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.

6. כעת, בעל פני הירח, שמע ממני סיפור מופלא ומרהיב אחר שאני עומד לתאר.

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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