योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-85, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
पुरा मे ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तं सर्वं तत्कथयानघ ।
यदिदं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि त्वयि पृच्छति राघव ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
purā me brahmaṇā proktaṃ sarvaṃ tatkathayānagha ,
yadidaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi tvayi pṛcchati rāghava 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca purā me brahmaṇā proktam sarvam tat
kathaya anagha yat idam tat pravakṣyāmi tvayi pṛcchati rāghava

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
anagha,
purā me brahmaṇā proktam sarvam tat kathaya.
rāghava,
tvayi pṛcchati,
yat idam tat pravakṣyāmi

1. Sri Vasistha said: "O sinless one, tell [me] all that was spoken to me by Brahma in the past. O Raghava, I shall now relate to you this very thing, since you are asking."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sri Vasistha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

• मे (me) - to me (dative of asmad) (to me, by me, of me)

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahma

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken, declared

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• तत् (tat) - that

• कथय (kathaya) - tell [me], narrate [to me] (tell, narrate (imperative))

• अनघ (anagha) - O Rama (who is sinless) (O sinless one)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तत् (tat) - that (emphatic)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I shall tell/narrate

• त्वयि (tvayi) - to you, as you are in the act of asking (in you, to you, by you)

• पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - while you are asking (asking, questions (present participle))

• राघव (rāghava) - O Raghava (Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sri Vasistha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasistha (proper noun)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity, auspiciousness (often used as an honorific prefix)
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasistha (name of a revered sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (dative of asmad) (to me, by me, of me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator deity); supreme reality (brahman); priest

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - spoken, declared, stated, proclaimed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

कथय (kathaya) - tell [me], narrate [to me] (tell, narrate (imperative))

(verb)

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

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Used here possibly as a rhetorical question to introduce Vasistha's own narration.

अनघ (anagha) - O Rama (who is sinless) (O sinless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, innocent

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (na+agha)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, evil, distress, impurity
  noun (neuter)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that (emphatic)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I shall tell/narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pravac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वयि (tvayi) - to you, as you are in the act of asking (in you, to you, by you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with 'pṛcchati'.

पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - while you are asking (asking, questions (present participle))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, questioning

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'prach' (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction with 'tvayi'.

राघव (rāghava) - O Raghava (Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet of Rama)

Patronymic from Raghu