योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-69, verse-3

आ स्मृतं प्रार्थयिष्येऽहं वरमेकमिमं विभुम् ।
अनायसी चायसी च स्यामहं जीवसूचिका ॥ ३ ॥

ā smṛtaṃ prārthayiṣye'haṃ varamekamimaṃ vibhum ,
anāyasī cāyasī ca syāmahaṃ jīvasūcikā 3

3. ā smṛtam prārthayiṣye aham varam ekam imam
vibhum anāyasī ca āyasī ca syām aham jīvasūcikā

3. ā smṛtam! aham imam ekam vibhum varam prārthayiṣye.
aham anāyasī ca āyasī ca jīvasūcikā syām

3. "Ah, I remember! I will request this one mighty boon: that I may be a living needle, both non-iron and iron."

Words meanings summery:

• आ (ā) - Ah! (an interjection of recollection) (O!, Ah!, indeed, near, until)

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - (it is) remembered, recalled (remembered, recalled, thought of)

• प्रार्थयिष्ये (prārthayiṣye) - I will request (I will request, I will pray for)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वरम् (varam) - boon (boon, blessing, best, choice)

• एकम् (ekam) - one (single) (one, single, unique)

• इमम् (imam) - this (this, this one)

• विभुम् (vibhum) - mighty (mighty, powerful, pervasive, lord, master)

• अनायसी (anāyasī) - non-iron (not made of iron, non-iron)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• आयसी (āyasī) - made of iron (made of iron, iron-like)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जीवसूचिका (jīvasūcikā) - living needle

Words meanings and morphology

आ (ā) - Ah! (an interjection of recollection) (O!, Ah!, indeed, near, until)

(indeclinable)

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - (it is) remembered, recalled (remembered, recalled, thought of)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recalled, known

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

प्रार्थयिष्ये (prārthayiṣye) - I will request (I will request, I will pray for)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of prārth

Causative form of root rth with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: rth (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

वरम् (varam) - boon (boon, blessing, best, choice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, choice, best

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of 'prārthayiṣye'.

एकम् (ekam) - one (single) (one, single, unique)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Qualifies 'varam'.

इमम् (imam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Qualifies 'varam'.

विभुम् (vibhum) - mighty (mighty, powerful, pervasive, lord, master)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - mighty, powerful, pervasive, all-present, lord, master

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'varam'.

अनायसी (anāyasī) - non-iron (not made of iron, non-iron)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anāyasa

anāyasa - not made of iron, non-iron

Negation of 'āyasa' (made of iron)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (na+āyasa)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  Negation particle
• āyasa – made of iron, metallic
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'ayas' (iron) + -sa suffix

Note: Qualifies 'jīvasūcikā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

आयसी (āyasī) - made of iron (made of iron, iron-like)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyasa

āyasa - made of iron, metallic, iron-like

Derived from 'ayas' (iron)

Note: Qualifies 'jīvasūcikā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Pairs with the preceding 'ca' to mean "both... and...".

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

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses a wish or possibility.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

Note: Subject of 'syām'.

जीवसूचिका (jīvasūcikā) - living needle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvasūcikā

jīvasūcikā - living needle

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (jīva+sūcikā)

• jīva – living, life, soul, animated
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jīv
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• sūcikā – needle, small needle
  noun (feminine)
  From sūci + kā (diminutive/feminine suffix)
  Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham syām'.