योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-2

जगन्मायाप्रपञ्चस्य वैचित्र्यप्रतिपत्तये ।
इतिहासमिमं वक्ष्ये श्रृणुष्वावहितोऽनघ ॥ २ ॥

jaganmāyāprapañcasya vaicitryapratipattaye ,
itihāsamimaṃ vakṣye śrṛṇuṣvāvahito'nagha 2

2. jagat-māyā-prapañcasya vaicitrya-pratipattaye
itihāsam imam vakṣye śṛṇuṣva avahitaḥ anagha

2. anagha jagat-māyā-prapañcasya vaicitrya-pratipattaye
imam itihāsam vakṣye avahitaḥ śṛṇuṣva

2. O sinless one (anagha), for the understanding of the diverse manifestation of this world-illusion (māyā), I will narrate this story. Listen attentively.

Words meanings summery:

• जगत्-माया-प्रपञ्चस्य (jagat-māyā-prapañcasya) - Refers to the manifestation and diversity brought about by the cosmic illusion (māyā) in the world (jagat). (of the expansion of the world-illusion, of the illusory creation of the world)

• वैचित्र्य-प्रतिपत्तये (vaicitrya-pratipattaye) - for the understanding of its variety, for realizing the diversity

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - story, history, legend

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine)

• वक्ष्ये (vakṣye) - I will narrate, I will tell, I will say

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear (imperative)

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - Refers to the listener, Rāma, who is asked to be attentive. (attentive, concentrated, absorbed)

• अनघ (anagha) - An epithet for Rāma, indicating his purity. (O sinless one, faultless one)

Words meanings and morphology

जगत्-माया-प्रपञ्चस्य (jagat-māyā-prapañcasya) - Refers to the manifestation and diversity brought about by the cosmic illusion (māyā) in the world (jagat). (of the expansion of the world-illusion, of the illusory creation of the world)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jagat-māyā-prapañca

jagat-māyā-prapañca - the expansion/manifestation of the world's illusion

Compound of 'jagat' (world), 'māyā' (illusion), and 'prapañca' (expansion, manifestation).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+māyā+prapañca)

• jagat – world, universe, all that moves
  noun (neuter)
  From √gam (to go), used as a noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• māyā – illusion, art, magic, supernatural power
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mā (class 3)
• prapañca – expansion, manifestation, illusion, phenomenal world
  noun (masculine)
  from pra-√pañc (to expand, propagate)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pañc (class 1)

वैचित्र्य-प्रतिपत्तये (vaicitrya-pratipattaye) - for the understanding of its variety, for realizing the diversity

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of vaicitrya-pratipatti

vaicitrya-pratipatti - understanding of diversity, realization of variety

Compound of 'vaicitrya' (diversity, variety) and 'pratipatti' (understanding, knowledge, attainment).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaicitrya+pratipatti)

• vaicitrya – diversity, variety, manifoldness, wonderfulness
  noun (neuter)
  From 'vicitra' (diverse, variegated) + -ya (nominal suffix).
• pratipatti – understanding, knowledge, attainment, accomplishment, realization
  noun (feminine)
  From prati-√pad (to attain, understand).
  Prefix: prati
  Root: pad (class 4)

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - story, history, legend

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - story, history, legend, traditional narrative

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

वक्ष्ये (vakṣye) - I will narrate, I will tell, I will say

(verb)

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

future active indicative

1st person singular, future tense (liṭ)

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear (imperative)

(verb)

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

imperative middle

2nd person singular, imperative mood, middle voice

Root: śru (class 5)

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - Refers to the listener, Rāma, who is asked to be attentive. (attentive, concentrated, absorbed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - attentive, careful, absorbed, fixed

Past Passive Participle

from ava-√dhā (to fix, place firmly)

Prefix: ava

Root: dhā (class 3)

अनघ (anagha) - An epithet for Rāma, indicating his purity. (O sinless one, faultless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, blameless

Negation 'an-' + 'agha' (sin, fault).

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+agha)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• agha – sin, evil, fault, pain
  noun (neuter)