योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-2

भुशुण्ड उवाच ।
जानन्नपि मुने सर्व किं मां पृच्छसि लीलया ।
यथापृष्टमहं वच्मि शृणु तत्रापि मद्वचः ॥ २ ॥

bhuśuṇḍa uvāca ,
jānannapi mune sarva kiṃ māṃ pṛcchasi līlayā ,
yathāpṛṣṭamahaṃ vacmi śṛṇu tatrāpi madvacaḥ 2

2. bhuśuṇḍaḥ uvāca jānan api mune sarvam kim mām pṛcchasi
līlayā yathāpṛṣṭam aham vacmi śṛṇu tatra api madvacaḥ

2. bhuśuṇḍaḥ uvāca.
mune,
sarvam jānan api,
(tvaṃ) mām līlayā kim pṛcchasi? yathāpṛṣṭam aham vachmi.
tatra api madvacaḥ śṛṇu.

2. Bhusuṇḍa said: 'O sage, even though you know everything, why do you ask me playfully? Nevertheless, I will tell you as requested; listen to my words regarding that matter.'

Words meanings summery:

• भुशुण्डः (bhuśuṇḍaḥ) - Bhusuṇḍa

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जानन् (jānan) - you, Vasiṣṭha, knowing (knowing, understanding)

• अपि (api) - even, although

• मुने (mune) - O Vasiṣṭha (O sage)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• किम् (kim) - why, what

• माम् (mām) - Bhusuṇḍa (me)

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

• लीलया (līlayā) - playfully, casually, as a sport

• यथापृष्टम् (yathāpṛṣṭam) - as asked, according to what was asked

• अहम् (aham) - Bhusuṇḍa (I)

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I tell

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मद्वचः (madvacaḥ) - Bhusuṇḍa's words (my words, my speech)

Words meanings and morphology

भुशुण्डः (bhuśuṇḍaḥ) - Bhusuṇḍa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhuśuṇḍa

bhuśuṇḍa - Bhusuṇḍa (name of a legendary crow-sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac, reduplicated perfect.

Root: vac (class 2)

जानन् (jānan) - you, Vasiṣṭha, knowing (knowing, understanding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jānat

jānat - knowing, perceiving, understanding

Present Active Participle

From root jñā (to know), Class 9.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvaṃ' (you, Vasiṣṭha).

अपि (api) - even, although

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - O Vasiṣṭha (O sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, holy man

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire, everything

Note: Object of 'jānan'.

किम् (kim) - why, what

(interrogative pronoun)

माम् (mām) - Bhusuṇḍa (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root prach, Class 6.

Root: prach (class 6)

लीलया (līlayā) - playfully, casually, as a sport

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, ease, grace

यथापृष्टम् (yathāpṛṣṭam) - as asked, according to what was asked

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound: yathā (as, according to) + pṛṣṭa (asked).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+pṛṣṭa)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• pṛṣṭa – asked, questioned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root prach (to ask).
  Root: prach (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - Bhusuṇḍa (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak, I tell

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root vac, Class 2.

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Root śru, Class 5.

Root: śru (class 5)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

(indeclinable)

Locative of tad.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

मद्वचः (madvacaḥ) - Bhusuṇḍa's words (my words, my speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madvacas

madvacas - my words, my speech

Compound of mat (my) + vacas (word, speech).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+vacas)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
  Genitive singular of asmad. In compounds, mad is common.
• vacas – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)
  From root vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.