योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-43

नानाख्यानकथाचित्रं विनोदेन विचारयेत् ।
इदं शास्त्रं परं याति पुमान्नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ ४३ ॥

nānākhyānakathācitraṃ vinodena vicārayet ,
idaṃ śāstraṃ paraṃ yāti pumānnāstyatra saṃśayaḥ 43

43. nānākhyānakathācitram vinodena vicārayet idam
śāstram param yāti pumān na asti atra saṃśayaḥ

43. nānākhyānakathācitram idam śāstram vinodena
vicārayet pumān param yāti atra saṃśayaḥ na asti

43. One should examine this scripture, which is colorful with various narratives and stories, with delight. A person who does so achieves the supreme. There is no doubt about this.

Words meanings summery:

• नानाख्यानकथाचित्रम् (nānākhyānakathācitram) - colorful with various narratives and stories

• विनोदेन (vinodena) - with amusement, delight, recreation

• विचारयेत् (vicārayet) - one should consider/study/examine

• इदम् (idam) - this

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, treatise

• परम् (param) - the supreme (state or goal) (supreme, ultimate, highest)

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• पुमान् (pumān) - a person, man

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - in this (matter) (here, in this)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

नानाख्यानकथाचित्रम् (nānākhyānakathācitram) - colorful with various narratives and stories

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nānākhyānakathācitra

nānākhyānakathācitra - varied with narratives and tales; adorned with diverse stories

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+ākhyāna+kathā+citra)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• ākhyāna – narrative, tale, story
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Verbal Noun
  Derived from root 'khyā' (to tell) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• kathā – story, tale, narrative, speech
  noun (feminine)
• citra – colorful, variegated, wonderful, picture
  adjective (neuter)

विनोदेन (vinodena) - with amusement, delight, recreation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vinoda

vinoda - amusement, diversion, delight, recreation

From root 'nud' (to push, move) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: nud (class 6)

विचारयेत् (vicārayet) - one should consider/study/examine

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vicār

Optative mood, causative form

Causative of root 'car' (to move) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular)

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, treatise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, treatise, sacred text, teaching

परम् (param) - the supreme (state or goal) (supreme, ultimate, highest)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, transcendent

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: yā (class 2)

पुमान् (pumān) - a person, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person (puruṣa)

Nom. sing. of 'puṃs' (man, person).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - in this (matter) (here, in this)

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

From root 'śī' with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)