योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-21, verse-40

एतांश्चान्यांश्च वृत्तान्तान्संस्मरामि बहूनपि ।
किं तेन बहुनोक्तेन सारं संक्षेपतः शृणु ॥ ४० ॥

etāṃścānyāṃśca vṛttāntānsaṃsmarāmi bahūnapi ,
kiṃ tena bahunoktena sāraṃ saṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu 40

40. etān ca anyān ca vṛttāntān saṃsmarāmi bahūn api
kim tena bahunā uktena sāram saṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu

40. etān ca anyān ca bahūn api vṛttāntān saṃsmarāmi
tena bahunā uktena kim saṃkṣepataḥ sāram śṛṇu

40. I remember these and many other incidents. What is the point of speaking at such great length? Listen to the essence in brief.

Words meanings summery:

• एतान् (etān) - these

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other, different

• च (ca) - and, also

• वृत्तान्तान् (vṛttāntān) - incidents, events, tales, narratives

• संस्मरामि (saṁsmarāmi) - I remember, I recall

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• किम् (kim) - what is the use/purpose (what, what for, why)

• तेन (tena) - by that, by him, with that

• बहुना (bahunā) - by much, by many

• उक्तेन (uktena) - by what has been said, by the spoken word

• सारम् (sāram) - essence, core, substance

• संक्षेपतः (saṁkṣepataḥ) - briefly, in short, concisely

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

एतान् (etān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this

Note: Agrees with 'vṛttāntān'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्यान् (anyān) - other, different

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'vṛttāntān'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वृत्तान्तान् (vṛttāntān) - incidents, events, tales, narratives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - incident, event, tale, narrative, news

संस्मरामि (saṁsmarāmi) - I remember, I recall

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of saṃsmar

Root smṛ (to remember) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'vṛttāntān'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what is the use/purpose (what, what for, why)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, by him, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'uktena' (that which has been said).

बहुना (bahunā) - by much, by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'uktena'.

उक्तेन (uktena) - by what has been said, by the spoken word

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Forms an instrumental construction with 'kim tena bahunā'.

सारम् (sāram) - essence, core, substance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, core, substance, strength, best part

संक्षेपतः (saṁkṣepataḥ) - briefly, in short, concisely

(indeclinable)

Derived from saṃkṣepa (compendium, summary) with suffix -tas (from, by means of).

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)