योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-25

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
मुक्तिरेषोच्यते राम ब्रह्मैतत्समुदाहृतम् ।
निर्वाणमेतत्कथितं श्रृणु तत्प्राप्यते कथम् ॥ २५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
muktireṣocyate rāma brahmaitatsamudāhṛtam ,
nirvāṇametatkathitaṃ śrṛṇu tatprāpyate katham 25

25. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca muktiḥ eṣā ucyate rāma brahma etat
samudāhṛtam nirvāṇam etat kathitam śṛṇu tat prāpyate katham

25. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāma eṣā muktiḥ ucyate etat brahma
samudāhṛtam etat nirvāṇam kathitam tat katham prāpyate śṛṇu

25. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O Rāma, this is designated as liberation (mokṣa), this is declared to be Brahman, and this is also called ultimate peace (nirvāṇa). Now listen, how is that attained?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, release, emancipation)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine singular)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman (the Absolute reality))

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter singular)

• समुदाहृतम् (samudāhṛtam) - declared, spoken of, mentioned

• निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - ultimate peace (nirvāṇa) (ultimate peace, extinction, cessation of suffering)

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter singular)

• कथितम् (kathitam) - stated, told, described

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

• प्राप्यते (prāpyate) - is attained, is reached

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, glorious, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (a well-known Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation (mokṣa) (liberation, release, emancipation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mukti

mukti - liberation, release, freedom, final emancipation (mokṣa)

From root 'muc' (to release) + suffix 'kti'.

Root: muc (class 6)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'muktiḥ'.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Present Passive

Root 'vac' (2nd class), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, particularly the prince of Ayodhya)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman (the Absolute reality))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the Absolute

Note: Used as a predicate nominative.

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'muktiḥ' implicitly.

समुदाहृतम् (samudāhṛtam) - declared, spoken of, mentioned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samudāhṛta

samudāhṛta - declared, stated, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

From root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ud'.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'brahma' (implicitly).

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - ultimate peace (nirvāṇa) (ultimate peace, extinction, cessation of suffering)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - extinction, cessation, ultimate peace, liberation, freedom from suffering (nirvāṇa)

From root 'vā' (to blow) with prefix 'nir'.

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Used as a predicate nominative.

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'muktiḥ' implicitly.

कथितम् (kathitam) - stated, told, described

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - stated, told, described

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kath' (to tell).

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'nirvāṇam'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Root 'śru' (5th class), imperative mood, 2nd person singular.

Root: śru (class 5)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the previously mentioned liberation/Brahman/nirvāṇa.

प्राप्यते (prāpyate) - is attained, is reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of prāp

Present Passive

Root 'āp' with prefix 'pra' (5th class), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.