योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-1, verse-6

विश्वामित्र उवाच ।
आत्मोदन्तसमं राम कथ्यमानमिदं मया ।
श्रृणु व्यासात्मजोदन्तं जन्मनामन्तकारणम् ॥ ६ ॥

viśvāmitra uvāca ,
ātmodantasamaṃ rāma kathyamānamidaṃ mayā ,
śrṛṇu vyāsātmajodantaṃ janmanāmantakāraṇam 6

6. viśvāmitra uvāca ātmodantasamam rāma kathyamānam
idam mayā śṛṇu vyāsātmajodantam janmanām antakāraṇam

6. viśvāmitra uvāca rāma,
mayā kathyamānam idam ātmodantasamam,
janmanām antakāraṇam,
vyāsātmajodantam śṛṇu.

6. Viśvāmitra said: "O Rāma, listen to this story of Vyāsa's son, which I am relating and which is like my own story, and which is the cause for the cessation of births (saṃsāra)."

Words meanings summery:

• विश्वामित्र (viśvāmitra) - Viśvāmitra (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आत्मोदन्तसमम् (ātmodantasamam) - a story similar in nature or significance to my own spiritual journey (equal to one's own story, like one's own narrative)

• राम (rāma) - Addressing Lord Rāma (O Rāma)

• कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - this story that is currently being narrated by me (being told, being narrated)

• इदम् (idam) - referring to the story of Vyāsa's son (this, this one)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• व्यासात्मजोदन्तम् (vyāsātmajodantam) - the narrative concerning Śuka, the son of Vyāsa (the story of Vyāsa's son)

• जन्मनाम् (janmanām) - of cycles of birth and death (saṃsāra) (of births, of existences)

• अन्तकारणम् (antakāraṇam) - the means by which the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra) can be ended (the cause of the end, the means of cessation)

Words meanings and morphology

विश्वामित्र (viśvāmitra) - Viśvāmitra (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - name of a celebrated Vedic Rishi (sage), friend of all

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form

From root vac (to speak), 3rd person singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

आत्मोदन्तसमम् (ātmodantasamam) - a story similar in nature or significance to my own spiritual journey (equal to one's own story, like one's own narrative)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmodantasama

ātmodantasama - equal to one's own story

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+udanta+sama)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• udanta – news, story, tale, account
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like, same
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifying 'idam' (this), hence accusative neuter singular.

राम (rāma) - Addressing Lord Rāma (O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma, pleasing, charming

Vocative singular of Rāma

कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - this story that is currently being narrated by me (being told, being narrated)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathyamāna

kathyamāna - being told, being narrated, being spoken of

Present Passive Participle

From root kath (to tell) + yaka (passive) + śānaC (present participle)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Modifying 'idam' (this), hence accusative neuter singular.

इदम् (idam) - referring to the story of Vyāsa's son (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Instrumental singular of the first person pronoun

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Imperative form

From root śru (to hear), 2nd person singular imperative active

Root: śru (class 5)

व्यासात्मजोदन्तम् (vyāsātmajodantam) - the narrative concerning Śuka, the son of Vyāsa (the story of Vyāsa's son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāsātmajodanta

vyāsātmajodanta - story of Vyāsa's son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyāsa+ātmaja+udanta)

• vyāsa – name of a celebrated sage
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born from the self
  noun (masculine)
• udanta – news, story, tale
  noun (masculine)

जन्मनाम् (janmanām) - of cycles of birth and death (saṃsāra) (of births, of existences)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence

Genitive plural of neuter noun janman

Root: jan (class 4)

अन्तकारणम् (antakāraṇam) - the means by which the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra) can be ended (the cause of the end, the means of cessation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antakāraṇa

antakāraṇa - cause of end, destroyer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anta+kāraṇa)

• anta – end, boundary, death
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)