योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-8

सिद्धान्तकाले प्रश्नोक्तिरेषा तव विराजते ।
प्रावृषीव हि केकोक्तिर्युक्ता शरदि हंसगीः ॥ ८ ॥

siddhāntakāle praśnoktireṣā tava virājate ,
prāvṛṣīva hi kekoktiryuktā śaradi haṃsagīḥ 8

8. siddhāntakāle praśna uktiḥ eṣā tava virājate
prāvṛṣi iva hi keka uktiḥ yuktā śaradi haṃsagīḥ

8. eṣā tava praśna uktiḥ siddhāntakāle virājate hi
prāvṛṣi keka uktiḥ iva śaradi haṃsagīḥ yuktā

8. This statement of yours is indeed quite fitting now, at the time of establishing a doctrine, just as a peacock's cry is appropriate in the rainy season, and the song of a swan in autumn.

Words meanings summery:

• सिद्धान्तकाले (siddhāntakāle) - at the time of a settled conclusion, at the time of doctrine

• प्रश्न (praśna) - question

• उक्तिः (uktiḥ) - statement, speech, word

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• विराजते (virājate) - shines, appears beautiful, is appropriate

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• केक (keka) - peacock's cry (onomatopoeic)

• उक्तिः (uktiḥ) - peacock's cry (statement, cry)

• युक्ता (yuktā) - appropriate, joined, endowed with

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• हंसगीः (haṁsagīḥ) - swan's song

Words meanings and morphology

सिद्धान्तकाले (siddhāntakāle) - at the time of a settled conclusion, at the time of doctrine

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of siddhāntakāla

siddhāntakāla - time of established truth, time of doctrine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (siddhānta+kāla)

• siddhānta – established conclusion, doctrine, tenet
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sidh' with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sidh (class 4)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)

प्रश्न (praśna) - question

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

Derived from root 'prach' with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: prach

Note: Forms part of the compound 'praśnoktiḥ' in the verse's original sandhi, meaning 'statement of a question'.

उक्तिः (uktiḥ) - statement, speech, word

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukti

ukti - statement, speech, word, saying

From root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac

Note: Forms part of the compound 'praśnoktiḥ' and 'keko°ktiḥ'.

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to 'uktiḥ'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

विराजते (virājate) - shines, appears beautiful, is appropriate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of virāj

Present tense, Middle voice

From root 'rāj' (to shine) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, rains

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

केक (keka) - peacock's cry (onomatopoeic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keka

keka - cry of a peacock

Onomatopoeic.

उक्तिः (uktiḥ) - peacock's cry (statement, cry)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukti

ukti - statement, speech, word, saying

From root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac

Note: Here, in context with 'keka', it means 'peacock's cry'.

युक्ता (yuktā) - appropriate, joined, endowed with

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, proper, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yuj' (to join).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'uktiḥ' and 'haṃsagīḥ'.

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, a year

हंसगीः (haṁsagīḥ) - swan's song

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of haṃsagī

haṁsagī - song of a swan

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+gī)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• gī – song, singing
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'gai' (to sing).
  Root: gai (class 1)