योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-101, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
किमुच्यते मुनिश्रेष्ठ बालकाख्यायिकाक्रमः ।
क्रमेण कथयैतन्मे मनोवर्णनकारणम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kimucyate muniśreṣṭha bālakākhyāyikākramaḥ ,
krameṇa kathayaitanme manovarṇanakāraṇam 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca kim ucyate muniśreṣṭha bālakākhyāyikākramaḥ
krameṇa kathaya etat me manovarṇanakāraṇam

1. śrīrāma uvāca muniśreṣṭha kim ucyate bālakākhyāyikākramaḥ
me etat manovarṇanakāraṇam krameṇa kathaya

1. Śrī Rāma said: "O best of sages, what is being referred to? Is it a sequence resembling a children's story? Please explain to me, in order, the reason for this description of the mind (manas)."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama, Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what?

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is being said, is being spoken

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ (muniśreṣṭha) - O best of sages, O foremost ascetic

• बालकाख्यायिकाक्रमः (bālakākhyāyikākramaḥ) - the sequence of a children's tale

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in order, in due course, successively

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, relate, explain

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• मनोवर्णनकारणम् (manovarṇanakāraṇam) - the reason for the description of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama, Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, the glorious Rama

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, wealth, divine grace, sacred prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, name of a celebrated hero
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

reduplicated perfect form of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?, whether

उच्यते (ucyate) - is being said, is being spoken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Passive

present passive form of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मुनिश्रेष्ठ (muniśreṣṭha) - O best of sages, O foremost ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muniśreṣṭha

muniśreṣṭha - best of sages, chief ascetic

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+śreṣṭha)

• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)
  Root: praśas

बालकाख्यायिकाक्रमः (bālakākhyāyikākramaḥ) - the sequence of a children's tale

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bālakākhyāyikākrama

bālakākhyāyikākrama - the order or sequence of a children's story

Compound type : tatpurusha (bālaka+ākhyāyikā+krama)

• bālaka – child, boy
  noun (masculine)
• ākhyāyikā – story, tale, narrative
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• krama – order, sequence, regular succession
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in order, in due course, successively

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - order, sequence, step, course

Root: kram (class 1)

कथय (kathaya) - tell, relate, explain

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

causative stem of kath (originally a denominal verb from kathā)

Root: kath (class 10)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

मनोवर्णनकारणम् (manovarṇanakāraṇam) - the reason for the description of the mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manovarṇanakāraṇa

manovarṇanakāraṇa - the cause or reason for describing the mind

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+varṇana+kāraṇa)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• varṇana – description, narration, praise
  noun (neuter)
  Root: varṇ (class 10)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)