योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-61

श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
भरद्वाज श्रृणुष्वेदं महाज्ञानं विमुक्तिदम् ।
यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण भवाब्धौ न निमज्जसि ॥ ६१ ॥

śrīvālmīkiruvāca ,
bharadvāja śrṛṇuṣvedaṃ mahājñānaṃ vimuktidam ,
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa bhavābdhau na nimajjasi 61

61. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca bharadvāja śṛṇuṣva idam mahājñānam
vimuktidam yasya śravaṇamātreṇa bhavābdhau na nimajjasi

61. śrīvālmīkiḥ uvāca bharadvāja idam mahājñānam vimuktidam
śṛṇuṣva yasya śravaṇamātreṇa bhavābdhau na nimajjasi

61. Śrī Vālmīki said: O Bharadvāja, listen to this great knowledge that bestows final liberation (mokṣa). By merely hearing it, you will not sink into the ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Śrī Vālmīki

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - O Bharadvāja

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

• इदम् (idam) - refers to the great knowledge (mahājñānam) (this, this one)

• महाज्ञानम् (mahājñānam) - great knowledge

• विमुक्तिदम् (vimuktidam) - granting final liberation (mokṣa) (granting liberation)

• यस्य (yasya) - of which, whose

• श्रवणमात्रेण (śravaṇamātreṇa) - by the mere hearing, by hearing alone

• भवाब्धौ (bhavābdhau) - in the ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (in the ocean of existence, in the ocean of rebirth)

• न (na) - not, no

• निमज्जसि (nimajjasi) - you sink, you drown

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवाल्मीकिः (śrīvālmīkiḥ) - Śrī Vālmīki

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvālmīki

śrīvālmīki - Vālmīki, an ancient sage, author of the Rāmāyaṇa; an honorific 'śrī' is added

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vālmīki)

• śrī – radiance, beauty, prosperity, good fortune, an honorific prefix
  noun (feminine)
• vālmīki – name of a celebrated sage, author of the Rāmāyaṇa
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

perfect 3rd person singular active of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - O Bharadvāja

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - name of a celebrated Vedic sage

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

imperative middle

imperative 2nd person singular middle of root śru (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

इदम् (idam) - refers to the great knowledge (mahājñānam) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

महाज्ञानम् (mahājñānam) - great knowledge

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahājñāna

mahājñāna - great knowledge, supreme wisdom

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+jñāna)

• mahat – great, large, vast, important
  adjective (neuter)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

विमुक्तिदम् (vimuktidam) - granting final liberation (mokṣa) (granting liberation)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vimuktidā

vimuktidā - giver of liberation, bestowing freedom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimukti+dā)

• vimukti – liberation, emancipation, freedom, mokṣa
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muc (class 6)
• dā – giving, granting, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  kṛt suffix -ā
  derived from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with mahājñānam.

यस्य (yasya) - of which, whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Agrees with mahājñānam (implied, by hearing *of it*).

श्रवणमात्रेण (śravaṇamātreṇa) - by the mere hearing, by hearing alone

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śravaṇamātra

śravaṇamātra - mere hearing, hearing alone

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śravaṇa+mātra)

• śravaṇa – hearing, listening
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  derived from root śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  adjective (neuter)

भवाब्धौ (bhavābdhau) - in the ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (in the ocean of existence, in the ocean of rebirth)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhavābdhi

bhavābdhi - ocean of existence, ocean of transmigration

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhava+abdhi)

• bhava – existence, being, birth, worldly life, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abdhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निमज्जसि (nimajjasi) - you sink, you drown

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of majj

present active

present 2nd person singular active of root majj (class 6) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)