योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-1, verse-14

संसाराडम्बरमिदं कथमभ्युत्थितं मुने ।
कथं च प्रशमं याति कियत्कस्य कदेति वा ॥ १४ ॥

saṃsārāḍambaramidaṃ kathamabhyutthitaṃ mune ,
kathaṃ ca praśamaṃ yāti kiyatkasya kadeti vā 14

14. saṃsāra-āḍambaram idam katham abhyutthitam mune
katham ca praśamam yāti kiyat kasya kadā iti vā

14. mune,
idam saṃsāra-āḍambaram katham abhyutthitam? ca katham praśamam yāti? kiyat,
kasya,
kadā iti vā?

14. "O sage, how did this grandiose display of worldly existence (saṃsāra) arise? And how does it attain cessation? What is its extent, to whom does it belong, and when does it occur?"

Words meanings summery:

• संसार-आडम्बरम् (saṁsāra-āḍambaram) - the pomp/display of worldly existence, the grand show of transmigration

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• अभ्युत्थितम् (abhyutthitam) - arisen, originated, appeared

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• च (ca) - and

• प्रशमम् (praśamam) - to cessation, to tranquility, to peace

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

• कियत् (kiyat) - how much, how many, of what extent

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom, of what

• कदा (kadā) - when?

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

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

Words meanings and morphology

संसार-आडम्बरम् (saṁsāra-āḍambaram) - the pomp/display of worldly existence, the grand show of transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāra-āḍambara

saṁsāra-āḍambara - the pomp/display of worldly existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+āḍambara)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-sṛ (to move together, flow on)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• āḍambara – pomp, display, grandeur, pride, commotion
  noun (masculine)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

अभ्युत्थितम् (abhyutthitam) - arisen, originated, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhyutthita

abhyutthita - arisen, originated, appeared

Past Passive Participle

Formed from abhi-ud-sthā (to rise up, emerge)

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, inspired one

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रशमम् (praśamam) - to cessation, to tranquility, to peace

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśama

praśama - cessation, tranquility, peace, quiet

From pra-śam (to be calm, cease)

Prefix: pra

Root: śam (class 4)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Present Active

3rd person singular, present tense

Root: yā (class 2)

कियत् (kiyat) - how much, how many, of what extent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiyat

kiyat - how much, how great, how many

कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)