योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-181, verse-26

तेनेत्युक्ते मयाप्युक्तं भगवन्विद्धि ईदृशम् ।
न किंचिदावां बुद्धोऽपि कस्माज्जानासि न स्वयम् ॥ २६ ॥

tenetyukte mayāpyuktaṃ bhagavanviddhi īdṛśam ,
na kiṃcidāvāṃ buddho'pi kasmājjānāsi na svayam 26

26. tena iti ukte mayā api uktam bhagavan viddhi īdṛśam
na kiṃcit āvām buddhaḥ api kasmāt jānāsi na svayam

26. tena iti ukte,
mayā api uktam: bhagavan,
īdṛśam viddhi.
āvām kiṃcit na [jānīvaḥ].
api kasmāt svayam na jānāsi?

26. When he had thus spoken, I replied: "O venerable one, understand this: We two know nothing. Why do you not know it yourself, even though you are awakened?"

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by him (the sage) (by him, by that)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so)

• उक्ते (ukte) - when spoken (when said, in the (case of being) said)

• मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - was said (said, spoken (past passive participle))

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one! (O venerable one, O divine one, O lord!)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know / understand (this) (know, understand)

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - this (referring to the following statement) (such, of this kind, like this)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (anything, something, a little)

• आवाम् (āvām) - we two (speaker and companion) (we two)

• बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - awakened (awakened, enlightened, known)

• अपि (api) - even (though) (even, also)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why)

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

• न (na) - not

• स्वयम् (svayam) - yourself (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by him (the sage) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Instrumental case, agent in a passive construction (locative absolute).

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the sage's speech.

उक्ते (ukte) - when spoken (when said, in the (case of being) said)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak) with 'kta' (ta) suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, 'when it had been said by him'.

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'uktam'.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates that the speaker *also* spoke.

उक्तम् (uktam) - was said (said, spoken (past passive participle))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak) with 'kta' (ta) suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Impersonal usage, 'it was said by me'.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one! (O venerable one, O divine one, O lord!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable, glorious, Lord

From 'bhaga' (good fortune) + 'matup' suffix

Note: Vocative case, addressing the sage respectfully.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know / understand (this) (know, understand)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Irregular second person singular imperative form of root 'vid'.

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - this (referring to the following statement) (such, of this kind, like this)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

From 'idam' (this) + 'dṛś' (to see) + 'a' suffix

Note: Object of 'viddhi'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (anything, something, a little)

(indeclinable)

From 'kim' (what) + 'cid' (a particle of indefiniteness)

Note: Used with negation 'na' to mean 'nothing'.

आवाम् (āvām) - we two (speaker and companion) (we two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: First person pronoun, dual nominative. Subject of implicit verb 'know'.

बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - awakened (awakened, enlightened, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddha

buddha - awakened, enlightened, understood, known

Past Passive Participle

From root 'budh' (to wake, to know) with 'kta' (ta) suffix.

Root: budh (class 4)

Note: Modifies the implied 'you' (the sage).

अपि (api) - even (though) (even, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'buddhaḥ' to form 'even though awakened'.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Ablative form of 'kim', used to mean 'why'.

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Second person singular present tense active voice.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle for 'jānāsi'.

स्वयम् (svayam) - yourself (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Reflexive adverb.