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

नभःफलनिपाताभज्ञानसंप्रतिपत्तये ।
तत्रेमं श्रृणु वृत्तान्तं प्राक्तनं कथयामि ते ॥ ५ ॥

nabhaḥphalanipātābhajñānasaṃpratipattaye ,
tatremaṃ śrṛṇu vṛttāntaṃ prāktanaṃ kathayāmi te 5

5. nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha-jñāna-sampratipattaye |
tatra imam śṛṇu vṛttāntam prāktanam kathayāmi te

5. śṛṇu tatra nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha-jñāna-sampratipattaye
imam prāktanam vṛttāntam te kathayāmi

5. In that regard, for the attainment of knowledge (jñāna) that resembles the sudden falling of a fruit from the sky, listen to this ancient account which I will narrate to you.

Words meanings summery:

• नभः-फल-निपात-आभ-ज्ञान-सम्प्रतिपत्तये (nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha-jñāna-sampratipattaye) - for understanding the sudden, intuitive acquisition of knowledge (jñāna) (for the attainment of knowledge resembling the falling of a fruit from the sky)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that regard, concerning that matter (there, in that, concerning that)

• इमम् (imam) - this (story/account) (this, this one)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to this story) (listen, hear)

• वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - narrative, tale (story, account, narrative, event)

• प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - ancient, old (ancient, former, previous)

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I will tell, I narrate (I tell, I narrate)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

Words meanings and morphology

नभः-फल-निपात-आभ-ज्ञान-सम्प्रतिपत्तये (nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha-jñāna-sampratipattaye) - for understanding the sudden, intuitive acquisition of knowledge (jñāna) (for the attainment of knowledge resembling the falling of a fruit from the sky)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha-jñāna-samprāpti

nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha-jñāna-samprāpti - attainment of knowledge similar to the falling of a fruit from the sky

Compound type : tatpurusha (nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha+jñāna-samprāpti)

• nabhaḥ-phala-nipāta-ābha – resembling the falling of a fruit from the sky
  adjective (masculine)
  'nipāta' (falling) of 'phala' (fruit) from 'nabhas' (sky). 'ābha' (resemblance) of that.
• jñāna-samprāpti – attainment of knowledge
  noun (feminine)

Note: Indicates purpose.

तत्र (tatra) - in that regard, concerning that matter (there, in that, concerning that)

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

इमम् (imam) - this (story/account) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Direct object of 'śṛṇu' (listen to) and 'kathayāmi' (tell).

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to this story) (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Imperative active

2nd person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Addressed to the listener.

वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - narrative, tale (story, account, narrative, event)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - story, account, narrative, event, occurrence

From 'vṛtta' (happened) + 'anta' (end/conclusion) or simply derived from 'vṛt' (to be) with suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'śṛṇu' and 'kathayāmi'.

प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - ancient, old (ancient, former, previous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāktana

prāktana - ancient, former, previous, old

From 'prāk' (before) + suffix '-tana'.

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I will tell, I narrate (I tell, I narrate)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

1st person singular, parasmaipada. Denominative verb from 'kathā'.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: The speaker is addressing the listener.

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Dative case, indicating 'to you'.