योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-35

कौ भवन्तौ नरौ धीरौ कथ्यतामिति मेऽनघौ ।
जायते दर्शनादेव मैत्री विशदचेतसाम् ॥ ३५ ॥

kau bhavantau narau dhīrau kathyatāmiti me'naghau ,
jāyate darśanādeva maitrī viśadacetasām 35

35. kau bhavantau narau dhīrau kathyatām iti me
anaghau jāyate darśanāt eva maitrī viśadacetasām

35. anaghau bhavantau kau dhīrau narau iti me
kathyatām viśadacetasām darśanāt eva maitrī jāyate

35. Who are you two brave (dhīrau) men? Please tell me, blameless (anaghau) ones. Friendship naturally arises merely from seeing each other among those with pure (viśada) hearts.

Words meanings summery:

• कौ (kau) - who (dual)

• भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you two, being

• नरौ (narau) - two men, two males

• धीरौ (dhīrau) - two brave ones, two wise ones, two firm ones

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - Please tell me (let it be told, may it be said (to me))

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so (marker of direct speech or quotation)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• अनघौ (anaghau) - two faultless ones, two blameless ones

• जायते (jāyate) - naturally arises (is born, arises, happens)

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - merely from seeing (from seeing, from appearance, from sight)

• एव (eva) - merely (indeed, only, merely, just)

• मैत्री (maitrī) - friendship

• विशदचेतसाम् (viśadacetasām) - of those with clear minds, of those with pure hearts

Words meanings and morphology

कौ (kau) - who (dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kim

kim - who, what, which

भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you two, being

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you; being, existing

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be, to become), present stem (bhav-) + śatṛ suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as an honorific pronoun for 'you'.

नरौ (narau) - two men, two males

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nara

nara - man, male, human being

धीरौ (dhīrau) - two brave ones, two wise ones, two firm ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhīra

dhīra - brave, firm, steadfast, wise, resolute

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - Please tell me (let it be told, may it be said (to me))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

root kath (denom. of kathā, 'story')

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Used impersonally or with a passive sense, meaning 'let it be told by you (dual)'.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so (marker of direct speech or quotation)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Also functions as genitive.

अनघौ (anaghau) - two faultless ones, two blameless ones

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, dual of anagha

anagha - faultless, sinless, blameless

a (negation) + nagha (fault)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nāgha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nāgha – fault, sin, evil
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as an address, thus vocative in sense, but grammatically can be nominative predicate of 'you two'.

जायते (jāyate) - naturally arises (is born, arises, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - merely from seeing (from seeing, from appearance, from sight)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, perception, sight, appearance

From root dṛś (to see) + suffix -ana

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - merely (indeed, only, merely, just)

(indeclinable)

मैत्री (maitrī) - friendship

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maitrī

maitrī - friendship, benevolence, amity

From mitra (friend) + suffix -ī

विशदचेतसाम् (viśadacetasām) - of those with clear minds, of those with pure hearts

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of viśadacetas

viśadacetas - having a pure or clear mind/heart

viśada (clear, pure) + cetas (mind, heart)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśada+cetas)

• viśada – white, clear, pure, bright
  adjective (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)