योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-52, verse-4

शृणु पुत्र महाबुद्धे वस्तुतोऽस्य समामिमाम् ।
वर्णयामि महाश्चर्यामेकामाख्यायिकां तव ॥ ४ ॥

śṛṇu putra mahābuddhe vastuto'sya samāmimām ,
varṇayāmi mahāścaryāmekāmākhyāyikāṃ tava 4

4. śṛṇu putra mahābuddhe vastutaḥ asya samām imām
varṇayāmi mahāścāryām ekām ākhyāyikām tava

4. putra mahābuddhe śṛṇu.
vastutaḥ tava asya imām ekām samām mahāścāryām ākhyāyikām varṇayāmi

4. O son, O highly intelligent one, listen! I will indeed describe to you this complete and extremely wonderful tale.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• महाबुद्धे (mahābuddhe) - O great intellect, O highly intelligent one

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, indeed, actually

• अस्य (asya) - of this, his, its

• समाम् (samām) - complete, whole, entire, equal

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• वर्णयामि (varṇayāmi) - I describe, I narrate

• महाश्चार्याम् (mahāścāryām) - very wonderful, greatly astonishing

• एकाम् (ekām) - one, a certain

• आख्यायिकाम् (ākhyāyikām) - story, tale, narrative

• तव (tava) - to you, for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

2nd person singular imperative from root śru, class 5

Root: śru (class 5)

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Addressed to 'son'.

महाबुद्धे (mahābuddhe) - O great intellect, O highly intelligent one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābuddhi

mahābuddhi - great intelligence, highly intelligent person

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+buddhi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Addressed to 'son'.

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, indeed, actually

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'vastu' (thing, reality) with suffix 'tas'.

अस्य (asya) - of this, his, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Refers to the general topic or the story about to be narrated.

समाम् (samām) - complete, whole, entire, equal

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, complete, all, whole

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

वर्णयामि (varṇayāmi) - I describe, I narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of varṇ

Present Active Indicative (causative stem)

From root varṇ (10th class or causative of vṛ)

Root: varṇ (class 10)

Note: Future sense implied from context ('I will describe').

महाश्चार्याम् (mahāścāryām) - very wonderful, greatly astonishing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāścārya

mahāścārya - very wonderful, greatly astonishing

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+āścārya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• āścārya – wonder, astonishing, surprising
  noun (neuter)
  From root car with prefix ā-, plus yaj-suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

एकाम् (ekām) - one, a certain

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, a certain

आख्यायिकाम् (ākhyāyikām) - story, tale, narrative

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākhyāyikā

ākhyāyikā - story, tale, narrative, legend

From root khyā with prefix ā-, plus suffix -ikā.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

तव (tava) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of tva

tva - you (pronoun)

Genitive/Dative singular of tva.