योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-4

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यथाभूतार्थवाक्यार्थाः सर्वा एव ममोक्तयः ।
नासमर्था विरूपार्थाः पूर्वापरविरोधदाः ॥ ४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yathābhūtārthavākyārthāḥ sarvā eva mamoktayaḥ ,
nāsamarthā virūpārthāḥ pūrvāparavirodhadāḥ 4

4. yathābhūtārthavākyārthāḥ sarvāḥ eva mama uktayaḥ
| na asamarthāḥ virūpārthāḥ pūrvāparavirodhadāḥ

4. mama sarvāḥ uktayaḥ yathābhūtārthavākyārthāḥ eva
na asamarthāḥ virūpārthāḥ pūrvāparavirodhadāḥ

4. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: All my statements (uktayaḥ) are indeed such that their meanings are based on the true nature of things. They are not ineffective, nor do they have distorted meanings, nor do they cause contradictions between earlier and later parts.

Words meanings summery:

• यथाभूतार्थवाक्यार्थाः (yathābhūtārthavākyārthāḥ) - whose word meanings are according to the true nature of things

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• उक्तयः (uktayaḥ) - statements, sayings

• न (na) - not, no

• असमर्थाः (asamarthāḥ) - ineffective, powerless, incapable

• विरूपार्थाः (virūpārthāḥ) - having distorted meanings, having ugly meanings

• पूर्वापरविरोधदाः (pūrvāparavirodhadāḥ) - causing contradictions between earlier and later statements

Words meanings and morphology

यथाभूतार्थवाक्यार्थाः (yathābhūtārthavākyārthāḥ) - whose word meanings are according to the true nature of things

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yathābhūtārthavākyārtha

yathābhūtārthavākyārtha - whose meanings of sentences are in accordance with the actual state of affairs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yathābhūta+artha+vākya+artha)

• yathābhūta – as it has actually happened, true, real
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  yathā (as) + bhūta (become, happened)
  Prefix: yathā
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)
• vākya – sentence, speech, word
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

उक्तयः (uktayaḥ) - statements, sayings

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ukti

ukti - speech, saying, statement, expression

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असमर्थाः (asamarthāḥ) - ineffective, powerless, incapable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asamartha

asamartha - incapable, incompetent, ineffective, powerless

Negation (a-) of samartha (capable, effective)

विरूपार्थाः (virūpārthāḥ) - having distorted meanings, having ugly meanings

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of virūpārtha

virūpārtha - having a distorted meaning, having an improper meaning

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (virūpa+artha)

• virūpa – deformed, ugly, distorted, improper
  adjective
  From vi (prefix) + rūpa (form)
  Prefix: vi
• artha – meaning, purpose
  noun (masculine)

पूर्वापरविरोधदाः (pūrvāparavirodhadāḥ) - causing contradictions between earlier and later statements

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūrvāparavirodhadā

pūrvāparavirodhadā - causing contradiction between prior and subsequent statements

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (pūrva+apara+virodha+dā)

• pūrva – earlier, prior, former
  adjective
• apara – later, subsequent, other
  adjective
• virodha – contradiction, opposition, conflict
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• dā – giving, causing, bestowing
  adjective
  From root dā (to give) + ḍa suffix
  Root: dā (class 3)

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