योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-59, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अन्नपानाङ्गनासङ्गादृते नास्तीह किंचन ।
शुभमस्त्विति संवादि महान्किमिव वाञ्छतु ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
annapānāṅganāsaṅgādṛte nāstīha kiṃcana ,
śubhamastviti saṃvādi mahānkimiva vāñchatu 1

1. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca annapānāṅganāsaṅgāt ṛte na asti iha
kiñcana śubham astu iti saṃvādi mahān kim iva vāñchatu

1. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca iha annapānāṅganāsaṅgāt ṛte kiñcana
na asti mahān śubham astu iti saṃvādi kim iva vāñchatu

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Apart from the attachment to food, drink, and women, there is nothing substantial here. What does a great soul (mahān) truly desire when one merely says, "May there be auspiciousness"?

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious, prosperous, glorious, revered

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - the sage Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अन्नपानाङ्गनासङ्गात् (annapānāṅganāsaṅgāt) - from the association with food, drink, and women

• ऋते (ṛte) - except, without

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything (substantial) (anything, something)

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, prosperity

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking a quotation

• संवादि (saṁvādi) - one who merely says (so, without action) (agreeing, corresponding; one who says, speaker)

• महान् (mahān) - a great soul (great, noble, distinguished person)

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed, perhaps

• वाञ्छतु (vāñchatu) - may desire, let him desire, desires

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious, prosperous, glorious, revered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - auspiciousness, prosperity, glory, Lakshmi, revered

Note: Used as an honorific prefix.

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - the sage Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्नपानाङ्गनासङ्गात् (annapānāṅganāsaṅgāt) - from the association with food, drink, and women

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of annapānāṅganāsaṅga

annapānāṅganāsaṅga - association with food, drink, and women

Compound formed from anna, pāna, aṅganā, and saṅga

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (anna+pāna+aṅganā+saṅga)

• anna – food, cooked rice
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• pāna – drink, beverage
  noun (neuter)
  From √pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)
• aṅganā – woman
  noun (feminine)
• saṅga – attachment, contact, association
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√gam (to go together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)

ऋते (ṛte) - except, without

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active

3rd person singular present active of √as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything (substantial) (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcana

kiṁcana - anything, something

From kim + cana

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, good, prosperity

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, splendid, good

Note: Used substantively as "auspiciousness" or "good".

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative active

3rd person singular present imperative active of √as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking a quotation

(indeclinable)

संवादि (saṁvādi) - one who merely says (so, without action) (agreeing, corresponding; one who says, speaker)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvādī

saṁvādī - agreeing, corresponding, harmonious; a speaker, a reporter

From sam-√vad (to speak together)

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Refers to a person who speaks or proclaims.

महान् (mahān) - a great soul (great, noble, distinguished person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important; a great person, a noble soul

Note: Used substantively as "a great person" or "a great soul".

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed, perhaps

(indeclinable)

वाञ्छतु (vāñchatu) - may desire, let him desire, desires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of vāñch

Present imperative active

3rd person singular present imperative active of √vāñch (class 1)

Root: vāñch (class 1)

Note: Used here in an interrogative sense, "what does he desire?".

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