योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वा राक्षसी प्रश्नान्सा वक्तुमुपचक्रमे ।
उच्यतामिति राज्ञोक्ते तानिमान्शृणु राघव ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ityuktvā rākṣasī praśnānsā vaktumupacakrame ,
ucyatāmiti rājñokte tānimānśṛṇu rāghava 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca iti uktvā rākṣasī praśnān sā vaktum
upacakrame ucyatām iti rājñā ukte tān imān śṛṇu rāghava

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca iti uktvā sā rākṣasī praśnān vaktum
upacakrame rājñā ucyatām iti ukte rāghava tān imān śṛṇu

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Having spoken thus, the demoness then began to utter the questions. When the king said, 'Let them be spoken,' O Rāghava, listen to those (questions).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - the demoness, female demon

• प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions, inquiries

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to utter

• उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, commenced, undertook

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be spoken

• इति (iti) - thus, (marking direct speech)

• राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

• उक्ते (ukte) - Used in a locative absolute construction: 'when the king said'. (when said, having been said)

• तान् (tān) - those (masculine accusative plural)

• इमान् (imān) - these (masculine accusative plural)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear (imperative)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (referring to Rāma)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - the demoness, female demon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - demoness, female demon

प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions, inquiries

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, problem

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to utter

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, commenced, undertook

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of upakram

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be spoken

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, (marking direct speech)

(indeclinable)

राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

उक्ते (ukte) - Used in a locative absolute construction: 'when the king said'. (when said, having been said)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vac

vac - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those (masculine accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

इमान् (imān) - these (masculine accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear (imperative)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (referring to Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (epithet for Rāma)