योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-1, verse-16

आऽज्ञासिषं पूर्वमेतदहमित्यथ तत्पितुः ।
स शुकः शुभया बुद्ध्या न वाक्यं बह्वमन्यत ॥ १६ ॥

ā'jñāsiṣaṃ pūrvametadahamityatha tatpituḥ ,
sa śukaḥ śubhayā buddhyā na vākyaṃ bahvamanyata 16

16. ā-jñāsiṣam pūrvam etat aham iti atha tat-pituḥ
saḥ śukaḥ śubhayā buddhyā na vākyam bahu amanyata

16. aham etat pūrvam ā-jñāsiṣam iti.
atha,
saḥ śukaḥ śubhayā buddhyā tat-pituḥ vākyam bahu na amanyata.

16. "I already knew this," (he thought). Thereupon, with his pure intellect (buddhi), that Śuka did not consider his father's teaching (vākyam) to be very significant.

Words meanings summery:

• आ-ज्ञासिषम् (ā-jñāsiṣam) - I knew, I understood

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

• एतत् (etat) - this (knowledge, teaching) (this, this one)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating Śuka's thought) (thus, so)

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• तत्-पितुः (tat-pituḥ) - Śuka's father's (teaching) (of that father, his father's)

• सः (saḥ) - He (Śuka) (he, that)

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - Śuka (name of a sage, son of Vyasa)

• शुभया (śubhayā) - with pure, with auspicious

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with intellect, with understanding, with perception

• न (na) - not

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - his father's teaching (word, speech, teaching, sentence)

• बहु (bahu) - very (much/significant) (much, many, great)

• अमन्यत (amanyata) - he considered, he thought, he believed

Words meanings and morphology

आ-ज्ञासिषम् (ā-jñāsiṣam) - I knew, I understood

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of jñā

Aorist Active

Root aorist, 1st person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (knowledge, teaching) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

इति (iti) - thus (indicating Śuka's thought) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

तत्-पितुः (tat-pituḥ) - Śuka's father's (teaching) (of that father, his father's)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tat-pitṛ

tat-pitṛ - that father, his father

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+pitṛ)

• tad – that, he, she, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - He (Śuka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शुकः (śukaḥ) - Śuka (name of a sage, son of Vyasa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - parrot; name of a sage (son of Vyasa)

शुभया (śubhayā) - with pure, with auspicious

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubha - auspicious, pure, radiant, beautiful

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with intellect, with understanding, with perception

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception

From root budh (to know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - his father's teaching (word, speech, teaching, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, word, teaching

From vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

बहु (bahu) - very (much/significant) (much, many, great)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, great

अमन्यत (amanyata) - he considered, he thought, he believed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (luṅ) of man

Imperfect Middle

3rd person singular, imperfect tense

Root: man (class 4)