योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-90, verse-1

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
मणिसाधकविन्ध्येभबन्धनाद्यमरात्मज ।
सूचितं यत्कथाजालं पुनर्मे प्रकटीकुरु ॥ १ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhanādyamarātmaja ,
sūcitaṃ yatkathājālaṃ punarme prakaṭīkuru 1

1. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhanāt
amarātmaja sūcitam yat kathājālam punaḥ me prakaṭīkuru

1. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca amarātmaja maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhanāt
yat kathājālam sūcitam punaḥ me prakaṭīkuru

1. Śikhidhvaja said: "O son of an immortal, please clarify for me again that series of narratives which was indicated concerning the bondage of Maṇisādhaka, Vindhya, and the elephant."

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मणिसाधकविन्ध्येभबन्धनात् (maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhanāt) - from the bondage of Maṇisādhaka, Vindhya, and the elephant

• अमरात्मज (amarātmaja) - O son of an immortal, O son of a god

• सूचितम् (sūcitam) - indicated, announced, mentioned

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• कथाजालम् (kathājālam) - network of stories, series of narratives

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• मे (me) - for me, to me, my

• प्रकटीकुरु (prakaṭīkuru) - make clear, manifest, reveal

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Śikhidhvaja (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king, lit. 'one whose banner is a peacock')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śikhin+dhvaja)

• śikhin – peacock, crested
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, emblem
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhvaj

Note: The speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect

Perfect tense form of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

मणिसाधकविन्ध्येभबन्धनात् (maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhanāt) - from the bondage of Maṇisādhaka, Vindhya, and the elephant

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhana

maṇisādhakavindhyebhabandhana - bondage relating to Maṇisādhaka, Vindhya, and the elephant

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (maṇisādhaka+vindhya+ibha+bandhana)

• maṇisādhaka – 'jewel-accomplisher', name of a person/demon
  proper noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'maṇi' (jewel) and 'sādhaka' (accomplisher)
• vindhya – Vindhya (name of a mountain range or a demon associated with it)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• bandhana – bondage, fetter
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bandh' with suffix 'lyuṭ'
  Root: bandh (class 9)

अमरात्मज (amarātmaja) - O son of an immortal, O son of a god

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of amarātmaja

amarātmaja - son of an immortal, son of a god

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amara+ātmaja)

• amara – immortal, god
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'a' (not) + 'mara' (dying)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• ātmaja – son, offspring ('self-born')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'ātman' (self) + 'ja' (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Addressing Cūḍālā, who is in the guise of a Brahmin youth.

सूचितम् (sūcitam) - indicated, announced, mentioned

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sūcita

sūcita - indicated, announced, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sūc' with suffix 'kta'

Root: sūc (class 10)

Note: Modifies `kathājālam`.

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

कथाजालम् (kathājālam) - network of stories, series of narratives

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathājāla

kathājāla - network of stories, series of narratives

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kathā+jāla)

• kathā – story, tale, narrative
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kath (class 10)
• jāla – net, network, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `prakaṭīkuru`.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me, to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Enclitic form for dative/genitive singular.

प्रकटीकुरु (prakaṭīkuru) - make clear, manifest, reveal

(verb)

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

Derived from `prakaṭa` (manifest) + `kṛ` (to do/make) with `ci-pratyaya` for nominal verb

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)