योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-12

अथवा भवतामेव भगवन्परिशिक्षितुम् ।
पुनः प्रत्युत्तराणीदं का मे क्षतिरुपस्थिता ॥ १२ ॥

athavā bhavatāmeva bhagavanpariśikṣitum ,
punaḥ pratyuttarāṇīdaṃ kā me kṣatirupasthitā 12

12. athavā bhavatām eva bhagavan pariśikṣitum
punaḥ pratyuttarāṇi idam kā me kṣatiḥ upasthitā

12. athavā bhagavan idam punaḥ pratyuttarāṇi
bhavatām eva pariśikṣitum me kā kṣatiḥ upasthitā

12. Or rather, O revered one, perhaps this is for the purpose of instructing you yourselves. In that case, what harm is there for me to provide these answers again?

Words meanings summery:

• अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively, or else

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (referring to the sage) (of you (reverential plural))

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O divine one

• परिशिक्षितुम् (pariśikṣitum) - to teach thoroughly, to instruct

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• प्रत्युत्तराणि (pratyuttarāṇi) - replies, answers

• इदम् (idam) - this

• का (kā) - what, what kind of

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, harm, injury

• उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - has occurred, is present (here, past passive participle used as finite verb) (present, occurred, standing near)

Words meanings and morphology

अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively, or else

(indeclinable)

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (referring to the sage) (of you (reverential plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

present active participle

derived from the root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: genitive plural, referring to the venerable listener

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, divine, revered one

Root: bhaj (class 1)

परिशिक्षितुम् (pariśikṣitum) - to teach thoroughly, to instruct

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of pariśikṣ

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum from the root śikṣ (with prefix pari)

Prefix: pari

Root: śikṣ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

प्रत्युत्तराणि (pratyuttarāṇi) - replies, answers

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pratyuttara

pratyuttara - reply, answer

compound with prefix prati

Compound type : tatpurusha (prati+uttara)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
• uttara – answer, reply, north
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root tṝ with prefix ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: accusative plural

इदम् (idam) - this

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: can be nominative or accusative singular neuter

का (kā) - what, what kind of

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: feminine form agreeing with kṣatiḥ

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - loss, harm, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - loss, damage, injury

derived from root kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 5)

उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - has occurred, is present (here, past passive participle used as finite verb) (present, occurred, standing near)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, near, standing by, occurred

Past Passive Participle

derived from the root sthā with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: used as predicate here