योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-18

किमेतद्ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तं भरद्वाज वदाशु मे ।
इत्युक्तेन पुनः प्रोक्तं भरद्वाजेन तेन मे ॥ १८ ॥

kimetadbrahmaṇā proktaṃ bharadvāja vadāśu me ,
ityuktena punaḥ proktaṃ bharadvājena tena me 18

18. kim etat brahmaṇā proktam bharadvāja vada āśu me
iti uktena punaḥ proktam bharadvājena tena me

18. 'O Bharadvāja, what is this that was spoken by Brahma (brahman)? Tell me quickly!' Thus, he, Bharadvāja, being spoken to, again spoke to me.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahma (the creator god)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken, declared, said

• भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - O Bharadvāja!

• वद (vada) - speak, tell, say

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• उक्तेन (uktena) - by Bharadvāja (who was addressed) (by the one who was spoken to, by the one who was addressed)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - it was again spoken (spoken, declared, said)

• भरद्वाजेन (bharadvājena) - by Bharadvāja

• तेन (tena) - by him (Bharadvāja) (by that, by him, by it)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, these

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahma (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), a priest, the Vedas

Root: bṛh (class 1)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken, declared, said

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, said, announced

Past Passive Participle

Formed with suffix -kta from root vac ('to speak') with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - O Bharadvāja!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (name of a Vedic sage)

वद (vada) - speak, tell, say

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can be dative or genitive; here dative 'to me'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

उक्तेन (uktena) - by Bharadvāja (who was addressed) (by the one who was spoken to, by the one who was addressed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Formed with suffix -kta from root vac ('to speak')

Root: vac (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - it was again spoken (spoken, declared, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, said, announced

Past Passive Participle

Formed with suffix -kta from root vac ('to speak') with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

भरद्वाजेन (bharadvājena) - by Bharadvāja

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (name of a Vedic sage)

तेन (tena) - by him (Bharadvāja) (by that, by him, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can be dative or genitive; here dative 'to me'.