योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-2

श्रीराम उवाच ।
भगवन्भवता पृष्टो यथावदधुनाऽखिलम् ।
कथयाम्यहमज्ञोऽपि को लङ्घयति सद्वचः ॥ २ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
bhagavanbhavatā pṛṣṭo yathāvadadhunā'khilam ,
kathayāmyahamajño'pi ko laṅghayati sadvacaḥ 2

2. śrīrāma uvāca bhagavan bhavatā pṛṣṭaḥ yathāvat adhunā
akhilam kathayāmi aham ajñaḥ api kaḥ laṅghayati sat vacaḥ

2. Śrī Rāma said: "O Lord, you have properly asked me now about everything. Although I am ignorant, I will tell you. Who indeed can transgress the words of the virtuous?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O worshipful one, O venerable one

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, duly, exactly as it is, truthfully

• अधुना (adhunā) - now, at this time

• अखिलम् (akhilam) - everything (all, whole, entire, complete)

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I will tell, I relate, I narrate

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant, unknowing

• अपि (api) - although (even, also, although)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• लङ्घयति (laṅghayati) - transgresses, violates, leaps over

• सत् (sat) - virtuous (good, virtuous, righteous, existing)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu), pleasing, delightful, black (color)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Used here as the speaker of the verse, hence implicitly nominative singular.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class), Perfect (lit) third person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O worshipful one, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - prosperous, fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable, Lord

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite form), being, existing

Present Active Participle (from bhū)

Root: bhū (class 1)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

From root 'prach' (to ask).

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'I' (aham).

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, duly, exactly as it is, truthfully

(indeclinable)

अधुना (adhunā) - now, at this time

(indeclinable)

अखिलम् (akhilam) - everything (all, whole, entire, complete)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akhila

akhila - whole, entire, complete, all

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'khila' (deficient).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• khila – deficient, lacking, waste land
  adjective

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'everything'.

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I will tell, I relate, I narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of kath

Causal of 'kath' (or a denominative verb from 'kathā'). 'Kathayati' is the standard form.

Root: kath (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant, unknowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, foolish, unknowing, a fool

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'jña' (knowing).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jña)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jña – knowing, wise, acquainted with
  adjective
  From root 'jñā' (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

अपि (api) - although (even, also, although)

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

लङ्घयति (laṅghayati) - transgresses, violates, leaps over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of laṅgh

From root 'laṅgh' (1st class) with causative meaning or simply 'to transgress'.

Root: laṅgh (class 1)

सत् (sat) - virtuous (good, virtuous, righteous, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, good, true, virtuous, a good person, a saint

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'vacaḥ'.

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

From root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)