योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-82, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
विचार एवं विदुषा संवर्तेन कृतः पुरा ।
कथितो मम विन्ध्याद्रौ तेनैव विदितात्मना ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
vicāra evaṃ viduṣā saṃvartena kṛtaḥ purā ,
kathito mama vindhyādrau tenaiva viditātmanā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca vicāraḥ evam viduṣā saṃvartena kṛtaḥ
purā kathitaḥ mama vindhyādrau tena eva viditātmanā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca purā viduṣā saṃvartena vicāraḥ evam
kṛtaḥ tena eva viditātmanā mama vindhyādrau kathitaḥ

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: 'This very inquiry was formerly undertaken by the wise Saṃvarta, and it was narrated to me on the Vindhya mountain by that self-realized individual (ātman).'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• विचारः (vicāraḥ) - inquiry, deliberation, thought, investigation

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• विदुषा (viduṣā) - by the wise one

• संवर्तेन (saṁvartena) - by Saṃvarta

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, before

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - told, narrated, spoken

• मम (mama) - to me (to me, my)

• विन्ध्याद्रौ (vindhyādrau) - on the Vindhya mountain

• तेन (tena) - by that, by him

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• विदितात्मना (viditātmanā) - by the self-realized one, by one who knows the self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – veneration, prosperity, beauty (here as honorific)
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative

Irregular perfect form of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

विचारः (vicāraḥ) - inquiry, deliberation, thought, investigation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - deliberation, investigation, inquiry, consideration

From root car with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: The subject of the first clause (was made)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

विदुषा (viduṣā) - by the wise one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing

Past Active Participle

From root vid (to know) with vasu affix

Root: vid (class 2)

संवर्तेन (saṁvartena) - by Saṃvarta

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṃvarta

saṁvarta - Saṃvarta (name of a sage, a cosmic dissolution)

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with vicāraḥ

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, before

(indeclinable)

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - told, narrated, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, narrated, spoken, described

Past Passive Participle

From root kath (to tell)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with vicāraḥ (implied subject)

मम (mama) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

विन्ध्याद्रौ (vindhyādrau) - on the Vindhya mountain

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vindhyādri

vindhyādri - Vindhya mountain (Vindhya + adri)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vindhya+adri)

• vindhya – Vindhya (name of a mountain range)
  proper noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

तेन (tena) - by that, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes tena

विदितात्मना (viditātmanā) - by the self-realized one, by one who knows the self (ātman)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viditātman

viditātman - one whose ātman (self) is known; a self-realized person

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vidita+ātman)

• vidita – known, understood
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with tena