योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-44

चूडालोवाच ।
यथा बालः पितुर्वाक्यं मुक्तहेतूपपादनम् ।
आदत्ते हि तथैव त्वं गृहाणैतद्वचो मम ॥ ४४ ॥

cūḍālovāca ,
yathā bālaḥ piturvākyaṃ muktahetūpapādanam ,
ādatte hi tathaiva tvaṃ gṛhāṇaitadvaco mama 44

44. cūḍālā uvāca yathā bālaḥ pituḥ vākyam muktahetūpapādanam
ādatte hi tathā eva tvam gṛhāṇa etat vacaḥ mama

44. cūḍālā uvāca yathā bālaḥ muktahetūpapādanam pituḥ vākyam hi ādatte,
tathā eva tvam mama etat vacaḥ gṛhāṇa

44. Cūḍālā said: Just as a child indeed accepts the word of its father, which guides towards liberation (mokṣa) without needing reasons, so too should you accept this word of mine.

Words meanings summery:

• चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as; as

• बालः (bālaḥ) - child; young one

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father; from the father

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word; speech; statement

• मुक्तहेतूपपादनम् (muktahetūpapādanam) - guides towards liberation (mokṣa) without needing reasons (providing the means for liberation; providing without reasons/justifications)

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - accepts; takes; receives

• हि (hi) - indeed; surely; for

• तथा (tathā) - so; thus; in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed; only; just

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take; accept; grasp

• एतत् (etat) - this; this one

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word; speech; statement

• मम (mama) - my; mine

Words meanings and morphology

चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cūḍālā

cūḍālā - a proper name, often a female sage or queen

उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (Lit)

From root vac, 3rd person singular active perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as; as

(indeclinable)

बालः (bālaḥ) - child; young one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father; from the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father; ancestor

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word; speech; statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

मुक्तहेतूपपादनम् (muktahetūpapādanam) - guides towards liberation (mokṣa) without needing reasons (providing the means for liberation; providing without reasons/justifications)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muktahetūpapādana

muktahetūpapādana - providing the means or reasons for liberation; providing without cause or reason

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mukta+hetu+upapādana)

• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• hetu – cause, reason, means
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)
• upapādana – bringing about, accomplishing, providing, justification
  noun (neuter)
  From root pad with prefix upa, causative
  Prefix: upa
  Root: pad (class 4)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - accepts; takes; receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ā-dā

Present Tense (Lat)

From root dā (to give) with prefix ā (towards), 3rd person singular middle present

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed; surely; for

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so; thus; in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed; only; just

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take; accept; grasp

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of grah

Imperative Mood (Lot)

From root grah, 2nd person singular active imperative

Root: grah (class 9)

एतत् (etat) - this; this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this; this one

वचः (vacaḥ) - word; speech; statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, voice, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my; mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I; me