योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-43, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एतदुक्तं परं तेन स्वयमेव च वेद्म्यहम् ।
राम त्वमपि जानीषे यथेदं समवस्थितम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
etaduktaṃ paraṃ tena svayameva ca vedmyaham ,
rāma tvamapi jānīṣe yathedaṃ samavasthitam 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca | etat uktam param tena svayam eva ca
vedmi aham | rāma tvam api jānīṣe yathā idam samavasthitam ||

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
etat param tena uktam.
aham ca svayam eva vedmi.
rāma,
tvam api yathā idam samavasthitam (tathā) jānīṣe.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: This has been imparted by him (Śiva), and I myself know it. O Rāma, you also understand how this (situation) is established.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एतत् (etat) - this (teaching or narrative) (this)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken, told, imparted

• परम् (param) - moreover, further, but

• तेन (tena) - by him (Śiva) (by him)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

• अहम् (aham) - I

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (Vasiṣṭha's interlocutor) (O Rāma)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know, you understand

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• इदम् (idam) - this (situation or state of affairs) (this)

• समवस्थितम् (samavasthitam) - situated, established, arranged

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (name of a Vedic sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, glorious, beautiful, prosperity
  adjective
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ).

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (teaching or narrative) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'uktam'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken, told, imparted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Predicate for 'etat'.

परम् (param) - moreover, further, but

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage of neuter singular of 'para'.

Note: Here used as an indeclinable connective.

तेन (tena) - by him (Śiva) (by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (pronoun)

Note: Agent in passive construction 'etat uktam'.

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

Note: Emphasizes that 'I' know it personally.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'svayam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'tena uktam' and 'aham vedmi'.

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

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

Irregular present tense form of √vid (class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'vedmi'.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (Vasiṣṭha's interlocutor) (O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a legendary prince, central figure of the Rāmāyaṇa)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'jānīṣe'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle.

Note: Emphasizes that Rāma also knows.

जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know, you understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Present tense, middle voice, 2nd person singular of √jñā (class 9).

Root: jñā (class 9)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

Note: Introduces a clause of manner.

इदम् (idam) - this (situation or state of affairs) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'samavasthitam'.

समवस्थितम् (samavasthitam) - situated, established, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samavasthita

samavasthita - situated, established, arranged, existing well

Past Passive Participle

From sam-ava-√sthā (to stand well, be established).

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate for 'idam'.