योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-58, verse-25

ज्ञप्तिरुवाच ।
सुते वद कथं प्राप्ता त्वमिमं देशमादितः ।
किं वृत्तं ते त्वया दृष्टं किमिवाध्वनि कुत्र वा ॥ २५ ॥

jñaptiruvāca ,
sute vada kathaṃ prāptā tvamimaṃ deśamāditaḥ ,
kiṃ vṛttaṃ te tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ kimivādhvani kutra vā 25

25. jñaptiḥ uvāca sute vada katham prāptā tvam imam deśam
āditaḥ kim vṛttam te tvayā dṛṣṭam kim iva adhvani kutra vā

25. jñaptiḥ uvāca.
sute,
tvam āditaḥ imam deśam katham prāptā,
vada.
te kim vṛttam,
tvayā kim dṛṣṭam,
adhvani kutra vā kim iva?

25. Jñapti asked, "My daughter, tell me how you initially reached this place. What happened to you, what did you see on your journey, and where did these events occur?"

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - The proper name of the speaker, Jñapti. (Jñapti (proper name), knowledge, understanding)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सुते (sute) - O daughter

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• प्राप्ता (prāptā) - having arrived, reached, obtained

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• इमम् (imam) - this

• देशम् (deśam) - land, country, place

• आदितः (āditaḥ) - from the beginning, originally, first

• किम् (kim) - what, anything

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - incident, event, what happened

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen

• किम् (kim) - what, anything

• इव (iva) - Used here in the sense of 'what else' or 'what was it like'. (like, as if, what else)

• अध्वनि (adhvani) - on the path, on the road, on the journey

• कुत्र (kutra) - where, in what place

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - The proper name of the speaker, Jñapti. (Jñapti (proper name), knowledge, understanding)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - knowledge, understanding, information

From root 'jñā' (to know).

Root: jñā (class 9)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सुते (sute) - O daughter

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Root: sū (class 2)

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

प्राप्ता (prāptā) - having arrived, reached, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, obtained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) with prefix 'pra' and suffix 'kta'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam' (you).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

देशम् (deśam) - land, country, place

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - region, country, place, spot

आदितः (āditaḥ) - from the beginning, originally, first

(indeclinable)

From 'ādi' (beginning) with suffix 'tas'.

किम् (kim) - what, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - incident, event, what happened

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, event, conduct, circular

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛt' (to be, to happen) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as 'what happened/the event'.

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kim' (what).

किम् (kim) - what, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

इव (iva) - Used here in the sense of 'what else' or 'what was it like'. (like, as if, what else)

(indeclinable)

अध्वनि (adhvani) - on the path, on the road, on the journey

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of adhvan

adhvan - road, path, journey, space

कुत्र (kutra) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)