योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-8

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
भगवन्भूतभव्येश वरोऽयं मेऽद्य रोचते ।
येनेयं जनता दुःखान्मुच्यते तदुदाहर ॥ ८ ॥

bharadvāja uvāca ,
bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa varo'yaṃ me'dya rocate ,
yeneyaṃ janatā duḥkhānmucyate tadudāhara 8

8. bharadvājaḥ uvāca bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa varaḥ ayam me
adya rocate yena iyam janatā duḥkhāt mucyate tat udāhara

8. Bharadvāja said: 'O venerable one (bhagavan), O Lord of past and future! This boon is pleasing to me now: please explain that by which these people can be liberated (mokṣa) from suffering (duḥkha).'

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - the sage Bharadvāja (Bharadvāja (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, told)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (bhagavan, addressing Brahmā) (O venerable one, O glorious one)

• भूतभव्येश (bhūtabhavyeśa) - O Lord of past and future (addressing Brahmā) (Lord of beings (past and future), Lord of all that has been and will be)

• वरः (varaḥ) - a boon (boon, blessing, best thing)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (boon) (this (masculine))

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at this time)

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing (to me) (is pleasing, shines, delights)

• येन (yena) - by which (by which, with which)

• इयम् (iyam) - these (referring to the people/janatā) (this (feminine))

• जनता (janatā) - these people (people, populace, mankind)

• दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from suffering (duḥkha) (from suffering, from sorrow, from pain)

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - may be liberated (mokṣa) (is liberated, is released, is set free)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the explanation) (that, it)

• उदाहर (udāhara) - please explain (declare, explain, relate, speak)

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - the sage Bharadvāja (Bharadvāja (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (a Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, told)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ), root vac, 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (bhagavan, addressing Brahmā) (O venerable one, O glorious one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable, illustrious

Possessive suffix -vat

Root: bhaj (class 1)

भूतभव्येश (bhūtabhavyeśa) - O Lord of past and future (addressing Brahmā) (Lord of beings (past and future), Lord of all that has been and will be)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhūtabhavyeśa

bhūtabhavyeśa - Lord of past and future beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+bhavya+īśa)

• bhūta – past, created being, ghost, truly happened
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhavya – future, about to be, good, proper, auspicious
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler, controller
  noun (masculine)

वरः (varaḥ) - a boon (boon, blessing, best thing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, wish, best, excellent

Root: vṛ (class 9)

अयम् (ayam) - this (boon) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, the present

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at this time)

(indeclinable)

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing (to me) (is pleasing, shines, delights)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

Present tense (laṭ), root ruc, 3rd singular middle (ātmanepada)

Root: ruc (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which (by which, with which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

इयम् (iyam) - these (referring to the people/janatā) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, the present

जनता (janatā) - these people (people, populace, mankind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janatā

janatā - people, multitude, humanity, mankind

Root: jan (class 4)

दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from suffering (duḥkha) (from suffering, from sorrow, from pain)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery, difficulty, uneasiness

मुच्यते (mucyate) - may be liberated (mokṣa) (is liberated, is released, is set free)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present tense (laṭ), passive voice, root muc, 3rd singular

Root: muc (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the explanation) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उदाहर (udāhara) - please explain (declare, explain, relate, speak)

(verb)

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

from root hṛ (to carry, to bring) with upasargas ud- and ā-; Imperative 2nd singular active

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)