योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-100, verse-38

श्रीराम उवाच ।
मनो यं निश्चयं याति तत्तद्भवति नान्यथा ।
तेन काल्पनिको नास्ति बन्धः कथमिह प्रभो ॥ ३८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
mano yaṃ niścayaṃ yāti tattadbhavati nānyathā ,
tena kālpaniko nāsti bandhaḥ kathamiha prabho 38

38. śrīrāma uvāca manaḥ yam niścayam yāti tat tat bhavati na
anyathā tena kālpanikaḥ na asti bandhaḥ katham iha prabho

38. śrīrāma uvāca manaḥ yam niścayam yāti tat tat bhavati na
anyathā tena bandhaḥ kālpanikaḥ na asti iha katham prabho

38. Śrī Rāma said: "Whatever conviction the mind reaches, that very thing manifests, never otherwise. If bondage (bandha) is merely imaginary (kālpanika), how then can it truly exist here, O Lord?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma, the auspicious Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• यम् (yam) - which, whom

• निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty, conviction, decision

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

• तत् (tat) - that

• तत् (tat) - that (very thing)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• काल्पनिकः (kālpanikaḥ) - imaginary, fictional

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, fetter, tie

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord! O Master!

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma, the auspicious Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu), pleasing, delightful
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart, soul

Root: man (class 4)

यम् (yam) - which, whom

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Corresponds to 'tat' later in the verse.

निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty, conviction, decision

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, conviction, determination, decision

Derived from root ci (to gather, observe) with prefix nis-

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: yā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that (very thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, happens, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

काल्पनिकः (kālpanikaḥ) - imaginary, fictional

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālpanika

kālpanika - imaginary, fictitious, conventional, artificial

Derived from kalpanā (imagination) with suffix -ika

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

बन्धः (bandhaḥ) - bondage, fetter, tie

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, fetter, tie, binding, imprisonment

Derived from root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord! O Master!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king, powerful, able

Derived from root bhū (to be) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)