वक्तुं तदेवमेवाऽर्थमहमागतवानयम् । कुरु लोकहितार्थं त्वं शास्त्रमित्युक्तवानजः ॥ १५ ॥
vaktuṁ tadēvamēvā’rthamahamāgatavānayam | kuru lōkahitārthaṁ tvaṁ śāstramityuktavānajaḥ || 15 ||
Translation
I came to say just this. Make this teaching for the good of the world." So spoke the Unborn.
Word by word
- vaktuṁ
- to say
- tat
- that
- ēvam
- just
- ēva
- this
- artham
- matter
- aham
- I
- āgatavān
- came
- ayam
- here
- kuru
- make
- lōka
- of the world
- hita
- the good
- arthaṁ
- for
- tvaṁ
- you
- śāstram
- teaching
- iti
- thus
- uktavān
- spoke
- ajaḥ
- the Unborn
Meaning
Aja, "the Unborn", is a name of Brahmā. The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha thus presents itself as written at the creator's request.