योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-29

महावाक्यार्थनिष्ठान्तां बुद्धिं कृत्वा रघूद्वह ।
वचोभेदमनादृत्य यदिदं वच्मि ते श्रृणु ॥ २९ ॥

mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhāntāṃ buddhiṃ kṛtvā raghūdvaha ,
vacobhedamanādṛtya yadidaṃ vacmi te śrṛṇu 29

29. mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhāntām buddhim kṛtvā raghūdvaha
vacobhedam anādṛtya yat idam vacmi te śṛṇu

29. raghūdvaha,
mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhāntām buddhim kṛtvā,
vacobhedam anādṛtya,
yat idam te vacmi [tat] śṛṇu

29. O descendent of Raghu, fix your intellect upon the ultimate meaning of the great statements (mahāvākyas), and disregarding mere verbal distinctions, listen to what I now tell you.

Words meanings summery:

• महावाक्यार्थनिष्ठान्ताम् (mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhāntām) - ending in / culminating in / having as its ultimate goal the meaning of the great statements (mahāvākyas)

• बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, understanding, mind

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• रघूद्वह (raghūdvaha) - O descendent of Raghu (a royal lineage)

• वचोभेदम् (vacobhedam) - difference of words, verbal distinction

• अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding, without paying attention to

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

• ते (te) - to you, your

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

Words meanings and morphology

महावाक्यार्थनिष्ठान्ताम् (mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhāntām) - ending in / culminating in / having as its ultimate goal the meaning of the great statements (mahāvākyas)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhānta

mahāvākyārthaniṣṭhānta - culminating in the meaning of the great statements

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+vākya+artha+niṣṭhā+anta)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• vākya – sentence, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)
• niṣṭhā – steadfastness, devotion, culmination, end
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, conclusion
  noun (masculine)

बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, understanding, mind

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind

Root: budh (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Indeclinable past participle formed from root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

रघूद्वह (raghūdvaha) - O descendent of Raghu (a royal lineage)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghūdvaha

raghūdvaha - carrier/descendant of Raghu, a king of the solar dynasty

Compound type : tatpurusha (raghu+udvaha)

• raghu – name of an ancient king, swift
  proper noun (masculine)
• udvaha – carrying, bearing, leading, bringing up
  adjective (masculine)
  From root vah 'to carry' with prefix ud-.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vah (class 1)

वचोभेदम् (vacobhedam) - difference of words, verbal distinction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vacobheda

vacobheda - difference in words, verbal distinction

Compound type : tatpurusha (vacas+bheda)

• vacas – speech, word, voice
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• bheda – difference, distinction, division, breaking
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding, without paying attention to

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Gerund of root dṛ 'to regard' with prefixes an- (negation) + ā-.

Prefixes: an+ā

Root: dṛ (class 6)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Variant of tvā, tvām, tava

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

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