योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इत्थं स कथयन्पक्षी पृष्टस्तत्र पुनर्मया ।
कीदृशी प्राणवातस्य गतिरित्येव राघव ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
itthaṃ sa kathayanpakṣī pṛṣṭastatra punarmayā ,
kīdṛśī prāṇavātasya gatirityeva rāghava 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ittham saḥ kathayan pakṣī pṛṣṭaḥ tatra
punaḥ mayā kīdṛśī prāṇavātasya gatiḥ iti eva rāghava

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca.
rāghava,
ittham saḥ pakṣī kathayan [san],
punaḥ mayā tatra pṛṣṭaḥ [abhūt]: prāṇavātasya gatiḥ kīdṛśī iti eva?

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: 'As that bird was speaking thus, I then asked him again, 'O Rāghava, what kind of movement does the vital breath (prāṇa-vāta) indeed possess?''

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Revered Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• सः (saḥ) - the bird Bhusuṇḍa (he)

• कथयन् (kathayan) - speaking, narrating

• पक्षी (pakṣī) - the bird Bhusuṇḍa (the bird)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again

• मया (mayā) - by Vasiṣṭha (by me)

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort

• प्राणवातस्य (prāṇavātasya) - of the vital breath

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, course

• इति (iti) - marks direct speech (thus)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Revered Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Compound of Śrī (venerable, holy) and Vasiṣṭha (name).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, venerable, holy
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac, reduplicated perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - the bird Bhusuṇḍa (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथयन् (kathayan) - speaking, narrating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathayat

kathayat - speaking, telling, narrating

Present Active Participle

From root kath (to speak, tell), Class 10.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'pakṣī'.

पक्षी (pakṣī) - the bird Bhusuṇḍa (the bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

From root prach (to ask).

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (the bird).

तत्र (tatra) - there, then

(indeclinable)

Locative of tad.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by Vasiṣṭha (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort

(interrogative adjective)

Note: Agrees with 'gatiḥ'.

प्राणवातस्य (prāṇavātasya) - of the vital breath

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prāṇavāta

prāṇavāta - vital breath, life-wind

Tatpuruṣa compound: prāṇa (life-breath) + vāta (wind).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+vāta)

• prāṇa – breath, life, vital air, energy
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix pra- + root an (to breathe).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• vāta – wind, air, vital air
  noun (masculine)
  From root vā (to blow).
  Root: vā (class 2)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement, course

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, course, motion, going

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks direct speech (thus)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rāma

From Raghu + aṇ (patronymic suffix).