योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-4

तथापि यत्पृच्छसि मां तत्ते प्रकथयाम्यहम् ।
आज्ञाचरणमेवाहुर्मुख्यमाराधनं सताम् ॥ ४ ॥

tathāpi yatpṛcchasi māṃ tatte prakathayāmyaham ,
ājñācaraṇamevāhurmukhyamārādhanaṃ satām 4

4. tathā api yat pṛcchasi mām tat te prakathayāmi
aham ājñācaraṇam eva āhuḥ mukhyam ārādhanam satām

4. tathā api yat mām pṛcchasi tat te aham prakathayāmi
ājñācaraṇam eva āhuḥ satām mukhyam ārādhanam

4. Nevertheless, whatever you ask me, that I will surely explain to you. For indeed, they say that obeying commands is the chief form of service (ārādhana) to the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

• माम् (mām) - me

• तत् (tat) - that

• ते (te) - to you

• प्रकथयामि (prakathayāmi) - I tell, I explain

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आज्ञाचरणम् (ājñācaraṇam) - obedience to command, performance of orders

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, it is said

• मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - chief, principal, primary

• आराधनम् (ārādhanam) - service, worship, propitiation

• सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of good people

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Combines with tathā to mean 'nevertheless'.

यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

t-ending neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Note: Object of pṛcchasi.

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

(verb)

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

Present Tense

From root pracch (to ask), 2nd singular active.

Root: pracch (class 6)

Note: Subject is implied 'you'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

First person pronoun.

Note: Object of pṛcchasi.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Note: Object of prakathayāmi.

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

2nd person pronoun, enclitic form.

Note: Recipient of the telling.

प्रकथयामि (prakathayāmi) - I tell, I explain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prakath

Present Tense

From prefix pra + root kath (to tell). 1st singular active.

Prefix: pra

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Subject is aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

First person pronoun.

Note: Subject of prakathayāmi.

आज्ञाचरणम् (ājñācaraṇam) - obedience to command, performance of orders

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ājñācaraṇa

ājñācaraṇa - performance of commands, obedience to orders

Compound of ājñā (command) + caraṇa (action/performance).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ājñā+caraṇa)

• ājñā – command, order, permission
  noun (feminine)
  From ā + jñā (to know).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• caraṇa – acting, performing, conduct, foot
  noun (neuter)
  From root car (to move, act).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative with mukhyam ārādhanam.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Emphasizes ājñācaraṇam.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, it is said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ah

Present/Perfect Tense

From root ah (to say), 3rd plural active. Often used impersonally.

Root: ah (class 2)

मुख्यम् (mukhyam) - chief, principal, primary

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, primary, main

From mukha (face, front) + ya suffix.

Note: Predicate adjective with ārādhanam.

आराधनम् (ārādhanam) - service, worship, propitiation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ārādhana

ārādhana - service, worship, propitiation, gratifying, accomplishment

Verbal Noun

From ā + root rādh (to succeed, worship), with suffix ana.

Prefix: ā

Root: rādh (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative with ājñācaraṇam.

सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of good people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existing, real, true

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be), śatṛ participle.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Possessive, indicating for whom the service is.