योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-35

गुणा दोषाश्च के तत्र स्वर्गे वद ममाग्रतः ।
ज्ञात्वा स्थितिं तु तत्रत्यां करिष्येऽहं यथारुचि ॥ ३५ ॥

guṇā doṣāśca ke tatra svarge vada mamāgrataḥ ,
jñātvā sthitiṃ tu tatratyāṃ kariṣye'haṃ yathāruci 35

35. guṇāḥ doṣāḥ ca ke tatra svarge vada mama agrataḥ
jñātvā sthitim tu tatratyām kariṣye aham yathāruci

35. "Tell me, in my presence, what are the merits and demerits there in heaven? Indeed, having understood the situation there, I will act as I please."

Words meanings summery:

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - merits (merits, qualities, virtues)

• दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - demerits (faults, defects, demerits)

• च (ca) - and

• के (ke) - what (are) (who, what (plural))

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front of me, in my presence (in front of, before, in the presence of)

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - situation (situation, state, condition, stability)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• तत्रत्याम् (tatratyām) - (the situation) there (belonging to that place, local)

• करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will act (I will do, I will make)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यथारुचि (yathāruci) - according to my liking, as I please (according to liking, as desired)

Words meanings and morphology

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - merits (merits, qualities, virtues)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, strand, secondary aspect

Root: guṇ (class 10)

Note: Subject of implied 'are'.

दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - demerits (faults, defects, demerits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, demerit, harm

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject of implied 'are'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - what (are) (who, what (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun `tad` with suffix `-tra`.

Note: Locative adverb.

स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode

Root: svar

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative Active

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice.

Root: vad (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Qualifies `agrataḥ`.

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front of me, in my presence (in front of, before, in the presence of)

(indeclinable)

Derived from `agra` (front) with suffix `-tah`.

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root `jñā` with suffix `-tvā`.

Root: jñā (class 9)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - situation (situation, state, condition, stability)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, position, state, condition, stability, situation

Derived from root `sthā`.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of `jñātvā`.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

तत्रत्याम् (tatratyām) - (the situation) there (belonging to that place, local)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tatratya

tatratya - being there, belonging to that place

Derived from `tatra` with suffix `-tya`.

करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will act (I will do, I will make)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Middle

1st person singular, future tense, middle voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

Note: Subject of `kariṣye`.

यथारुचि (yathāruci) - according to my liking, as I please (according to liking, as desired)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+ruci)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• ruci – liking, taste, pleasure, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ruc (class 1)