योगक्षेम

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Etymology

योग (yoga, yoking, effort) +‎ क्षेम (kṣema, welfare, safety, prosperity).

Pronunciation

Noun

योगक्षेम (yogakṣemá) stemm

  1. the secure possession of what has been acquired; the acquisition of property and the security thereof
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.166.5:
      यो॒ग॒क्षे॒मं व॑ आ॒दाया॒हं भू॑यासमुत्त॒म आ वो॑ मू॒र्धान॑मक्रमीम् ।
      yogakṣemáṃ va ādā́yāháṃ bhūyāsamuttamá ā́ vo mūrdhā́namakramīm.
      May I be highest , having gained your secured possessions, my feet have trodden on your heads.
    • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā Chapter IX.22:
      अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।
      तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
      ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate.
      teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham.
      "But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack, and preserve what they have."
    1. the charge for securing property against accidents; insurance
      • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 7.127:
        क्रयविक्रयं अध्वानं भक्तं च सपरिव्ययम् ।
        योगक्षेमं च संप्रेक्ष्य वणिजो दापयेत्करान् ॥
        krayavikrayaṃ adhvānaṃ bhaktaṃ ca saparivyayam.
        yogakṣemaṃ ca saṃprekṣya vaṇijo dāpayetkarān.
        Having well considered purchase and sale, the road, food and condiments, the charges of securing the goods, let the king make the traders pay duty.
  2. welfare, peace, prosperity
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VII.5.18:
      आऽस्मिन् राष्ट्रे राजन्य इषव्यः शूरो महारथो जायताम् । दोग्ध्री धेनुः । वोढाऽनड्वान् आशुः सप्तिः पुरंधिर्योषा जिष्णू रथेष्ठाः सभेयो युवा । आऽस्य यजमानस्य वीरो जायताम् । निकामेनिकामे नः पर्जन्यो वर्षतु फलिन्यो न ओषधयः पच्यन्ताम् । योगक्षेमो नः कल्पताम् ॥
      ā́smín rāṣṭré rājanyà iṣavyàḥ śū́ro mahārathó jāyatām. dógdhrī dhenúḥ. vóḍhānaḍvā́n. ā́śuḥ sáptiḥ. púraṃdhiryóṣā. jiṣṇū́ ratheṣṭhā́ḥ. sabhéyo yúvā. ā́syá yájamānasya vīró jāyatām. nikāménikāme naḥ parjányo varṣatu phalínyo na óṣadhayaḥ pacyantām. yogakṣemó naḥ kalpatām.
      In this kingdom may a prince be born, an archer , a hero , and a great chariot-fighter ; a milk cow who will yield milk; a draught ox ; a swift racer ; a young woman who is fertile; a victorious warrior ; a youth fit for the assembly . To this worshipper be a hero born. May Parjanya rain for us whensoever we desire. May our plants ripen with fruit. May peace and prosperity be ours.
  3. rest after labour

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of योगक्षेम (yogakṣemá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative योगक्षेमः
yogakṣemáḥ
योगक्षेमौ / योगक्षेमा¹
yogakṣemaú / yogakṣemā́¹
योगक्षेमाः / योगक्षेमासः¹
yogakṣemā́ḥ / yogakṣemā́saḥ¹
Vocative योगक्षेम
yógakṣema
योगक्षेमौ / योगक्षेमा¹
yógakṣemau / yógakṣemā¹
योगक्षेमाः / योगक्षेमासः¹
yógakṣemāḥ / yógakṣemāsaḥ¹
Accusative योगक्षेमम्
yogakṣemám
योगक्षेमौ / योगक्षेमा¹
yogakṣemaú / yogakṣemā́¹
योगक्षेमान्
yogakṣemā́n
Instrumental योगक्षेमेण
yogakṣeméṇa
योगक्षेमाभ्याम्
yogakṣemā́bhyām
योगक्षेमैः / योगक्षेमेभिः¹
yogakṣemaíḥ / yogakṣemébhiḥ¹
Dative योगक्षेमाय
yogakṣemā́ya
योगक्षेमाभ्याम्
yogakṣemā́bhyām
योगक्षेमेभ्यः
yogakṣemébhyaḥ
Ablative योगक्षेमात्
yogakṣemā́t
योगक्षेमाभ्याम्
yogakṣemā́bhyām
योगक्षेमेभ्यः
yogakṣemébhyaḥ
Genitive योगक्षेमस्य
yogakṣemásya
योगक्षेमयोः
yogakṣemáyoḥ
योगक्षेमाणाम्
yogakṣemā́ṇām
Locative योगक्षेमे
yogakṣemé
योगक्षेमयोः
yogakṣemáyoḥ
योगक्षेमेषु
yogakṣeméṣu
Notes
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