योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-21, verse-2

श्रीराम उवाच ।
किमुच्यते ज्ञानबन्धुर्ज्ञानी चैव किमुच्यते ।
किं फलं ज्ञानबन्धुत्वे ज्ञानित्वेऽपि च किं फलम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kimucyate jñānabandhurjñānī caiva kimucyate ,
kiṃ phalaṃ jñānabandhutve jñānitve'pi ca kiṃ phalam 2

2. śrī-rāmaḥ uvāca kim ucyate jñāna-bandhuḥ jñānī ca eva kim
ucyate kim phalam jñāna-bandhutve jñānitve api ca kim phalam

2. śrī-rāmaḥ uvāca: jñāna-bandhuḥ
kim ucyate? jñānī ca eva kim
ucyate? jñāna-bandhutve kim
phalam? jñānitve api ca kim phalam?

2. Śrī Rāma said: 'What is a 'knowledge-friend' (jñāna-bandhu) actually called, and what is a true knower (jñānin) actually called? What is the outcome of being a 'knowledge-friend' (jñāna-bandhu), and what is the outcome of being a true knower (jñānin)?'

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-रामः (śrī-rāmaḥ) - the venerable Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what (is he called) (what, how, why)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• ज्ञान-बन्धुः (jñāna-bandhuḥ) - a 'knowledge-friend', one merely associated with knowledge

• ज्ञानी (jñānī) - a knower, one who possesses knowledge

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• किम् (kim) - what (is he called) (what, how, why)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• किम् (kim) - what (is the fruit) (what, how, why)

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• ज्ञान-बन्धुत्वे (jñāna-bandhutve) - in the state of being a knowledge-friend

• ज्ञानित्वे (jñānitve) - in the state of being a knower

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• किम् (kim) - what (is the fruit) (what, how, why)

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-रामः (śrī-rāmaḥ) - the venerable Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-rāma

śrī-rāma - the venerable Rāma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what (is he called) (what, how, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, how, why

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ज्ञान-बन्धुः (jñāna-bandhuḥ) - a 'knowledge-friend', one merely associated with knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñāna-bandhu

jñāna-bandhu - knowledge-friend, one who is superficially associated with knowledge

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jñāna+bandhu)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• bandhu – friend, kinsman, relation
  noun (masculine)

ज्ञानी (jñānī) - a knower, one who possesses knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñānin

jñānin - knower, wise person

Root: jñā (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (is he called) (what, how, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, how, why

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what (is the fruit) (what, how, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, how, why

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

ज्ञान-बन्धुत्वे (jñāna-bandhutve) - in the state of being a knowledge-friend

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jñāna-bandhutva

jñāna-bandhutva - the state or condition of being a knowledge-friend

Derived from jñāna-bandhu with suffix -tva indicating state/quality

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jñāna-bandhu+tva)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• bandhutva – state of being a friend, friendship
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from bandhu with suffix -tva

ज्ञानित्वे (jñānitve) - in the state of being a knower

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jñānitva

jñānitva - the state or condition of being a knower

Derived from jñānin with suffix -tva indicating state/quality

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (is the fruit) (what, how, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, how, why

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward