योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-31

न मोक्षोपायकथनं न च जानामि तत्स्थितिम् ।
संदेहादिव जिज्ञासुस्तावन्मोक्षकथोच्यते ॥ ३१ ॥

na mokṣopāyakathanaṃ na ca jānāmi tatsthitim ,
saṃdehādiva jijñāsustāvanmokṣakathocyate 31

31. na mokṣopāyakathanaṃ na ca jānāmi tatsthitiṃ
saṃdehāt iva jijñāsuḥ tāvat mokṣakathā ucyate

31. na mokṣopāyakathanaṃ ca na tatsthitiṃ jānāmi
saṃdehāt iva jijñāsuḥ tāvat mokṣakathā ucyate

31. I do not present the means to liberation (mokṣa), nor do I truly know its nature. Yet, because of an inquirer, as if prompted by doubt, a discourse on liberation (mokṣa) is being given.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• मोक्षोपायकथनं (mokṣopāyakathanaṁ) - a discussion of the means to liberation, an explanation of the path to freedom

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

• तत्स्थितिं (tatsthitiṁ) - its state, its condition

• संदेहात् (saṁdehāt) - from doubt, because of doubt

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• जिज्ञासुः (jijñāsuḥ) - an inquirer, one desirous of knowing

• तावत् (tāvat) - thereupon, therefore, so much, for so long

• मोक्षकथा (mokṣakathā) - a discourse on liberation, a discussion of freedom

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is spoken, is presented

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मोक्षोपायकथनं (mokṣopāyakathanaṁ) - a discussion of the means to liberation, an explanation of the path to freedom

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mokṣopāyakathana

mokṣopāyakathana - discussion of means to liberation, explanation of the path to freedom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+upāya+kathana)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom from transmigration
  noun (masculine)
  from √muc + ghañ
  Root: muc (class 6)
• upāya – means, method, expedient, device, path
  noun (masculine)
  from upa + √i + ghañ
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)
• kathana – narration, telling, speaking, describing
  noun (neuter)
  from √kath + lyuṭ
  Root: kath (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

present active 1st person singular

from √jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

तत्स्थितिं (tatsthitiṁ) - its state, its condition

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tatsthiti

tatsthiti - its state, its condition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+sthiti)

• tad – that, its (pronoun stem)
  pronoun (neuter)
• sthiti – state, condition, position, existence
  noun (feminine)
  from √sthā + ktin
  Root: sthā (class 1)

संदेहात् (saṁdehāt) - from doubt, because of doubt

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty

from sam + √dih + ghañ

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

जिज्ञासुः (jijñāsuḥ) - an inquirer, one desirous of knowing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jijñāsu

jijñāsu - desirous of knowing, inquisitive, an inquirer

desiderative noun/adjective

from desiderative stem of √jñā + u

Root: jñā (class 9)

तावत् (tāvat) - thereupon, therefore, so much, for so long

(indeclinable)

मोक्षकथा (mokṣakathā) - a discourse on liberation, a discussion of freedom

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mokṣakathā

mokṣakathā - discourse on liberation, discussion of freedom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+kathā)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom from transmigration
  noun (masculine)
  from √muc + ghañ
  Root: muc (class 6)
• kathā – story, tale, discourse
  noun (feminine)
  from √kath + a
  Root: kath (class 10)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is spoken, is presented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present passive 3rd person singular

from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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