योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-8, verse-16

श्रूयमाणे हि शास्त्रेऽस्मिञ्छ्रोता वेत्त्येतदात्मना ।
यथावदिदमस्माभिर्ननूक्तं वरशापवत् ॥ १६ ॥

śrūyamāṇe hi śāstre'smiñchrotā vettyetadātmanā ,
yathāvadidamasmābhirnanūktaṃ varaśāpavat 16

16. śrūyamāṇe hi śāstre asmin śrotā vetti etat ātmanā
yathāvat idam asmābhiḥ nanu uktam vara-śāpavat

16. hi asmin śrūyamāṇe śāstre śrotā etat ātmanā yathāvat
vetti nanu idam asmābhiḥ vara-śāpavat uktam

16. Indeed, as this scripture is heard, the listener understands this (truth) intimately through his own true self (ātman). Is it not that this has been declared by us to be like both a boon and a curse?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रूयमाणे (śrūyamāṇe) - while being heard, when being heard

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• शास्त्रे (śāstre) - in the scripture, in the treatise

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, in this one

• श्रोता (śrotā) - the hearer, the listener

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands, perceives

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the true self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, personally)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - truly, properly, according to reality, as it is

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

• ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely, is it not?, certainly

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken, declared

• वर-शापवत् (vara-śāpavat) - like a boon and a curse, like a double-edged sword

Words meanings and morphology

श्रूयमाणे (śrūyamāṇe) - while being heard, when being heard

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śrūyamāṇa

śrūyamāṇa - being heard, being revealed, audible

Present Passive Participle

Present passive participle of root 'śru' (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'śāstre', indicating a temporal condition ("when the scripture is being heard").

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शास्त्रे (śāstre) - in the scripture, in the treatise

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - sacred text, scripture, treatise, instruction, science, doctrine

Root: śās (class 2)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, in this one

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Qualifies 'śāstre'.

श्रोता (śrotā) - the hearer, the listener

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrotṛ

śrotṛ - hearer, listener

Agent noun

From root 'śru' (to hear) with agent suffix '-tṛ'.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Subject of 'vetti'.

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

Note: Object of 'vetti'.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the true self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, personally)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life-breath

Note: Indicates the means or agent of understanding.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - truly, properly, according to reality, as it is

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'yathā' (as) + '-vat' (like).

Note: Modifies 'vetti'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Subject of 'uktam' (implied 'was said').

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of aham

aham - I, we

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'uktam'.

ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely, is it not?, certainly

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Acts as a finite verb in a passive construction (was said).

वर-शापवत् (vara-śāpavat) - like a boon and a curse, like a double-edged sword

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of vara-śāpavat

vara-śāpavat - like a boon or a curse, having the nature of both boon and curse

Derived from 'vara-śāpa' (boon-curse) with the suffix '-vat' (like, endowed with).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (vara+śāpa+vat)

• vara – boon, blessing, wish, choice, excellent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)
• śāpa – curse, imprecation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śap (class 1)
• vat – like, similar to, possessed of
  suffix

Note: Qualifies 'idam' (this, i.e., this declaration/teaching).