योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-7, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एष तावत्क्रमः प्रोक्तः सामान्यः सर्वदेहिनाम् ।
इममन्यं विशेषं त्वं श्रृणु राजीवलोचन ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
eṣa tāvatkramaḥ proktaḥ sāmānyaḥ sarvadehinām ,
imamanyaṃ viśeṣaṃ tvaṃ śrṛṇu rājīvalocana 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca eṣaḥ tāvat kramaḥ proktaḥ sāmānyaḥ
sarvadehinām imam anyam viśeṣam tvam śṛṇu rājīvalocana

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca he rājīvalocana eṣaḥ tāvat sāmānyaḥ
kramaḥ sarvadehinām proktaḥ tvam imam anyam viśeṣam śṛṇu

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "This general method has been described for all embodied beings. Now, O lotus-eyed one (Rājīvalocana), listen to this other specific teaching."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, the venerable sage (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (method) (this, this one)

• तावत् (tāvat) - for the present, indeed (so much, so far, indeed, for the present)

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - method (sequence, order, method, step)

• प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - has been declared (spoken, declared, described)

• सामान्यः (sāmānyaḥ) - general (common, general, universal)

• सर्वदेहिनाम् (sarvadehinām) - for all embodied beings

• इमम् (imam) - this (other special teaching) (this, this one)

• अन्यम् (anyam) - other (other, different)

• विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - special teaching (distinction, particularity, special point)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rāma) (you)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• राजीवलोचन (rājīvalocana) - O Rāma (addressed as lotus-eyed) (O lotus-eyed one)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha, the venerable sage (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable sage Vasiṣṭha

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (method) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Qualifies kramaḥ

तावत् (tāvat) - for the present, indeed (so much, so far, indeed, for the present)

(indeclinable)

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - method (sequence, order, method, step)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, method, sequence, procedure

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Subject of proktaḥ

प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - has been declared (spoken, declared, described)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prokta

prokta - said, declared, stated, described

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for kramaḥ

सामान्यः (sāmānyaḥ) - general (common, general, universal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāmānya

sāmānya - common, general, ordinary, universal

Note: Qualifies kramaḥ

सर्वदेहिनाम् (sarvadehinām) - for all embodied beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvadehin

sarvadehin - all embodied beings, all living creatures

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+dehin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• dehin – embodied, having a body, living being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: deh (class 1)

Note: Indicates for whom the method is

इमम् (imam) - this (other special teaching) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies viśeṣam

अन्यम् (anyam) - other (other, different)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

Note: Qualifies viśeṣam

विशेषम् (viśeṣam) - special teaching (distinction, particularity, special point)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, particularity, peculiarity, special quality, specific point

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Object of śṛṇu

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rāma) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of śṛṇu

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

Imperative 2nd person singular from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

राजीवलोचन (rājīvalocana) - O Rāma (addressed as lotus-eyed) (O lotus-eyed one)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājīvalocana

rājīvalocana - lotus-eyed (an epithet for Rāma or Viṣṇu)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rājīva+locana)

• rājīva – lotus (flower)
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc (class 10)

Note: Addressed to Rāma