योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-105, verse-20

कथमग्रे मया सम्यग्वस्तव्यं यामिनीस्त्रिया ।
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वा क्षणमेकं सा तूष्णीं स्थित्वा मुनिस्थितौ ॥ २० ॥

kathamagre mayā samyagvastavyaṃ yāminīstriyā ,
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ityuktvā kṣaṇamekaṃ sā tūṣṇīṃ sthitvā munisthitau 20

20. katham agre mayā samyak vastavyam
yāminī-striyā | śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ
uvāca | iti uktvā kṣaṇam ekam
sā tūṣṇīm sthitvā muni-sthitau

20. katham agre mayā yāminī-striyā samyak vastavyam śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ
uvāca iti uktvā sā kṣaṇam ekam tūṣṇīm sthitvā muni-sthitau

20. How should I, a woman named Yaminī, properly conduct myself from now on? Sri Vasishtha said: Having spoken thus, she remained silent for a moment, abiding in a sage-like state.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• अग्रे (agre) - in the future (in front, before, ahead, in the future)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, well, completely

• वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - ought to conduct myself (ought to be lived, ought to be resided, suitable for dwelling)

• यामिनी-स्त्रिया (yāminī-striyā) - by me, a woman named Yaminī (by the woman Yaminī, by a night-woman)

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - a moment, an instant

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, quietly

• स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stood, having remained

• मुनि-स्थितौ (muni-sthitau) - in a sage-like state (in the state of a sage, in a sage's condition)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

अग्रे (agre) - in the future (in front, before, ahead, in the future)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial locative, functioning as an indeclinable.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, well, completely

(indeclinable)

वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - ought to conduct myself (ought to be lived, ought to be resided, suitable for dwelling)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastavya

vastavya - to be lived, to be dwelt in, suitable for habitation

Gerundive (Kṛtya)

Derived from root √vas (to dwell) with suffix -tavya.

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Used here impersonally, 'it is to be dwelt (by me)' implying 'I am to dwell'.

यामिनी-स्त्रिया (yāminī-striyā) - by me, a woman named Yaminī (by the woman Yaminī, by a night-woman)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yāminī-strī

yāminī-strī - a woman named Yaminī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yāminī+strī)

• yāminī – night; a woman's name
  noun (feminine)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Sri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular perfect active of root √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Ktvā)

Derived from root √vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - a moment, an instant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration 'for a moment'.

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single

Note: Agrees with 'kṣaṇam'.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, quietly

(indeclinable)

स्थित्वा (sthitvā) - having stood, having remained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Ktvā)

Derived from root √sthā (to stand) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: sthā (class 1)

मुनि-स्थितौ (muni-sthitau) - in a sage-like state (in the state of a sage, in a sage's condition)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of muni-sthiti

muni-sthiti - the state or condition of a sage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (muni+sthiti)

• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)
• sthiti – state, condition, existence, firmness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)