योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-29, verse-42

श्रीराम उवाच ।
वाचि ये ये प्रवर्तन्ते ताननादृत्य दोषकान् ।
प्रतियोगिव्यवच्छेदिपूर्वकान्वद को भवान् ॥ ४२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
vāci ye ye pravartante tānanādṛtya doṣakān ,
pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvakānvada ko bhavān 42

42. śrīrāma uvāca vāci ye ye pravartante tān anādṛtya
doṣakān pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvakān vada kaḥ bhavān

42. śrīrāma uvāca vāci ye ye doṣakān pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvakān
pravartante tān anādṛtya kaḥ bhavān vada

42. Śrī Rāma said: Disregarding whatever flaws may arise in speech, tell me, who are you, without resorting to descriptions that define by distinguishing (yourself) from other entities?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वाचि (vāci) - in speech, in words

• ये (ye) - whatever, which

• ये (ye) - whatever, which

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - arise, operate, are present

• तान् (tān) - those

• अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding, without considering

• दोषकान् (doṣakān) - faults, defects, flaws

• प्रतियोगिव्यवच्छेदिपूर्वकान् (pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvakān) - those preceded by the exclusion of counter-entities, those defined by distinguishing from others

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, a Hindu deity, the seventh avatar of Vishnu

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – Goddess Lakṣmī, prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, auspiciousness, sacred
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a deity/prince); pleasing, charming, black
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

वाचि (vāci) - in speech, in words

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

ये (ye) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

ये (ye) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - arise, operate, are present

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of pravart

Present tense, 3rd person plural, middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding, without considering

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with prefix 'an' (negation) and 'ā' from root 'dṛ' with suffix '-tya'

Prefixes: an+ā

Root: dṛ (class 1)

दोषकान् (doṣakān) - faults, defects, flaws

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣaka

doṣaka - fault, defect, vice, that which causes fault

प्रतियोगिव्यवच्छेदिपूर्वकान् (pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvakān) - those preceded by the exclusion of counter-entities, those defined by distinguishing from others

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvaka

pratiyogivyavacchedipūrvaka - preceded by an exclusion of counter-entities (a technical term in Nyaya philosophy referring to definitions by negation)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pratiyogivyavaccheda+pūrvaka)

• pratiyogivyavaccheda – distinction or exclusion from a counter-entity
  noun (masculine)
• pūrvaka – preceded by, having as a precursor, accompanied by
  adjective (masculine)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vad

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice

Root: vad (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful form); existing, being

present active participle (from root bhū)

Root: bhū (class 1)

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