योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-4, verse-66

तस्मादिमां प्रतिज्ञां त्वं श्रृणु रामातिभीषणाम् ।
यामुत्तरेण ग्रन्थेन नूनं त्वमवबुध्यसे ॥ ६६ ॥

tasmādimāṃ pratijñāṃ tvaṃ śrṛṇu rāmātibhīṣaṇām ,
yāmuttareṇa granthena nūnaṃ tvamavabudhyase 66

66. tasmāt imām pratijñām tvam śṛṇu rāma atibhīṣaṇām
yām uttareṇa granthena nūnam tvam avabudhyase

66. rāma,
tasmāt tvam imām atibhīṣaṇām pratijñām śṛṇu; yām nūnam tvam uttareṇa granthena avabudhyase.

66. Therefore, O Rāma, listen to this extremely formidable declaration, which you will surely understand through the subsequent text.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

• प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - promise, vow, assertion, declaration

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• अतिभीषणाम् (atibhīṣaṇām) - extremely formidable, very terrible, frightful

• याम् (yām) - which

• उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - by the latter, by the subsequent, with the northern

• ग्रन्थेन (granthena) - by the text, by the book, through the treatise

• नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed, surely, certainly

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अवबुध्यसे (avabudhyase) - you understand, comprehend

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - promise, vow, assertion, declaration

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - promise, vow, assertion, declaration

From 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'prati-' (to promise, to assert)

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Imperative form of 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name of a Hindu deity or hero)

Root: ram (class 1)

अतिभीषणाम् (atibhīṣaṇām) - extremely formidable, very terrible, frightful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atibhīṣaṇa

atibhīṣaṇa - extremely formidable, very terrible, frightful

Compound of 'ati' (very/excessive) and 'bhīṣaṇa' (frightful)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+bhīṣaṇa)

• ati – very, exceeding
  indeclinable
• bhīṣaṇa – frightful, terrible
  adjective (feminine)
  From root 'bhī' (to fear) + śānaC suffix
  Root: bhī (class 3)

याम् (yām) - which

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which

उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - by the latter, by the subsequent, with the northern

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - later, subsequent, north

ग्रन्थेन (granthena) - by the text, by the book, through the treatise

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of grantha

grantha - text, book, treatise, composition

From 'granth' (to string together, compose)

Root: granth (class 1)

नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अवबुध्यसे (avabudhyase) - you understand, comprehend

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ava-budh

Present Tense, 2nd person singular

Present form of 'ava-budh' (to understand) in Ātmanepada (middle voice)

Prefix: ava

Root: budh (class 1)