योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-28

चूडालोवाच ।
ज्ञानमेव परं श्रेय इति ब्रह्मादयोऽपि ते ।
प्राहुर्महान्तो राजर्षे त्वं किमज्ञानवान्स्थितः ॥ २८ ॥

cūḍālovāca ,
jñānameva paraṃ śreya iti brahmādayo'pi te ,
prāhurmahānto rājarṣe tvaṃ kimajñānavānsthitaḥ 28

28. cūḍālā uvāca jñānam eva param śreyaḥ iti brahmā-ādayaḥ
api te prāhuḥ mahāntaḥ rājarṣe tvam kim ajñānavān sthitaḥ

28. cūḍālā uvāca rājarṣe brahmā-ādayaḥ mahāntaḥ api te jñānam
eva param śreyaḥ iti prāhuḥ tvam kim ajñānavān sthitaḥ

28. Cūḍālā said: "Brahmā and other great beings have declared to you, O royal sage (rājarṣi), that knowledge (jñāna) alone is the supreme welfare (śreya). Why, then, do you remain in a state of ignorance?"

Words meanings summery:

• चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Cūḍālā (proper name of a queen or female sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke, declared

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, wisdom, understanding

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, supreme benefit, ultimate good

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or conclusion

• ब्रह्मा-आदयः (brahmā-ādayaḥ) - Brahmā and others, led by Brahmā

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ते (te) - to you

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they said, they declared

• महान्तः (mahāntaḥ) - great ones, noble ones, great sages

• राजर्षे (rājarṣe) - O royal sage

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• किम् (kim) - why, what, how

• अज्ञानवान् (ajñānavān) - ignorant, possessing ignorance

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, remaining, being

Words meanings and morphology

चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Cūḍālā (proper name of a queen or female sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cūḍālā

cūḍālā - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke, declared

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, wisdom, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding

Root: jñā (class 9)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, other

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, supreme benefit, ultimate good

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, prosperity, ultimate good, supreme benefit

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or conclusion

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मा-आदयः (brahmā-ādayaḥ) - Brahmā and others, led by Brahmā

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmādi

brahmādi - beginning with Brahmā, Brahmā and others

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+ādi)

• brahman – Brahmā (the creator god), ultimate reality (brahman)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera, others
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they said, they declared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of vac

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

महान्तः (mahāntaḥ) - great ones, noble ones, great sages

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahant

mahant - great, large, noble, exalted

Note: Used here as a noun meaning 'great persons'

राजर्षे (rājarṣe) - O royal sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - royal sage, king who is also a sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

किम् (kim) - why, what, how

(indeclinable)

अज्ञानवान् (ajñānavān) - ignorant, possessing ignorance

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajñānavat

ajñānavat - ignorant, possessed of ignorance, foolish

Derived by adding the possessive suffix -vat to ajñāna

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jñāna+vat)

• a – not, non-, un- (privative prefix)
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vat – possessing, like, as
  suffix (pratyaya)
  Suffix indicating possession, forming adjectives

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, remaining, being

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, firm, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)