योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-69, verse-26

अन्यजगद्ब्रह्मोवाच ।
मुने शृणु यथावृत्तमिदं ते कथयाम्यहम् ।
यथावृत्तमशेषेण कथनीयं यतः सताम् ॥ २६ ॥

anyajagadbrahmovāca ,
mune śṛṇu yathāvṛttamidaṃ te kathayāmyaham ,
yathāvṛttamaśeṣeṇa kathanīyaṃ yataḥ satām 26

26. anyajagadbrahmā uvāca mune śṛṇu yathāvṛttam idam te
kathayāmi aham yathāvṛttam aśeṣeṇa kathanīyam yataḥ satām

26. anyajagadbrahmā uvāca.
mune śṛṇu.
aham idam yathāvṛttam te kathayāmi.
yataḥ yathāvṛttam aśeṣeṇa satām kathanīyam.

26. Brahmā of another universe spoke: 'O sage (muni), listen! I shall recount to you this incident exactly as it occurred (yathāvṛtta). For it is indeed fitting that the entire truth (yathāvṛtta), without omission (aśeṣeṇa), be related to the virtuous (satām).'

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यजगद्ब्रह्मा (anyajagadbrahmā) - the Brahmā of another world/universe

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke, declared

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, the true account, the actual state of affairs

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• ते (te) - to you

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I tell, I recount, I narrate

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - what truly happened, the incident as it was

• अशेषेण (aśeṣeṇa) - completely, without remainder, fully

• कथनीयम् (kathanīyam) - ought to be told, is to be narrated, suitable for narration

• यतः (yataḥ) - because, since, from which

• सताम् (satām) - of the good, of the virtuous, to the sages

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यजगद्ब्रह्मा (anyajagadbrahmā) - the Brahmā of another world/universe

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anyajagadbrahman

anyajagadbrahman - Brahmā of a different world, the creator deity of another universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anya+jagat+brahman)

• anya – other, another, different
  adjective
• jagat – world, universe, living beings
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root गम् (gam) and used as a noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• brahman – Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality (brahman)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke, declared

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint, wise man

Root: man (class 4)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, the true account, the actual state of affairs

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it occurred, true account, actual event, history

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, just as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, past, conduct, event
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vṛt (to be, to exist, to happen) with suffix -kta.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun meaning 'the actual event/story'.

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(demonstrative pronoun)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Enclitic form for dative/genitive singular.

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I tell, I recount, I narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kath

Often considered a 10th class (Curādi) verb or a denominative from kathā (story).

Root: kath (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - what truly happened, the incident as it was

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it occurred, true account, actual event, history

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, just as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, past, conduct, event
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vṛt (to be, to exist, to happen) with suffix -kta.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun, 'the true incident'.

अशेषेण (aśeṣeṇa) - completely, without remainder, fully

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of aśeṣa

aśeṣa - entire, complete, without residue, all

Nanj-tatpuruṣa compound: अ (a) + शेष (śeṣa).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śeṣa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• śeṣa – remainder, rest, residue, balance
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root शिष् (śiṣ) (to leave).
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Used adverbially.

कथनीयम् (kathanīyam) - ought to be told, is to be narrated, suitable for narration

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathanīya

kathanīya - to be told, to be narrated, fit to be related

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from root कथ् (kath) with suffix -anīya.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.

यतः (yataḥ) - because, since, from which

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas from the relative pronoun yat.

सताम् (satām) - of the good, of the virtuous, to the sages

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real, wise

Present Active Participle

Genitive plural of the present active participle of root अस (as).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as a noun referring to 'the virtuous' or 'sages'.