योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-42

इदमुत्तममाख्यानं मुख्यानां शास्त्रदृष्टिषु ।
सुखेन बोधदं हृद्यमपूर्वं न तु किंचन ॥ ४२ ॥

idamuttamamākhyānaṃ mukhyānāṃ śāstradṛṣṭiṣu ,
sukhena bodhadaṃ hṛdyamapūrvaṃ na tu kiṃcana 42

42. idam uttamam ākhyānam mukhyānām śāstradṛṣṭiṣu
sukhena bodhadam hṛdyam apūrvam na tu kiñcana

42. idam uttamam ākhyānam śāstradṛṣṭiṣu mukhyānām
sukhena bodhadam hṛdyam apūrvam na tu kiñcana

42. This is an excellent narrative, preeminent among scriptural perspectives. It readily imparts understanding, is delightful, and is unprecedented. Indeed, it is not just any ordinary thing.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, account, story

• मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - among the foremost (perspectives/scriptures) (among the principal/foremost (ones))

• शास्त्रदृष्टिषु (śāstradṛṣṭiṣu) - in the views/perspectives of scriptures

• सुखेन (sukhena) - with ease, easily

• बोधदम् (bodhadam) - giving understanding/knowledge

• हृद्यम् (hṛdyam) - delightful, pleasing to the heart

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented, new, unique

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - just anything, any ordinary thing (anything, something)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, account, story

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, tale, story, explanation

Gerundive/Verbal Noun

Derived from root 'khyā' (to tell) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - among the foremost (perspectives/scriptures) (among the principal/foremost (ones))

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, foremost, primary

Note: Agrees with an implied noun like 'śāstradṛṣṭīnām' or 'things'.

शास्त्रदृष्टिषु (śāstradṛṣṭiṣu) - in the views/perspectives of scriptures

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of śāstradṛṣṭi

śāstradṛṣṭi - scriptural view/perspective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+dṛṣṭi)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, sacred text
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣṭi – seeing, view, perception, insight
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

सुखेन (sukhena) - with ease, easily

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - pleasure, happiness, ease, comfort

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'easily'.

बोधदम् (bodhadam) - giving understanding/knowledge

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bodhada

bodhada - giving understanding, bestowing knowledge

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (bodha+da)

• bodha – understanding, comprehension, knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'budh' (to know, understand).
  Root: budh (class 1)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix -da
  Derived from root 'dā' (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

हृद्यम् (hṛdyam) - delightful, pleasing to the heart

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdya

hṛdya - heart-pleasing, delightful, agreeable, charming

Derived from 'hṛd' (heart).

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented, new, unique

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, unique, new, not existed before

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pūrva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• pūrva – former, preceding, earlier, first
  adjective (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - just anything, any ordinary thing (anything, something)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with 'na' to mean 'nothing at all'.

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