योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-27

कथयाभिमतं किं ते किमर्थयसि चार्थिनी ।
अर्थी स्वप्नेऽपि नास्माकमप्राप्तार्थः पुरो गतः ॥ २७ ॥

kathayābhimataṃ kiṃ te kimarthayasi cārthinī ,
arthī svapne'pi nāsmākamaprāptārthaḥ puro gataḥ 27

27. kathaya abhimatam kim te kim arthayasi ca arthinī | arthī
svapne api na asmākam aprāptārthaḥ puraḥ gataḥ || 27 ||

27. te abhimatam kim kathaya ca arthinī kim arthayasi
asmākam aprāptārthaḥ arthī svapne api puraḥ na gataḥ 27

27. Tell us what you desire, and what you, being a petitioner, request. No petitioner of ours has ever departed without achieving their objective, not even in a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, speak, relate

• अभिमतम् (abhimatam) - desired, agreeable, intended

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• ते (te) - by you (or your) (to you, by you, of you)

• किम् (kim) - what

• अर्थयसि (arthayasi) - you ask, you request

• च (ca) - and, also

• अर्थिनी (arthinī) - female seeker, petitioner

• अर्थी (arthī) - seeker, petitioner

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• अप्राप्तार्थः (aprāptārthaḥ) - one who has not obtained his object

• पुरः (puraḥ) - forward, in front, before

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

Words meanings and morphology

कथय (kathaya) - tell, speak, relate

(verb)

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

Present Active Imperative, 2nd Person Singular

From root kath (10th class verb, curādi).

Root: kath (class 10)

अभिमतम् (abhimatam) - desired, agreeable, intended

(adjective)

neuter, singular of abhimata

abhimata - desired, agreeable, intended, approved

Past Passive Participle

Formed from abhi-man (to think, to intend)

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Acts as a noun here: 'that which is desired'.

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

ते (te) - by you (or your) (to you, by you, of you)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Enclitic form.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

अर्थयसि (arthayasi) - you ask, you request

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arth

Present Active Indicative, 2nd Person Singular

Denominative verb from artha (meaning, purpose, request), often 10th class.

Root: arth (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अर्थिनी (arthinī) - female seeker, petitioner

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arthin

arthin - one who seeks, a petitioner, a suitor

From artha + ini suffix

अर्थी (arthī) - seeker, petitioner

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arthin

arthin - one who seeks, a petitioner, a suitor

From artha + ini suffix

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of aham

aham - I, we

अप्राप्तार्थः (aprāptārthaḥ) - one who has not obtained his object

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aprāptārtha

aprāptārtha - one whose object is not obtained, unsuccessful

na (not) + prāpta (obtained) + artha (object).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+prāpta+artha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• prāpta – obtained, reached, gained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-āp (to obtain)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

पुरः (puraḥ) - forward, in front, before

(indeclinable)

Note: Here means 'ahead' or 'away'.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used verbally here, implying 'has gone'.

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