योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-18, verse-3

युक्तियुक्तमुपादेयं वचनं बालकादपि ।
अन्यत्तृणमिव त्याज्यमप्युक्तं पद्मजन्मना ॥ ३ ॥

yuktiyuktamupādeyaṃ vacanaṃ bālakādapi ,
anyattṛṇamiva tyājyamapyuktaṃ padmajanmanā 3

3. yukti-yuktam upādeyam vacanam bālakāt api
anyat tṛṇam iva tyājyam api uktam padma-janmanā

3. yukti-yuktam vacanam bālakāt api upādeyam
anyat tṛṇam iva tyājyam padma-janmanā uktam api

3. A statement endowed with reason should be accepted even from a child. Any other (statement) should be discarded like a blade of grass, even if spoken by Brahmā (Padmajanman).

3. יש לקבל דברים המבוססים על הגיון אפילו מפי ילד, ואילו דברים חסרי הגיון יש לזרוק כמו קש, אף אם נאמרו על ידי בְּרַהְמָה (הנולד מפרח הלוטוס) עצמו.

Words meanings summery:

• युक्ति-युक्तम् (yukti-yuktam) - endowed with reason, logical, proper

• उपादेयम् (upādeyam) - to be accepted, to be taken, admissible

• वचनम् (vacanam) - statement, word, speech

• बालकात् (bālakāt) - from a child

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अन्यत् (anyat) - any other (statement) (other, different)

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass, a blade of grass

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• त्याज्यम् (tyājyam) - to be abandoned, to be given up, rejectable

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said

• पद्म-जन्मना (padma-janmanā) - by Brahmā (by the lotus-born (Brahmā))

Words meanings and morphology

युक्ति-युक्तम् (yukti-yuktam) - endowed with reason, logical, proper

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukti-yukta

yukti-yukta - endowed with reason, connected with logic, reasonable, proper

Compound of `yukti` and `yukta`.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yukti+yukta)

• yukti – reason, logic, propriety, method
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root `yuj` (to join, apply).
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• yukta – joined, connected, proper, fit, endowed with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `yuj` (to join, apply) with `kta` suffix.
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with `vacanam`.

उपादेयम् (upādeyam) - to be accepted, to be taken, admissible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upādeya

upādeya - to be accepted, to be taken, admissible, worthy of being accepted

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From `upa` + `ā` + root `dā` (to give/take) + `ya` suffix.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 1)

वचनम् (vacanam) - statement, word, speech

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - statement, word, speech, saying

Derived from root `vac` (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the clause.

बालकात् (bālakāt) - from a child

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bālaka

bālaka - child, boy, young one

Note: Indicates source.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'even' from a child.

अन्यत् (anyat) - any other (statement) (other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Refers to `vacanam`.

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass, a blade of grass

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, a blade of grass

Note: Used in comparison with `iva`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

त्याज्यम् (tyājyam) - to be abandoned, to be given up, rejectable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tyājya

tyājya - to be abandoned, to be given up, rejectable, discardable

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root `tyaj` (to abandon) + `ya` suffix.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'even if spoken by Brahma'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `vac` (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

पद्म-जन्मना (padma-janmanā) - by Brahmā (by the lotus-born (Brahmā))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of padma-janman

padma-janman - lotus-born, an epithet for Brahmā

Compound of `padma` (lotus) and `janman` (birth, born).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+janman)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• janman – birth, origin, creature
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root `jan` (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agent of the passive verb `uktam`.

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