योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-52, verse-25

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
श्रृणु सर्वं समासेन यथापृष्टं वदामि ते ।
लीले लीलास्ववृत्तान्तमन्तदं दृश्यदुर्दशम् ॥ २५ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
śrṛṇu sarvaṃ samāsena yathāpṛṣṭaṃ vadāmi te ,
līle līlāsvavṛttāntamantadaṃ dṛśyadurdaśam 25

25. śrīdevī uvāca śṛṇu sarvam samāsena yathā pṛṣṭam vadāmi
te līle līlā sva vṛttāntam antadam dṛśya durdaśam

25. śrīdevī uvāca.
Līle,
śṛṇu.
yathā pṛṣṭam,
te sarvam samāsena līlā-sva-vṛttāntam antadam dṛśya-durdaśam vadāmi.

25. Śrī Devī said: 'O Līlā, listen! As you have asked, I will tell you concisely the entire story of Līlā's own (life), which brings an end (to worldly existence) and is difficult to perceive.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - The Divine Goddess

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear, listen

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, whole

• समासेन (samāsena) - concisely, in brief, in short

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the way that

• पृष्टम् (pṛṣṭam) - asked, questioned

• वदामि (vadāmi) - I tell, I speak, I say

• ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

• लीले (līle) - O Līlā

• लीला-स्व-वृत्तान्तम् (līlā-sva-vṛttāntam) - Līlā's own story, the account of Līlā's own life

• अन्तदम् (antadam) - bringing an end to worldly existence or suffering (end-giving, destroying, causing termination)

• दृश्य-दुर्दशम् (dṛśya-durdaśam) - difficult to comprehend or grasp with ordinary perception (difficult to see, hard to perceive, mysterious)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - The Divine Goddess

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - Divine Goddess, a revered goddess

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+devī)

• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity, auspiciousness
  noun (feminine)
• devī – goddess, divine woman
  noun (feminine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear, listen

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Addressed to Līlā.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, entire, whole

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttāntam'

समासेन (samāsena) - concisely, in brief, in short

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of samāsa

samāsa - compound, abridgement, summary

Note: Used adverbially

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the way that

(indeclinable)

पृष्टम् (pṛṣṭam) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

Past Passive Participle

from √prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Refers to 'what was asked'

वदामि (vadāmi) - I tell, I speak, I say

(verb)

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

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada)

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicit 'I' (Śrī Devī).

ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: dative/genitive singular of 'yuṣmad'

लीले (līle) - O Līlā

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - Līlā (proper name), play, sport

लीला-स्व-वृत्तान्तम् (līlā-sva-vṛttāntam) - Līlā's own story, the account of Līlā's own life

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of līlā-svavṛttānta

līlā-svavṛttānta - Līlā's own story, account of one's own life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (līlā+sva+vṛttānta)

• līlā – Līlā (proper name)
  proper noun (feminine)
• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• vṛttānta – story, narrative, account
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of vadāmi

अन्तदम् (antadam) - bringing an end to worldly existence or suffering (end-giving, destroying, causing termination)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antada

antada - end-giving, destroying, causing termination

from anta (end) + da (giving, from √dā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anta+da)

• anta – end, limit, death
  noun (masculine)
• da – giving, bestowing (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  from √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttāntam'

दृश्य-दुर्दशम् (dṛśya-durdaśam) - difficult to comprehend or grasp with ordinary perception (difficult to see, hard to perceive, mysterious)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dṛśya-durdaśa

dṛśya-durdaśa - difficult to see/perceive, mysterious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛśya+durdaśa)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, perceptible
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  from √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• durdaśa – difficult to see, hard to perceive
  adjective (masculine)
  from dur (difficult) + daśa (seeing)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttāntam'