योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-152, verse-9

अथेवंवादिनस्तस्य वाक्यमाक्षिप्तवानहम् ।
पृष्टवान्व्याधगुरुता कासौ मे कथ्यतामिति ॥ ९ ॥

athevaṃvādinastasya vākyamākṣiptavānaham ,
pṛṣṭavānvyādhagurutā kāsau me kathyatāmiti 9

9. atha evaṃ-vādinaḥ tasya vākyam ākṣiptavān aham
pṛṣṭavān vyādha-gurutā kā asau me kathyatām iti

9. atha aham evaṃ-vādinaḥ tasya vākyam ākṣiptavān.
pṛṣṭavān (ca),
'asau vyādha-gurutā kā? me kathyatām iti.
'

9. Then I interrupted his speech, the one who spoke thus. I asked, 'What is that teaching (gurutā) of the hunter (vyādha)? Let it be told to me.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• एवं-वादिनः (evaṁ-vādinaḥ) - of him who spoke thus

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his, of that

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, word

• आक्षिप्तवान् (ākṣiptavān) - interrupted, challenged, thrown up

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पृष्टवान् (pṛṣṭavān) - asked, questioned

• व्याध-गुरुता (vyādha-gurutā) - the teaching/guidance of a hunter, the state of being a hunter's guru

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• असौ (asau) - that one (feminine)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, let it be narrated

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, as

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

एवं-वादिनः (evaṁ-vādinaḥ) - of him who spoke thus

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of evaṃ-vādin

evaṁ-vādin - one who speaks thus, speaker of such words

Compound noun, 'evaṃ' (thus) + 'vādin' (speaker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (evaṃ+vādin)

• evaṃ – thus, in this way, so
  indeclinable
• vādin – speaker, one who says
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from √vad
  Derived from √vad (to speak) with suffix -in
  Root: vad (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, word, sentence

Derived from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

आक्षिप्तवान् (ākṣiptavān) - interrupted, challenged, thrown up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākṣiptavat

ākṣiptavat - having interrupted, having challenged, having thrown up

Perfect Active Participle (kartari kṛt)

Derived from root √kṣip (to throw) with prefix ā- (towards, up), suffix -tavat

Prefix: ā

Root: kṣip (class 1)

Note: Functions as a past tense verb 'I interrupted'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

पृष्टवान् (pṛṣṭavān) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭavat

pṛṣṭavat - having asked, having questioned

Perfect Active Participle (kartari kṛt)

Derived from root √prach (to ask), suffix -tavat

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Functions as a past tense verb 'I asked'.

व्याध-गुरुता (vyādha-gurutā) - the teaching/guidance of a hunter, the state of being a hunter's guru

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyādha-gurutā

vyādha-gurutā - the teaching of a hunter, the quality of a hunter's teacher

Compound noun: 'vyādha' (hunter) + 'gurutā' (teacher-ship)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vyādha+gurutā)

• vyādha – hunter, fowler
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √vyadh (to pierce, strike)
  Root: vyadh (class 4)
• gurutā – teacher-ship, reverence, importance, heaviness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'guru' (teacher, heavy) with suffix -tā (state, quality)

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

असौ (asau) - that one (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one (yonder)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, let it be narrated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative Passive

From root √kath (to tell), causative stem, 3rd singular imperative passive.

Root: kath (class 10)

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to mark quoted speech or thought, or to indicate 'thus' or 'as such'.

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