योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-37

उत्तरं सकलङ्कं च तज्ज्ञो नार्हति सुन्दर ।
नाकलङ्का च वागस्ति त्वं च तज्ज्ञतरः स्थितः ॥ ३७ ॥

uttaraṃ sakalaṅkaṃ ca tajjño nārhati sundara ,
nākalaṅkā ca vāgasti tvaṃ ca tajjñataraḥ sthitaḥ 37

37. uttaram sakalaṅkam ca tajjñaḥ na arhati sundara na
akalaṅkā ca vāk asti tvam ca tajjñataraḥ sthitaḥ

37. sundara,
tajjñaḥ sakalaṅkam uttaram ca na arhati ca akalaṅkā vāk na asti tvam ca tajjñataraḥ sthitaḥ (asi)

37. O beautiful one (sundara), a knower (tajjña) does not deserve a flawed answer. And no speech is entirely faultless; moreover, you are established as even more discerning (tajjñatara).

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply, subsequent

• सकलङ्कम् (sakalaṅkam) - with blemish, flawed, stained, imperfect

• च (ca) - and, also

• तज्ज्ञः (tajjñaḥ) - the knower of that, expert in it

• न (na) - not, no

• अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy, is able, ought

• सुन्दर (sundara) - O beautiful one, O handsome one, O lovely one

• न (na) - not, no

• अकलङ्का (akalaṅkā) - spotless, faultless, blemishless

• च (ca) - and, also

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, word, voice

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• च (ca) - and, also

• तज्ज्ञतरः (tajjñataraḥ) - more knowing than that, more expert

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, established, firm

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply, subsequent

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - answer, reply, subsequent, northern

सकलङ्कम् (sakalaṅkam) - with blemish, flawed, stained, imperfect

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sakalaṅka

sakalaṅka - with blemish, flawed, stained, imperfect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kalaṅka)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• kalaṅka – blemish, spot, stain, fault
  noun (masculine/neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तज्ज्ञः (tajjñaḥ) - the knower of that, expert in it

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tajjña

tajjña - knower of that, expert, one who understands it

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+jña)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• jña – knowing, knower
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy, is able, ought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

सुन्दर (sundara) - O beautiful one, O handsome one, O lovely one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sundara

sundara - beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अकलङ्का (akalaṅkā) - spotless, faultless, blemishless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akalaṅka

akalaṅka - spotless, faultless, blemishless

Compound type : nan-tatpuruṣa (a+kalaṅka)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• kalaṅka – blemish, spot, stain, fault
  noun (masculine/neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वाक् (vāk) - speech, word, voice

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तज्ज्ञतरः (tajjñataraḥ) - more knowing than that, more expert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tajjñatara

tajjñatara - more knowing, more expert

comparative degree of tajjña

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, established, firm

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, established, firm

Past Passive Participle

Root: sthā (class 1)

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