योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-25

अत्र ते श्रृणु वक्ष्यामि वृत्तान्तमिममुत्तमम् ।
लवणोऽसौ यथा यातश्चण्डालत्वं मनोभ्रमात् ॥ २५ ॥

atra te śrṛṇu vakṣyāmi vṛttāntamimamuttamam ,
lavaṇo'sau yathā yātaścaṇḍālatvaṃ manobhramāt 25

25. atra te śṛṇu vakṣyāmi vṛttāntam imam uttamam
lavaṇaḥ asau yathā yātaḥ caṇḍālatvam manobhramāt

25. te atra imam uttamam vṛttāntam śṛṇu yathā asau
lavaṇaḥ manobhramāt caṇḍālatvam yātaḥ vakṣyāmi

25. Here, listen to me. I will narrate to you this excellent account, detailing how Lavaṇa became a `caṇḍāla` due to a mental delusion.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will speak

• वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - account, story, event

• इमम् (imam) - this

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best

• लवणः (lavaṇaḥ) - Lavaṇa (proper noun)

• असौ (asau) - that Lavaṇa (that one, he)

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in what manner

• यातः (yātaḥ) - gone, become, arrived

• चण्डालत्वम् (caṇḍālatvam) - the state of being a `caṇḍāla` (outcaste)

• मनोभ्रमात् (manobhramāt) - from mental delusion, due to confusion of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive singular.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root class 5 (śnu-class)

Root: śru (class 5)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will speak

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future tense form of root vac, which undergoes irregular strengthening and becomes vakṣ-.

Root: vac (class 2)

वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - account, story, event

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - news, story, account, incident, event

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, principal

लवणः (lavaṇaḥ) - Lavaṇa (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lavaṇa

lavaṇa - salt; proper name (Lavaṇa)

असौ (asau) - that Lavaṇa (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, he/she/it

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

यातः (yātaḥ) - gone, become, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, arrived at, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yā, meaning 'to go'.

Root: yā (class 2)

चण्डालत्वम् (caṇḍālatvam) - the state of being a `caṇḍāla` (outcaste)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caṇḍālatva

caṇḍālatva - the state or condition of being a caṇḍāla (an outcaste or untouchable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caṇḍāla+tva)

• caṇḍāla – an outcaste, untouchable, a person of the lowest class
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix indicating the state or condition of being; -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun forming suffix.

मनोभ्रमात् (manobhramāt) - from mental delusion, due to confusion of the mind

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of manobhrama

manobhrama - mental delusion, illusion of the mind, confusion of thought

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+bhrama)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – wandering, error, delusion, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)