योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-176, verse-10

शुभं ममेदमाख्यानं श्रृणु श्रवणभूषणम् ।
ब्रह्माण्डपिण्ड इत्युक्तं ब्रह्माण्डाख्यानमेव च ॥ १० ॥

śubhaṃ mamedamākhyānaṃ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam ,
brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa ityuktaṃ brahmāṇḍākhyānameva ca 10

10. śubham mama idam ākhyānam śṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam
brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa iti uktam brahmāṇḍa-ākhyānam eva ca

10. mama idam śubham ākhyānam śravaṇabhūṣaṇam śṛṇu
brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa iti brahmāṇḍa-ākhyānam eva ca uktam

10. "Listen to this auspicious narration of mine, which is an adornment for the ears. It is called the 'Cosmic Orb' (brahmāṇḍa-piṇḍa) and also the 'Narrative of the Cosmos' (brahmāṇḍa-ākhyāna)."

Words meanings summery:

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

• मम (mama) - my (narration) (my, of me)

• इदम् (idam) - this (narration) (this)

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narration, story (narration, story, account)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (imperative command) (listen, hear)

• श्रवणभूषणम् (śravaṇabhūṣaṇam) - an adornment for the ears (ear-ornament, adornment for the ears)

• ब्रह्माण्डपिण्ड (brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa) - the 'Cosmic Orb' or 'Cosmic Egg' (cosmic orb, cosmic egg)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (indicating what it is called) (thus, so, called)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - is called (said, spoken, called)

• ब्रह्माण्ड-आख्यानम् (brahmāṇḍa-ākhyānam) - the 'Narrative of the Cosmos' (brahmāṇḍa-ākhyāna) (narration of the cosmos, cosmic narrative)

• एव (eva) - also (only, indeed, certainly)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, propitious, good, beautiful, bright

Note: Agrees with 'ākhyānam'.

मम (mama) - my (narration) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

इदम् (idam) - this (narration) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'ākhyānam'.

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narration, story (narration, story, account)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narration, story, tale, legend

From root khyā (to tell) with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (imperative command) (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of śru

Imperative mood, second person singular, active voice.

Root: śru (class 5)

श्रवणभूषणम् (śravaṇabhūṣaṇam) - an adornment for the ears (ear-ornament, adornment for the ears)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śravaṇabhūṣaṇa

śravaṇabhūṣaṇa - ear-ornament, ornament for hearing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śravaṇa+bhūṣaṇa)

• śravaṇa – hearing, ear
  noun (neuter)
  From root śru (to hear).
  Root: śru (class 5)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, adornment
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhūṣ (to adorn).
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Referring to the narration itself.

ब्रह्माण्डपिण्ड (brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa) - the 'Cosmic Orb' or 'Cosmic Egg' (cosmic orb, cosmic egg)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa

brahmāṇḍapiṇḍa - cosmic egg, the universe conceived as an egg or orb

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+piṇḍa)

• brahmāṇḍa – Brahma's egg, the universe, cosmos
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of Brahman (neuter) and aṇḍa (egg).
• piṇḍa – lump, ball, mass, body, orb
  noun (masculine)

इति (iti) - thus, so (indicating what it is called) (thus, so, called)

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - is called (said, spoken, called)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to the narration.

ब्रह्माण्ड-आख्यानम् (brahmāṇḍa-ākhyānam) - the 'Narrative of the Cosmos' (brahmāṇḍa-ākhyāna) (narration of the cosmos, cosmic narrative)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmāṇḍa-ākhyāna

brahmāṇḍa-ākhyāna - narration of the universe/cosmos

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+ākhyāna)

• brahmāṇḍa – Brahma's egg, the universe, cosmos
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of Brahman (neuter) and aṇḍa (egg).
• ākhyāna – narration, story, tale
  noun (neuter)
  From root khyā (to tell) with upasarga ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

एव (eva) - also (only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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