योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-65

इमां ज्ञानगिरं श्रोतुमवबोद्धं च सन्मते ।
अर्हस्युद्धतकर्णस्त्वं जन्तुर्वीणास्वनं यथा ॥ ६५ ॥

imāṃ jñānagiraṃ śrotumavaboddhaṃ ca sanmate ,
arhasyuddhatakarṇastvaṃ janturvīṇāsvanaṃ yathā 65

65. imām jñānagiram śrotum avaboddham ca sanmate arhasi
uddhata-karṇaḥ tvam jantuḥ vīṇā-svanam yathā

65. sanmate,
tvam uddhata-karṇaḥ,
imām jñānagiram śrotum ca avaboddham arhasi,
yathā jantuḥ vīṇā-svanam.

65. O good-minded one, you are fit to hear and understand this word of knowledge, just as a creature listens intently, with its ears raised, to the sound of a vīṇā.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this (word of knowledge) (this, this one)

• ज्ञानगिरम् (jñānagiram) - word of knowledge, wise speech

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

• अवबोद्धम् (avaboddham) - to understand, to comprehend, to perceive

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सन्मते (sanmate) - O good-minded one!, O wise one!

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy, you deserve, you are able

• उद्धत-कर्णः (uddhata-karṇaḥ) - with raised ears, attentive

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

• वीणा-स्वनम् (vīṇā-svanam) - sound of a lute/vīṇā

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this (word of knowledge) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, the present

ज्ञानगिरम् (jñānagiram) - word of knowledge, wise speech

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jñānagira

jñānagira - word of knowledge, wise speech

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+gir)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• gir – speech, word, voice
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gṝ

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb śru

Root: śru (class 5)

अवबोद्धम् (avaboddham) - to understand, to comprehend, to perceive

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb budh with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: budh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सन्मते (sanmate) - O good-minded one!, O wise one!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sanmati

sanmati - good mind, sound intellect, one with a good mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+mati)

• sat – good, true, existent, real
  adjective (neuter)
  present active participle
  Present participle of as 'to be'
  Root: as (class 2)
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Used here in vocative addressing a person with a good mind.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy, you deserve, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

उद्धत-कर्णः (uddhata-karṇaḥ) - with raised ears, attentive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uddhata-karṇa

uddhata-karṇa - with raised ears, having uplifted ears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uddhata+karṇa)

• uddhata – raised, uplifted, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of ud-han (to strike up, lift up)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: han (class 2)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'tvam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person

Root: jan (class 4)

वीणा-स्वनम् (vīṇā-svanam) - sound of a lute/vīṇā

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīṇā-svana

vīṇā-svana - sound of a lute, music of a vīṇā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīṇā+svana)

• vīṇā – lute, Indian stringed instrument (vīṇā)
  noun (feminine)
• svana – sound, noise, tone
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)