योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-207, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
श्रृणु राजन्यथा स्पष्टमेतत्ते कथयाम्यहम् ।
येन ते सर्वसंदेहा यास्यन्त्यलममूलताम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
śrṛṇu rājanyathā spaṣṭametatte kathayāmyaham ,
yena te sarvasaṃdehā yāsyantyalamamūlatām 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca śṛṇu rājan yathā spaṣṭam etat te
kathayāmi aham yena te sarvasandeḥāḥ yāsyanti alam amūlatām

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rājan śṛṇu aham yathā etat spaṣṭam te
kathayāmi yena te sarvasandeḥāḥ alam amūlatām yāsyanti

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O King, listen, I will clearly explain this to you, so that all your doubts will utterly lose their foundation.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (the narrator of Yogavasiṣṭha) (Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (O king, O ruler)

• यथा (yathā) - so that, as (as, just as, so that, in order that)

• स्पष्टम् (spaṣṭam) - clearly (clearly, manifestly, distinctly)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I explain (I tell, I narrate, I explain)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• येन (yena) - by which (means) (by which, by whom)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• सर्वसन्देःआः (sarvasandeḥāḥ) - all your doubts (all doubts)

• यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will utterly lose (their foundation) (will go, will proceed)

• अलम् (alam) - utterly, completely (enough, sufficient, completely, utterly)

• अमूलताम् (amūlatām) - to rootlessness, to lose their foundation (to rootlessness, to groundlessness)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (the narrator of Yogavasiṣṭha) (Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sage Vasiṣṭha, revered Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – fortune, prosperity, reverence, prefix of respect
  indeclinable
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect active

Irregular perfect form from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used often in narrations to introduce speech.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Imperative active

Root: śru (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (O king, O ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - so that, as (as, just as, so that, in order that)

(indeclinable)

स्पष्टम् (spaṣṭam) - clearly (clearly, manifestly, distinctly)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From root √spaś (to see, perceive) or √sphuṭ (to burst, become manifest)

Root: spaś (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage modifying 'kathayāmi'.

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Direct object of 'kathayāmi'.

ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Indirect object of 'kathayāmi'.

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I explain (I tell, I narrate, I explain)

(verb)

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

Present active

Denominative verb from 'kathā' (story), or root 'kath' (10th class).

Root: kath (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Subject of 'kathayāmi', explicitly stated for emphasis.

येन (yena) - by which (means) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Refers to the explanation given.

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Possessive for 'sarvasandeḥāḥ'.

सर्वसन्देःआः (sarvasandeḥāḥ) - all your doubts (all doubts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvasandeha

sarvasandeha - all doubts, every doubt

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+sandeha)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• sandeha – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam + deh (to be bewildered)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'yāsyanti'.

यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will utterly lose (their foundation) (will go, will proceed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future active

Root: yā (class 2)

अलम् (alam) - utterly, completely (enough, sufficient, completely, utterly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'amūlatām yāsyanti'.

अमूलताम् (amūlatām) - to rootlessness, to lose their foundation (to rootlessness, to groundlessness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of amūlatā

amūlatā - rootlessness, lack of foundation, baselessness

Derived from 'a' (negation) + 'mūla' (root) + '-tā' (suffix forming abstract noun).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+mūla)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)

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