योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-51

अहमेवं कुलाचारे राजा स्यामेवमित्यपि ।
विदूरथविदो रत्नादुदिता प्रतिभा यथा ॥ ५१ ॥

ahamevaṃ kulācāre rājā syāmevamityapi ,
vidūrathavido ratnāduditā pratibhā yathā 51

51. aham evam kulācāre rājā syām evam iti api |
vidūrathavidaḥ ratnāt uditā pratibhā yathā ||

51. aham evam kulācāre rājā syām evam iti api (pratibhā)
yathā vidūrathavidaḥ ratnāt uditā pratibhā

51. The thought, 'I am thus by family custom (ācāra); I should become king thus,' arises, just as a perception (pratibhā) sprang from the jewel (ratna) of the knower of Vidūratha.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, like this)

• कुलाचारे (kulācāre) - in family tradition (in family custom, in family tradition)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• स्याम् (syām) - I should be (I should be, may I be)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, like this)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking speech/thought) (thus, saying, that (marks direct speech or thought))

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• विदूरथविदः (vidūrathavidaḥ) - of the knower of Vidūratha (of the knower of Vidūratha, from the knower of Vidūratha)

• रत्नात् (ratnāt) - from the jewel (from a jewel, from a treasure)

• उदिता (uditā) - emerged, sprang (arisen, emerged, appeared)

• प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - perception, idea, thought (intuition, insight, perception, spontaneous thought)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner (thus, in this manner, like this)

(indeclinable)

कुलाचारे (kulācāre) - in family tradition (in family custom, in family tradition)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kulācāra

kulācāra - family custom, hereditary usage, family tradition (ācāra)

`kula` (family) + `ācāra` (custom, conduct)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+ācāra)

• kula – family, lineage, clan
  noun (neuter)
• ācāra – custom, conduct, tradition
  noun (masculine)
  from `ā-car` (to practice)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

स्याम् (syām) - I should be (I should be, may I be)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

Present Optative, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, like this)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus (marking speech/thought) (thus, saying, that (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

विदूरथविदः (vidūrathavidaḥ) - of the knower of Vidūratha (of the knower of Vidūratha, from the knower of Vidūratha)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vidūrathavid

vidūrathavid - knower of Vidūratha

`vidūratha` (name of a king) + `vid` (knower)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidūratha+vid)

• vidūratha – name of a king (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, learned
  noun (masculine)
  from root `vid` (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

रत्नात् (ratnāt) - from the jewel (from a jewel, from a treasure)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ratna

ratna - jewel, gem, treasure

उदिता (uditā) - emerged, sprang (arisen, emerged, appeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, said, spoken

Past Passive Participle

from `ud-i` (to go up, to arise) + `kta` suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: used here to describe the `pratibhā`

प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - perception, idea, thought (intuition, insight, perception, spontaneous thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratibhā

pratibhā - perception, intuition, insight, splendour, idea, imagination

`prati` (against, towards) + root `bhā` (to shine)

Root: bhā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)