योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-1

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
जीवन्मुक्तस्थितिं व्रह्मन्कृत्वा राघवमादितः ।
क्रमात्कथय मे नित्यं भविष्यामि सुखी यथा ॥ १ ॥

bharadvāja uvāca ,
jīvanmuktasthitiṃ vrahmankṛtvā rāghavamāditaḥ ,
kramātkathaya me nityaṃ bhaviṣyāmi sukhī yathā 1

1. bharadvājaḥ uvāca jīvanmukta-sthitim brahman kṛtvā rāghavam
āditaḥ kramāt kathaya me nityam bhaviṣyāmi sukhī yathā

1. Bharadvāja said: "O venerable one (brahman)! Beginning with Rāghava, please narrate to me the state of a living liberated soul (jīvanmukta-sthiti) in sequence, so that I may always be happy."

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जीवन्मुक्त-स्थितिम् (jīvanmukta-sthitim) - the state of a living liberated soul

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O venerable one (addressing Vālmīki) (O Brahman, O venerable one)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - beginning with, taking as a starting point (having done, having made, having taken, beginning with)

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Lord Rama (Rama, descendant of Raghu)

• आदितः (āditaḥ) - as a starting point, primarily (from the beginning, first, primarily)

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - in sequence (in sequence, in due order, gradually)

• कथय (kathaya) - narrate, tell, relate

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

• भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I shall be, I will become

• सुखी (sukhī) - happy, joyous, comfortable

• यथा (yathā) - so that (so that, in which way, as)

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (a Vedic sage, a character in Hindu epics)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative (root 'vac' becomes 'uvac' in perfect)

Root: vac (class 2)

जीवन्मुक्त-स्थितिम् (jīvanmukta-sthitim) - the state of a living liberated soul

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvanmukta-sthiti

jīvanmukta-sthiti - the state of one liberated while living, state of jīvanmukti

Tatpurusha compound: 'jīvanmukta' (living liberated) + 'sthiti' (state).

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvanmukta+sthiti)

• jīvanmukta – living liberated, one who is liberated while alive
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of Present Active Participle and Past Passive Participle
  Compound 'jīvat' (living, present participle of √jīv) + 'mukta' (liberated, past passive participle of √muc).
• sthiti – state, condition, position, existence, stability
  noun (feminine)
  From root √sthā.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kathaya'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O venerable one (addressing Vālmīki) (O Brahman, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Vedic prayer, sacred word, the absolute reality, a priest, venerable person

Note: Vocative addressing Vālmīki.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - beginning with, taking as a starting point (having done, having made, having taken, beginning with)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive form from root √kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'taking as' or 'starting with'.

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Lord Rama (Rama, descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, son of Raghu (epithet of Rama)

Patronymic from Raghu.

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

आदितः (āditaḥ) - as a starting point, primarily (from the beginning, first, primarily)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with suffix -tas.

क्रमात् (kramāt) - in sequence (in sequence, in due order, gradually)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, sequence, order, method, progression

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

कथय (kathaya) - narrate, tell, relate

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Causative root 'kath' from 'katha' (story).

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Command to Vālmīki.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Dative 'to me'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative of nitya.

भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I shall be, I will become

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Active Indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुखी (sukhī) - happy, joyous, comfortable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukhin

sukhin - happy, joyous, prosperous, comfortable

Suffix -in indicating possession of 'sukha' (happiness).

Note: Predicative adjective for 'I'.

यथा (yathā) - so that (so that, in which way, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Subordinating conjunction.