योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-109, verse-71

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
युक्तमुक्तं विशालाक्षि त्वयैतत्समया धिया ।
को वार्थः किल राज्यस्य ग्रहे त्यागेऽपि वा भवेत् ॥ ७१ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
yuktamuktaṃ viśālākṣi tvayaitatsamayā dhiyā ,
ko vārthaḥ kila rājyasya grahe tyāge'pi vā bhavet 71

71. śikhidhvaja uvāca | yuktam uktam
viśālākṣi tvayā etat samayā
dhiyā | kaḥ vā arthaḥ kila rājyasya
grahe tyāge api vā bhavet ||

71. śikhidhvaja uvāca viśālākṣi tvayā etat samayā dhiyā yuktam
uktam rājyasya grahe vā tyāge api vā kaḥ arthaḥ kila bhavet

71. Śikhidhvaja said: "O wide-eyed one, you have spoken truly, with a balanced intellect. What indeed is the real purpose of a kingdom, whether in its acceptance or its renunciation?"

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - rightly, properly, appropriate

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

• विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O wide-eyed one

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• एतत् (etat) - this

• समया (samayā) - by a balanced, by an impartial

• धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• वा (vā) - or

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, wealth

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, (emphatic particle)

• राज्यस्य (rājyasya) - of a kingdom

• ग्रहे (grahe) - in the acceptance, in taking

• त्यागे (tyāge) - in the renunciation, in abandoning

• अपि (api) - also, even

• वा (vā) - or

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वज (śikhidhvaja) - Śikhidhvaja (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - name of a king, having a crest/flame as an emblem

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root √vac (to speak), 3rd person singular, perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - rightly, properly, appropriate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, proper, fit, right, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √yuj (to join).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used adverbially here, modifying 'uktam'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O wide-eyed one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of viśālākṣī

viśālākṣī - a woman with large/wide eyes (epithet of Durgā, or any beautiful woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśāla+akṣi)

• viśāla – wide, broad, extensive, great
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, this one

समया (samayā) - by a balanced, by an impartial

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, convention, fixed time, condition, balanced, equal, impartial

धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought, mind, wisdom

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, wealth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, aim, object, wealth, substance, affair

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

राज्यस्य (rājyasya) - of a kingdom

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty, government

Root: rāj (class 1)

ग्रहे (grahe) - in the acceptance, in taking

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - seizing, taking, acceptance, perception

Root: grah (class 9)

त्यागे (tyāge) - in the renunciation, in abandoning

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice, giving up

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root √bhū (to be), 3rd person singular, optative active.

Root: bhū (class 1)