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).

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`.