योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-101, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
कोऽपि मुग्धमतिर्बालो धात्रीं पृच्छति राघव ।
कांचिद्विनोदिनीं धात्रि वर्णयाख्यायिकामिति ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ko'pi mugdhamatirbālo dhātrīṃ pṛcchati rāghava ,
kāṃcidvinodinīṃ dhātri varṇayākhyāyikāmiti 2

2. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca kaḥ api mugdhamatiḥ bālaḥ dhātrīm pṛcchati
rāghava kāṃcit vinodinīm dhātri varṇaya ākhyāyikām iti

2. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāghava kaḥ api mugdhamatiḥ bālaḥ dhātrīm
pṛcchati dhātri kāṃcit vinodinīm ākhyāyikām varṇaya iti

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O Rāghava, some simple-minded boy asks his nurse, 'O Nurse, please describe some amusing story!'"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कः (kaḥ) - who, some (after api)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too; particle for indefiniteness

• मुग्धमतिः (mugdhamatiḥ) - simple-minded, foolish

• बालः (bālaḥ) - boy, child

• धात्रीम् (dhātrīm) - nurse, foster mother

• पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - asks, questions

• राघव (rāghava) - Addressed to Rāma, the listener of Vasiṣṭha's narration (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, here used for Vasiṣṭha's address to Rāma))

• कांचित् (kāṁcit) - some, any

• विनोदिनीम् (vinodinīm) - entertaining, amusing

• धात्रि (dhātri) - O nurse

• वर्णय (varṇaya) - describe, narrate

• आख्यायिकाम् (ākhyāyikām) - story, tale

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of the direct speech (thus, so, in this manner; a particle marking direct speech)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha, a revered sage (often with 'Śrī' as an honorific)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – auspicious, prosperous, beautiful; wealth, prosperity, glory
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root 'vac', perfect tense, 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who, some (after api)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which; some (when followed by api)

अपि (api) - even, also, too; particle for indefiniteness

(indeclinable)

मुग्धमतिः (mugdhamatiḥ) - simple-minded, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mugdhamati

mugdhamati - simple-minded, foolish, naive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mugdha+mati)

• mugdha – bewildered, simple, foolish
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'muh'
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mati – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

बालः (bālaḥ) - boy, child

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent

धात्रीम् (dhātrīm) - nurse, foster mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhātrī

dhātrī - nurse, foster mother, wet-nurse

Root: dhā (class 3)

पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - asks, questions

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of prach

Present Tense

Root 'prach', present tense, 3rd person singular active, Parasmaipada

Root: prach (class 6)

राघव (rāghava) - Addressed to Rāma, the listener of Vasiṣṭha's narration (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, here used for Vasiṣṭha's address to Rāma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; an epithet of Rāma

कांचित् (kāṁcit) - some, any

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāṃcid

kāṁcid - some, any (feminine accusative singular of kaścid / kiṃcid)

kā + cid

Note: Indefinite pronoun derived from 'kim' (feminine 'kā') + 'cid'

विनोदिनीम् (vinodinīm) - entertaining, amusing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vinodinī

vinodinī - entertaining, amusing, delighting (feminine)

Feminine form of 'vinodin'

Prefixes: vi+nud

Root: nud (class 6)

धात्रि (dhātri) - O nurse

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of dhātrī

dhātrī - nurse, foster mother

Root: dhā (class 3)

वर्णय (varṇaya) - describe, narrate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of varṇ

Imperative Mood

Causative root 'varṇ' (from 'vṛ'), imperative, 2nd person singular active

Root: vṛ (class 9)

आख्यायिकाम् (ākhyāyikām) - story, tale

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākhyāyikā

ākhyāyikā - story, narrative, tale, anecdote

Prefixes: ā+khyā

Root: khyā (class 2)

इति (iti) - Marks the end of the direct speech (thus, so, in this manner; a particle marking direct speech)

(indeclinable)