योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-58, verse-4

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
सर्वत्र सर्वदा सर्वमस्तीति प्रतिपादने ।
पाषाणाख्यानदृष्टान्तो मयायं तव कथ्यते ॥ ४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
sarvatra sarvadā sarvamastīti pratipādane ,
pāṣāṇākhyānadṛṣṭānto mayāyaṃ tava kathyate 4

4. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca sarvatra sarvadā sarvam asti iti
pratipādane pāṣāṇa ākhyāna dṛṣṭāntaḥ mayā ayam tava kathyate

4. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca sarvatra sarvadā sarvam asti iti
pratipādane ayam pāṣāṇa ākhyāna dṛṣṭāntaḥ mayā tava kathyate

4. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: This illustration (dṛṣṭānta) of the 'Story of the Stone' (pāṣāṇākhyāna) is being recounted by me to you in order to demonstrate that everything exists everywhere and always.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in every place

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - marks direct speech or thought (thus, so)

• प्रतिपादने (pratipādane) - in demonstrating, in establishing, in expounding

• पाषाण (pāṣāṇa) - stone, rock

• आख्यान (ākhyāna) - story, tale, account

• दृष्टान्तः (dṛṣṭāntaḥ) - example, illustration, analogy

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• तव (tava) - to you, for you, your

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - is told, is recounted

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, glory, prosperity; venerable, sacred
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Indicative

Root verb, Parasmaipada, perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in every place

(indeclinable)

Derived from sarva (all) + tra (locative suffix)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)

Derived from sarva (all) + dā (time suffix)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - marks direct speech or thought (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिपादने (pratipādane) - in demonstrating, in establishing, in expounding

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pratipādana

pratipādana - demonstration, establishment, exposition

Gerundive Noun

Derived from root pad (4th class) with upasargas prati + ā, forming a noun of action

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: pad (class 4)

पाषाण (pāṣāṇa) - stone, rock

(noun)

masculine, singular of pāṣāṇa

pāṣāṇa - stone, rock

Note: First part of the compound 'pāṣāṇākhyānadṛṣṭānta'

आख्यान (ākhyāna) - story, tale, account

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - story, tale, account, narrative

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Second part of the compound 'pāṣāṇākhyānadṛṣṭānta'

दृष्टान्तः (dṛṣṭāntaḥ) - example, illustration, analogy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭānta

dṛṣṭānta - example, illustration, analogy, parallel case

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pāṣāṇākhyāna+dṛṣṭānta)

• pāṣāṇākhyāna – story of the stone
  noun (neuter)
• dṛṣṭānta – example, illustration
  noun (masculine)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

तव (tava) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

कथ्यते (kathyate) - is told, is recounted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of kath

Present Passive Indicative

Root verb, 10th class, Ātmanepada (passive form)

Root: kath (class 10)