योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-1

व्याध उवाच ।
अनन्तरं मुने ब्रूहि तत्तत्त्वं जागतस्य ते ।
किं वृत्तमुरुवृत्तान्तशतनिर्वाणसंसृतेः ॥ १ ॥

vyādha uvāca ,
anantaraṃ mune brūhi tattattvaṃ jāgatasya te ,
kiṃ vṛttamuruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṃsṛteḥ 1

1. vyādhaḥ uvāca anantaram mune brūhi tat tattvam
jāgatasya te kim vṛttam uruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṃsṛteḥ

1. vyādhaḥ uvāca mune anantaram te jāgatasya tat tattvam
brūhi uruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṃsṛteḥ kim vṛttam

1. The hunter said: 'O sage, next, please explain that truth of the phenomenal world from your perspective. What is the nature of the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), which is characterized by the cessation (nirvāṇa) of hundreds of vast narratives?'

Words meanings summery:

• व्याधः (vyādhaḥ) - The hunter (hunter)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - next (next, subsequently, immediately after)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please explain (tell, speak, say)

• तत् (tat) - that

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - truth (truth, reality, essence, principle)

• जागतस्य (jāgatasya) - of the phenomenal world (of the world, of the phenomenal existence)

• ते (te) - from your perspective (to you, your (genitive/dative of yuşmad))

• किम् (kim) - what is the nature of? (what?, how?)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - the nature of (happened, occurred; state, condition; event)

• उरुवृत्तान्तशतनिर्वाणसंसृतेः (uruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṁsṛteḥ) - of the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), which is characterized by the cessation (nirvāṇa) of hundreds of vast narratives (of the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) that has found liberation (nirvāṇa) from hundreds of vast narratives)

Words meanings and morphology

व्याधः (vyādhaḥ) - The hunter (hunter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler

Note: Subject of 'said'

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - next (next, subsequently, immediately after)

(indeclinable)

Negative 'an' + 'antara' (interval)

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+antara)

• an – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• antara – interval, space, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage

मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

Note: Addressed to the sage

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please explain (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

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

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Command/request

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Note: Qualifies `tattvam`

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - truth (truth, reality, essence, principle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle, element

from tad (that) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of `brūhi`

जागतस्य (jāgatasya) - of the phenomenal world (of the world, of the phenomenal existence)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jāgata

jāgata - of the world, worldly, phenomenal

derived from jagat (world)

Note: Qualifies `tattvam`

ते (te) - from your perspective (to you, your (genitive/dative of yuşmad))

(pronoun)

singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Possessive (your truth) or Dative of interest ("for you")

किम् (kim) - what is the nature of? (what?, how?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, how?

Note: Interrogative pronoun

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - the nature of (happened, occurred; state, condition; event)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, past, state, condition, event

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

from root vṛt- 'to exist, occur'

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate for `kim`

उरुवृत्तान्तशतनिर्वाणसंसृतेः (uruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṁsṛteḥ) - of the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), which is characterized by the cessation (nirvāṇa) of hundreds of vast narratives (of the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) that has found liberation (nirvāṇa) from hundreds of vast narratives)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of uruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṃsṛti

uruvṛttāntaśatanirvāṇasaṁsṛti - the cycle of existence whose liberation is from hundreds of vast narratives

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (uru+vṛttānta+śata+nirvāṇa+saṃsṛti)

• uru – vast, great, extensive
  adjective (neuter)
• vṛttānta – narrative, account, story, event
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred, a hundred
  noun (neuter)
• nirvāṇa – cessation, extinction, liberation, blowing out
  noun (neuter)
  from nis-vā- 'to blow out'
  Prefix: nis
  Root: vā (class 2)
• saṃsṛti – cycle of existence, transmigration, saṃsāra
  noun (feminine)
  from sam-sṛ- 'to flow together'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vṛttam`