योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-13

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
नाहं मिथ्या वदामीदं यथावच्छृणु सुन्दरि ।
भेदनं नियतीनां हि क्रियते नास्मदादिभिः ॥ १३ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
nāhaṃ mithyā vadāmīdaṃ yathāvacchṛṇu sundari ,
bhedanaṃ niyatīnāṃ hi kriyate nāsmadādibhiḥ 13

13. śrīdevī uvāca | na aham mithyā
vadāmi idam yathāvat śṛṇu
sundari | bhedanam niyatīnām hi
kriyate na asmadādibhiḥ || 13 ||

13. śrīdevī uvāca aham idam mithyā na vadāmi sundari yathāvat
śṛṇu hi niyatīnām bhedanam asmadādibhiḥ na kriyate 13

13. The revered Goddess said: "O beautiful one, I am not speaking falsely; listen to this carefully. Indeed, the breaking of fundamental laws (niyati) is not done by beings like us."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the revered Goddess

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, untruly

• वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I say

• इदम् (idam) - this

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it is, properly, truly, accurately

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• सुन्दरि (sundari) - O beautiful one!

• भेदनम् (bhedanam) - the transgression (the breaking, piercing, violating, transgression)

• नियतीनाम् (niyatīnām) - of fundamental laws (niyati) (of destinies, of fixed laws, of rules, of the established order)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is done (is done, is made)

• अस्मदादिभिः (asmadādibhiḥ) - by beings like us (by us and the like, by beings like us)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the revered Goddess

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - the revered Goddess

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, untruly

(indeclinable)

वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of √vad

present active indicative

1st person singular present active of √vad

Root: vad (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Can also be nominative neuter.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it is, properly, truly, accurately

(indeclinable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of √śru

imperative active

2nd person singular imperative active of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

सुन्दरि (sundari) - O beautiful one!

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sundarī

sundarī - beautiful woman, lovely one

भेदनम् (bhedanam) - the transgression (the breaking, piercing, violating, transgression)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhedana

bhedana - breaking, splitting, violation, transgression

derived from √bhid (to break, split) + -ana suffix

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Subject of passive verb.

नियतीनाम् (niyatīnām) - of fundamental laws (niyati) (of destinies, of fixed laws, of rules, of the established order)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of niyati

niyati - destiny, fate, fixed rule, fundamental law, established order

Derived from ni- + √yam (to control, fix)

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done (is done, is made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of √kṛ

present passive indicative

3rd person singular present passive of √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मदादिभिः (asmadādibhiḥ) - by beings like us (by us and the like, by beings like us)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asmadādi

asmadādi - us and the rest, us and others like us

Compound. 'asmad' (us) + 'ādi' (beginning, and so on).

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmad+ādi)

• asmad – I, we
  pronoun
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on, similar
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used with passive voice to indicate the agent.