योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-1

राक्षस्युवाच ।
अहो नु परमार्थोक्तिः पावनी तव मन्त्रिणः ।
राजा राजीवपत्राक्ष इदानीमेव भाषताम् ॥ १ ॥

rākṣasyuvāca ,
aho nu paramārthoktiḥ pāvanī tava mantriṇaḥ ,
rājā rājīvapatrākṣa idānīmeva bhāṣatām 1

1. rākṣasī uvāca aho nu parama-artha-uktiḥ pāvanī tava
mantriṇaḥ rājan rājīva-patra-akṣa idānīm eva bhāṣatām

1. rākṣasī uvāca.
aho nu! tava mantriṇaḥ pāvanī parama-artha-uktiḥ (asti).
he rājan rājīva-patra-akṣa! idānīm eva (saḥ) bhāṣatām.

1. The Rākṣasī said: "Oh, indeed! Your minister's statement is of the highest truth and purifying. O King, lotus-petal-eyed (rājīva-patrākṣa), let him speak right now!"

Words meanings summery:

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - a female demon, ogress

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, Ah!, an exclamation

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly

• परम-अर्थ-उक्तिः (parama-artha-uktiḥ) - a statement of the highest truth

• पावनी (pāvanī) - purifying, sanctifying

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - of the minister

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• राजीव-पत्र-अक्ष (rājīva-patra-akṣa) - lotus-petal-eyed (O lotus-petal-eyed one)

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this moment

• एव (eva) - right now (only, just, indeed)

• भाषताम् (bhāṣatām) - let him speak

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - a female demon, ogress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, ogress

Feminine form of rākṣasa.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense (lit)

3rd singular perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

अहो (aho) - Oh!, Ah!, an exclamation

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly

(indeclinable)

परम-अर्थ-उक्तिः (parama-artha-uktiḥ) - a statement of the highest truth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parama-artha-ukti

parama-artha-ukti - statement of the highest truth, true doctrine

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+artha+ukti)

• parama – highest, supreme, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of para.
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, truth
  noun (masculine)
  From root arth (to aim at).
  Root: arth (class 10)
• ukti – statement, speech, utterance
  noun (feminine)
  From root vac (to speak) + suffix kti.
  Root: vac (class 2)

पावनी (pāvanī) - purifying, sanctifying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāvanī

pāvanī - purifying, sanctifying (feminine)

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle (secondary suffix ī)

From root pū (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - of the minister

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counselor

From mantra (counsel) + suffix in.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to the minister who was speaking.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

राजीव-पत्र-अक्ष (rājīva-patra-akṣa) - lotus-petal-eyed (O lotus-petal-eyed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājīva-patra-akṣa

rājīva-patra-akṣa - lotus-petal-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rājīva+patra+akṣi)

• rājīva – lotus, water lily
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, petal, wing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this moment

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb.

एव (eva) - right now (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

भाषताम् (bhāṣatām) - let him speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of bhāṣ

imperative

3rd singular imperative middle.

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)