योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-102, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
श्रृणु संपद्यते कीदृग्ज्ञातज्ञेयो नरोत्तमः ।
यावज्जीवं कथं चैष किमाचारोऽवतिष्ठते ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
śrṛṇu saṃpadyate kīdṛgjñātajñeyo narottamaḥ ,
yāvajjīvaṃ kathaṃ caiṣa kimācāro'vatiṣṭhate 2

2. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca śṛṇu sampadyate kīdṛk jñāta-jñeyaḥ
narottamaḥ yāvat-jīvam katham ca eṣaḥ kim-ācāraḥ avatiṣṭhate

2. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca śṛṇu jñāta-jñeyaḥ narottamaḥ kīdṛk
sampadyate? ca eṣaḥ yāvat-jīvam katham kim-ācāraḥ avatiṣṭhate?

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Listen! What kind of excellent man (narottama) becomes one who has truly known what is to be known? And how does he conduct himself, and what is his way of life (ācāra) throughout his existence (yāvaj-jīvam)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasiṣṭha, Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• सम्पद्यते (sampadyate) - becomes, turns into, results in

• कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - what kind of, what sort of

• ज्ञात-ज्ञेयः (jñāta-jñeyaḥ) - one by whom the knowable has been known; having known what is to be known

• नरोत्तमः (narottamaḥ) - best of men, excellent man

• यावत्-जीवम् (yāvat-jīvam) - as long as life, throughout life, for the duration of life

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

• किम्-आचारः (kim-ācāraḥ) - what is his conduct/behavior, of what conduct

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, stays, stands, abides

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasiṣṭha, Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sage Vasiṣṭha, Śrī Vasiṣṭha (an epithet of Vasiṣṭha)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

सम्पद्यते (sampadyate) - becomes, turns into, results in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sampad

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - what kind of, what sort of

(interrogative adjective)

ज्ञात-ज्ञेयः (jñāta-jñeyaḥ) - one by whom the knowable has been known; having known what is to be known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñāta-jñeya

jñāta-jñeya - one by whom the knowable has been known; having known what is to be known

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jñāta+jñeya)

• jñāta – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• jñeya – knowable, to be known, that which should be known
  adjective (neuter)
  gerundive
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

नरोत्तमः (narottamaḥ) - best of men, excellent man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best of men, excellent man, supreme person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

यावत्-जीवम् (yāvat-jīvam) - as long as life, throughout life, for the duration of life

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yāvat+jīva)

• yāvat – as much as, as long as, until
  indeclinable
• jīva – life, living, soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

किम्-आचारः (kim-ācāraḥ) - what is his conduct/behavior, of what conduct

(interrogative adjective)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+ācāra)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun
• ācāra – conduct, custom, practice, behavior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, stays, stands, abides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of avasthā

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)