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

अत्रैव मे पुरा प्रोक्तं मत्पित्रा पद्मजन्मना ।
पद्मरेणुमताख्यानं श्रृणु तत्कथयामि ते ॥ ७ ॥

atraiva me purā proktaṃ matpitrā padmajanmanā ,
padmareṇumatākhyānaṃ śrṛṇu tatkathayāmi te 7

7. atra eva me purā proktam matpitrā padmajanmanā
padmareṇumatākhyānam śṛṇu tat kathayāmi te

7. purā me atra eva matpitrā padmajanmanā
padmareṇumatākhyānam proktam tat te kathayāmi śṛṇu

7. My father, the lotus-born (Brahmā), once told me right here the account of Padmareṇumat. Listen, I will narrate that to you.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• मे (me) - to me, my

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, once upon a time

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken, told, declared

• मत्पित्रा (matpitrā) - by my father

• पद्मजन्मना (padmajanmanā) - by Brahmā (by the lotus-born)

• पद्मरेणुमताख्यानम् (padmareṇumatākhyānam) - the narrative/account of Padmareṇumat

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• तत् (tat) - that story/account (that)

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I narrate, I tell

• ते (te) - to you, for you

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, my, to me

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, once upon a time

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken, told, declared

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of provac

provac - to speak, to say, to declare

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

मत्पित्रा (matpitrā) - by my father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of matpitṛ

matpitṛ - my father

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+pitṛ)

• mad – I, my
  pronoun
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

पद्मजन्मना (padmajanmanā) - by Brahmā (by the lotus-born)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of padmajanman

padmajanman - lotus-born, an epithet of Brahmā

Compound type : bahuvrihi (padma+janman)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• janman – birth, origin
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

पद्मरेणुमताख्यानम् (padmareṇumatākhyānam) - the narrative/account of Padmareṇumat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of padmareṇumatākhyāna

padmareṇumatākhyāna - the story or narrative concerning Padmareṇumat

Compound type : tatpurusha (padmareṇumat+ākhyāna)

• padmareṇumat – a proper name, lit. 'one possessing lotus-dust' or 'one like lotus-dust'
  proper noun (masculine)
• ākhyāna – narrative, tale, story, account
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

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

Root 'śru' in imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: śru (class 5)

तत् (tat) - that story/account (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I narrate, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kath

Denominative verb from 'kathā' (story), present indicative, 1st person singular

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yūṣmad

yūṣmad - you, your, to you

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