योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-20, verse-2

तदेतद्वृत्तमभ्यासाद्वर्तमानेन वर्णितम् ।
मया मुनीन्द्र बोधाय प्राग्जन्मसाम्यदर्शिना ॥ २ ॥

tadetadvṛttamabhyāsādvartamānena varṇitam ,
mayā munīndra bodhāya prāgjanmasāmyadarśinā 2

2. tad etat vṛttam abhyāsāt vartamānena varṇitam |
mayā munīndra bodhāya prāgjanmasāmyadarśinā ||

2. munīndra mayā prāgjanmasāmyadarśinā abhyāsāt
vartamānena tad etat vṛttam bodhāya varṇitam

2. O chief of sages, this account, resulting from my contemplation (abhyāsa) and described by me—one who perceives its similarity to a previous birth (prāgjanmasāmya)—is presented for your understanding.

Words meanings summery:

• तद् (tad) - that, it

• एतत् (etat) - this

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - incident, event, account, story

• अभ्यासात् (abhyāsāt) - from practice, due to repeated effort, from contemplation

• वर्तमानेन (vartamānena) - by me, the speaker, who is currently narrating (by the present one, by the existing one, by the one who is currently (speaking/narrating))

• वर्णितम् (varṇitam) - described, narrated, explained

• मया (mayā) - by me

• मुनीन्द्र (munīndra) - O chief of sages, O best of ascetics

• बोधाय (bodhāya) - for understanding, for enlightenment, for knowledge

• प्राग्जन्मसाम्यदर्शिना (prāgjanmasāmyadarśinā) - by one who sees similarity to a previous birth

Words meanings and morphology

तद् (tad) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, she, he

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - incident, event, account, story

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - occurred, happened, story, account, incident

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt- 'to be, to exist', used as a noun.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अभ्यासात् (abhyāsāt) - from practice, due to repeated effort, from contemplation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice, repetition, study, contemplation

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: as (class 4)

वर्तमानेन (vartamānena) - by me, the speaker, who is currently narrating (by the present one, by the existing one, by the one who is currently (speaking/narrating))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, being

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vṛt- 'to be, to exist', with the suffix -māna.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

वर्णितम् (varṇitam) - described, narrated, explained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṇita

varṇita - described, narrated, painted, explained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the causative of root vṛ- 'to choose, to cover', or from nominal root varṇa- 'color, describe'.

Root: varṇ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'vṛttam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

मुनीन्द्र (munīndra) - O chief of sages, O best of ascetics

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of munīndra

munīndra - chief of sages, best of ascetics

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+indra)

• muni – sage, ascetic, contemplative
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, king
  noun (masculine)

बोधाय (bodhāya) - for understanding, for enlightenment, for knowledge

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - understanding, knowledge, enlightenment, awakening

Root: budh (class 1)

प्राग्जन्मसाम्यदर्शिना (prāgjanmasāmyadarśinā) - by one who sees similarity to a previous birth

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāgjanmasāmyadarśin

prāgjanmasāmyadarśin - one who perceives similarity to a former existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāk+janman+sāmya+darśin)

• prāk – before, formerly, previous, prior
  indeclinable
• janman – birth, origin, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sāmya – similarity, equality, resemblance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from sama- 'equal, same'.
• darśin – one who sees, perceiver, seer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root dṛś- 'to see' with the suffix -in.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mayā'.