakūpakuharāt) - from the deep darkness of mundane existence (saṃsāra) (from the cavern of the blind well of existence)

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - after a long time, for a long time

• उत्थानम् (utthānam) - spiritual upliftment or liberation from saṃsāra (rising, rising up, emergence, exertion)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

Words meanings and morphology

साधु (sādhu) - Excellent!, Well done! (good, excellent, well done, righteous)

(indeclinable)

विद्याधराधीश (vidyādharādhīśa) - O lord of Vidyadharas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vidyādharādhīśa

vidyādharādhīśa - lord of the Vidyadharas (celestial beings)

Compound: vidyādhara (bearer of knowledge/magic) + adhīśa (lord)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyādhara+adhīśa)

• vidyādhara – bearer of knowledge/magic, a class of celestial beings
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: vidyā (knowledge) + dhara (bearer)
• adhīśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by luck, happily

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial instrumental, 'by good fortune'.

बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - spiritually awakened (awakened, enlightened, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddha

buddha - awakened, enlightened, known; an enlightened one

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √budh (to awaken, know)

Root: √budh (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective with 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Present Active

2nd person singular, present active, parasmaipada of √as

Root: √as (class 2)

भूतये (bhūtaye) - for your true welfare or spiritual being (for welfare, for prosperity, for being/existence)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - welfare, prosperity, well-being, existence, power

Derived from √bhū (to be, become)

Root: √bhū (class 1)

भवान्धकूपकुहरात् (bhavāndhakūpakuharāt) - from the deep darkness of mundane existence (saṃsāra) (from the cavern of the blind well of existence)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhavāndhakūpakuhara

bhavāndhakūpakuhara - cavern of the blind well of existence

Tatpuruṣa compound: bhava (existence) + andhakūpa (blind well) + kuhara (cavern)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+andhakūpa+kuhara)

• bhava – existence, becoming, worldly life, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: √bhū (class 1)
• andhakūpa – blind well, dark well (metaphor for spiritual ignorance)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: andha (blind, dark) + kūpa (well)
• kuhara – cavern, cave, hollow
  noun (neuter)

चिरेण (cireṇa) - after a long time, for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially, 'after a long time'.

उत्थानम् (utthānam) - spiritual upliftment or liberation from saṃsāra (rising, rising up, emergence, exertion)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of utthāna

utthāna - rising up, standing up, exertion, emergence

Derived from ud-√sthā (to stand up)

Prefix: ud

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'icchasi'.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of √iṣ

Present Active

2nd person singular, present active, parasmaipada of √iṣ

Root: √iṣ (class 6)

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