योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-95, verse-28

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
साधु राघव पृष्टोऽस्मि त्वया प्रश्नमिमं शुभम् ।
शृणु वक्ष्यामि ते येन भृशं ज्ञानोदयो भवेत् ॥ २८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
sādhu rāghava pṛṣṭo'smi tvayā praśnamimaṃ śubham ,
śṛṇu vakṣyāmi te yena bhṛśaṃ jñānodayo bhavet 28

28. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca sādhu rāghava pṛṣṭaḥ asmi tvayā praśnam
imam śubham śṛṇu vakṣyāmi te yena bhṛśam jñānodayaḥ bhavet

28. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāghava sādhu tvayā imam śubham praśnam
pṛṣṭaḥ asmi śṛṇu te vakṣyāmi yena bhṛśam jñānodayaḥ bhavet

28. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: 'Well asked, O Rāghava (Rāma)! I have been asked this auspicious question by you. Listen, I shall explain it to you, by which a profound awakening of knowledge will certainly occur.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasiṣṭha (Sri Vasistha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• साधु (sādhu) - well said/asked (good, well, excellent)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O descendant of Raghu (Rāma))

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (I have been asked) (asked, questioned)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - this question (question)

• इमम् (imam) - this (question) (this, this one)

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (auspicious, good)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will explain (I will speak, I will tell)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you)

• येन (yena) - by which (by which, by whom)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - profoundly, greatly (greatly, exceedingly, intensely)

• ज्ञानोदयः (jñānodayaḥ) - a profound awakening of knowledge (awakening of knowledge, rise of knowledge)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - will certainly occur (may it be, it should be, it would be)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasiṣṭha (Sri Vasistha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sri Vasistha (a revered sage)

Note: speaker of the verse

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

साधु (sādhu) - well said/asked (good, well, excellent)

(indeclinable)

Root: sādh (class 5)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O descendant of Raghu (Rāma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

patronymic from Raghu

Note: addressing Rama

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (I have been asked) (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

Past Passive Participle

root prach (to ask) + suffix -ta

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: combines with 'asmi' to form a passive perfect construction

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: agent in passive construction 'pṛṣṭaḥ asmi'

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - this question (question)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: object of implied 'asking'

इमम् (imam) - this (question) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

Note: modifies 'praśnam'

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (auspicious, good)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, bright

Note: modifies 'praśnam'

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will explain (I will speak, I will tell)

(verb)

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

future tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: enclitic form of the second person pronoun

येन (yena) - by which (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: relative pronoun introducing a purpose clause

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - profoundly, greatly (greatly, exceedingly, intensely)

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially to modify 'jñānodayaḥ'

ज्ञानोदयः (jñānodayaḥ) - a profound awakening of knowledge (awakening of knowledge, rise of knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñānodaya

jñānodaya - awakening of knowledge, rise of wisdom

compound of 'jñāna' (knowledge) and 'udaya' (rising)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jñāna+udaya)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• udaya – rising, appearance, origin, prosperity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: subject of 'bhavet'

भवेत् (bhavet) - will certainly occur (may it be, it should be, it would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: expresses potentiality or certainty

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