योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-216, verse-12

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पुत्र वसिष्ठस्योपदेशनम् ।
तत्सर्वमवधार्याथ यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ १२ ॥

kaccidetacchrutaṃ putra vasiṣṭhasyopadeśanam ,
tatsarvamavadhāryātha yathecchasi tathā kuru 12

12. kaccit etat śrutam putra vasiṣṭhasya upadeśanam
tat sarvam avadhārya atha yathā icchasi tathā kuru

12. putra kaccit etat vasiṣṭhasya upadeśanam śrutam
tat sarvam avadhārya atha yathā icchasi tathā kuru

12. O son, have you perhaps heard this instruction of Vasiṣṭha? After understanding all of that, then act as you wish.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, hopefully (an interrogative particle implying desire for affirmation)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

• पुत्र (putra) - O son!

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• उपदेशनम् (upadeśanam) - instruction, teaching

• तत् (tat) - that

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole

• अवधार्य (avadhārya) - having understood, having ascertained, having considered

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, accordingly

• कुरु (kuru) - do! make! (imperative)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, hopefully (an interrogative particle implying desire for affirmation)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru (5th class) with suffix -kta

Root: śru (class 5)

पुत्र (putra) - O son!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)

उपदेशनम् (upadeśanam) - instruction, teaching

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upadeśana

upadeśana - instruction, teaching, advice

Derived from root diś (6th class) with prefix upa- and suffix -ana

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

अवधार्य (avadhārya) - having understood, having ascertained, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root dhṛ (1st class) with prefix ava- and suffix -ya (lyap)

Prefix: ava

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

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

Present tense form of √iṣ (6th class)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, accordingly

(indeclinable)

कुरु (kuru) - do! make! (imperative)

(verb)

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

Imperative form of √kṛ (8th class)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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