योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-7

श्रीराम उवाच ।
या भूता या भविष्यन्त्यो जगत्सर्गपरम्पराः ।
तासां विचारणा युक्ता वर्तमानास्तु का इव ॥ ७ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yā bhūtā yā bhaviṣyantyo jagatsargaparamparāḥ ,
tāsāṃ vicāraṇā yuktā vartamānāstu kā iva 7

7. śrīrāma uvāca yāḥ bhūtāḥ yāḥ bhaviṣyantyaḥ jagat-sarga-paramparāḥ
tāsām vicāraṇā yuktā vartamānāḥ tu kāḥ iva

7. śrīrāma uvāca yāḥ bhūtāḥ yāḥ bhaviṣyantyaḥ jagat-sarga-paramparāḥ
tāsām vicāraṇā yuktā vartamānāḥ tu kāḥ iva

7. Śrī Rāma said: It is fitting to contemplate the past and future successions of world creations. But what of those that are present?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Revered Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

• भूताः (bhūtāḥ) - that have been, past

• याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

• भविष्यन्त्यः (bhaviṣyantyaḥ) - which will be, future

• जगत्-सर्ग-परम्पराः (jagat-sarga-paramparāḥ) - successions of world creations

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - investigation, consideration, deliberation

• युक्ता (yuktā) - proper, appropriate, fitting

• वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - present, existing

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• काः (kāḥ) - what, how (feminine plural)

• इव (iva) - how indeed (like, as, as it were, how)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Revered Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Revered Rāma, a specific deity/prince

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a prince/deity)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Irregular perfect form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun referring to 'paramparāḥ'.

भूताः (bhūtāḥ) - that have been, past

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūta

bhūta - happened, become, past, being, creature

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'paramparāḥ'.

याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun referring to 'paramparāḥ'.

भविष्यन्त्यः (bhaviṣyantyaḥ) - which will be, future

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhaviṣyat

bhaviṣyat - future, about to be

Future Active Participle

From √bhū (to be, become) + śatṛ suffix (future sense).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'paramparāḥ'.

जगत्-सर्ग-परम्पराः (jagat-sarga-paramparāḥ) - successions of world creations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jagat-sarga-paramparā

jagat-sarga-paramparā - succession of world-creations

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+sarga+paramparā)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam
• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sṛ
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• paramparā – succession, continuous series, tradition
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'santi' (are).

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, she, they

Note: Possessive, referring to 'paramparāḥ'.

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - investigation, consideration, deliberation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - investigation, deliberation, consideration, judgment

Noun of action

From √car with upasarga 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'yuktā'.

युक्ता (yuktā) - proper, appropriate, fitting

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, appropriate, proper

Past Passive Participle

From √yuj (to join, apply).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'vicāraṇā'.

वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - present, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vartamāna

vartamāna - existing, present, current

Present Active Participle

From √vṛt (to be, exist) + śānac suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'paramparāḥ' in the present tense.

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects contrasting ideas.

काः (kāḥ) - what, how (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, acting as predicate.

इव (iva) - how indeed (like, as, as it were, how)

(indeclinable)