योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-6

अत्रेमामिन्दुवदन चित्रां विस्मयकारिणीम् ।
वर्ण्यमानां मया रम्यामन्यामाख्यायिकां श्रृणु ॥ ६ ॥

atremāminduvadana citrāṃ vismayakāriṇīm ,
varṇyamānāṃ mayā ramyāmanyāmākhyāyikāṃ śrṛṇu 6

6. atra imām induvadana citrām vismayakāriṇīm
varṇyamānām mayā ramyām anyām ākhyāyikām śṛṇu

6. induvadana atra mayā varṇyamānām imām anyām
ramyām vismayakāriṇīm citrām ākhyāyikām śṛṇu

6. O moon-faced one, listen now to this other delightful, astonishing, and wonderful tale as it is being narrated by me.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - now (indicating the present moment of narration) (here, now, in this matter)

• इमाम् (imām) - referring to the story (ākhyāyikām) (this (feminine, accusative))

• इन्दुवदन (induvadana) - vocative address to a beloved or revered person, likely female, implying beauty (O moon-faced one)

• चित्राम् (citrām) - wonderful, fascinating (describing the story) (wonderful, variegated, strange, beautiful)

• विस्मयकारिणीम् (vismayakāriṇīm) - rendering the listener full of astonishment (causing wonder, astonishing, amazing)

• वर्ण्यमानाम् (varṇyamānām) - the story being currently narrated by the speaker (being described, being told)

• मया (mayā) - by the narrator (speaker) (by me)

• रम्याम् (ramyām) - referring to the pleasing nature of the story (delightful, charming, pleasant)

• अन्याम् (anyām) - another story (implying stories have been told before or will follow) (another, other)

• आख्यायिकाम् (ākhyāyikām) - the subject of the narration (story, tale, narrative)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - an instruction to the listener to pay attention (listen, hear)

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - now (indicating the present moment of narration) (here, now, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

इमाम् (imām) - referring to the story (ākhyāyikām) (this (feminine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

इन्दुवदन (induvadana) - vocative address to a beloved or revered person, likely female, implying beauty (O moon-faced one)

(noun)

Vocative, singular of induvadana

induvadana - moon-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (indu+vadana)

• indu – moon, drop, juice
  noun (masculine)
• vadana – face, mouth, speech
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vad (class 1)

चित्राम् (citrām) - wonderful, fascinating (describing the story) (wonderful, variegated, strange, beautiful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of citra

citra - clear, bright, variegated, wonderful, strange, excellent

Note: Agrees with ākhyāyikām

विस्मयकारिणीम् (vismayakāriṇīm) - rendering the listener full of astonishment (causing wonder, astonishing, amazing)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vismayakāriṇī

vismayakāriṇī - causing wonder, astonishing

Derived from vismayakāra + iṇī (feminine suffix). vismayakāra is a noun meaning 'cause of wonder'.

Note: Agrees with ākhyāyikām

वर्ण्यमानाम् (varṇyamānām) - the story being currently narrated by the speaker (being described, being told)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of varṇyamāna

varṇyamāna - being described, being narrated, being praised

present passive participle

Root vṛṇ (to describe, praise) + yamāna (passive participle suffix).

Root: vṛṇ (class 10)

मया (mayā) - by the narrator (speaker) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent in a passive construction

रम्याम् (ramyām) - referring to the pleasing nature of the story (delightful, charming, pleasant)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ramya

ramya - delightful, charming, pleasant, beautiful

gerundive (or potential passive participle)

Root ram (to delight) + ya suffix.

Root: ram (class 1)

अन्याम् (anyām) - another story (implying stories have been told before or will follow) (another, other)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

आख्यायिकाम् (ākhyāyikām) - the subject of the narration (story, tale, narrative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākhyāyikā

ākhyāyikā - a tale, story, narrative

Derived from ā-khyā (to tell) + suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Direct object of śṛṇu

शृणु (śṛṇu) - an instruction to the listener to pay attention (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

imperative

2nd person singular imperative form of root śru.

Root: śru (class 5)

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