योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-118, verse-2

वदन्ति बहुभेदेन वादिनो योगभूमिकाः ।
मम त्वभिमता नूनमिमा एव शुभप्रदाः ॥ २ ॥

vadanti bahubhedena vādino yogabhūmikāḥ ,
mama tvabhimatā nūnamimā eva śubhapradāḥ 2

2. vadanti bahubhedena vādinaḥ yogabhūmikāḥ
mama tu abhimatāḥ nūnam imāḥ eva śubhapradaḥ

2. vādinaḥ yogabhūmikāḥ bahubhedena vadanti tu
mama imāḥ eva nūnam abhimatāḥ śubhapradaḥ

2. The expounders speak of the stages of yoga (yoga) in many different ways. But for me, these (seven stages) alone are certainly the approved ones, bestowing auspiciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they speak (they speak, they say)

• बहुभेदेन (bahubhedena) - in many different ways (in many ways, with many distinctions (instrumental singular))

• वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - expounders (speakers, expounders, proponents)

• योगभूमिकाः (yogabhūmikāḥ) - stages of yoga (yoga) (stages of yoga (yoga), steps of meditation)

• मम (mama) - for me (my, of me, to me)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• अभिमताः (abhimatāḥ) - approved, preferred (desired, approved, agreeable, intended)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly (surely, certainly, indeed)

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these (referring to the seven stages) (these (feminine nominative plural))

• एव (eva) - alone, indeed (only, just, indeed, alone)

• शुभप्रदः (śubhapradaḥ) - bestowing auspiciousness (bestowing auspiciousness, beneficial, auspicious-giving)

Words meanings and morphology

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they speak (they speak, they say)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

बहुभेदेन (bahubhedena) - in many different ways (in many ways, with many distinctions (instrumental singular))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bahubheda

bahubheda - many distinctions, various kinds

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+bheda)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• bheda – distinction, difference, division
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhid (to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Adverbial use.

वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - expounders (speakers, expounders, proponents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vādin

vādin - speaker, advocate, proponent, disputant

Derived from root vad (to speak) + ṇini suffix

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Subject of `vadanti`.

योगभूमिकाः (yogabhūmikāḥ) - stages of yoga (yoga) (stages of yoga (yoga), steps of meditation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of yogabhūmikā

yogabhūmikā - stage of yoga, level of yoga (yoga) practice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yoga+bhūmikā)

• yoga – union, spiritual discipline, meditation, controlled state of mind (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root yuj (to join)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• bhūmikā – stage, role, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of `vadanti`.

मम (mama) - for me (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can be used as dative here (to me).

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

अभिमताः (abhimatāḥ) - approved, preferred (desired, approved, agreeable, intended)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abhimata

abhimata - desired, approved, agreeable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man (to think) with prefix abhi + kta suffix

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Past Passive Participle.

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly (surely, certainly, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

इमाः (imāḥ) - these (referring to the seven stages) (these (feminine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the seven stages discussed.

एव (eva) - alone, indeed (only, just, indeed, alone)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शुभप्रदः (śubhapradaḥ) - bestowing auspiciousness (bestowing auspiciousness, beneficial, auspicious-giving)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śubhaprada

śubhaprada - bestowing good fortune/auspiciousness

Derived from śubha (auspiciousness) + pra-dā (to give)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (śubha+prada)

• śubha – auspicious, good, fortunate
  adjective (neuter)
• prada – giving, bestowing, granting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from pra + dā
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 1)