योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
कुत आयाति कीदृग्वा वन्ध्यापुत्रः क्व गच्छति ।
क्व याति कुत आयाति वद वा व्योमकाननम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
kuta āyāti kīdṛgvā vandhyāputraḥ kva gacchati ,
kva yāti kuta āyāti vada vā vyomakānanam 2

2. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca kutaḥ āyāti kīdṛk vā vandhyā-putraḥ
kva gacchati kva yāti kutaḥ āyāti vada vā vyoma-kānanam

2. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca.
vandhyā-putraḥ kutaḥ āyāti,
vā kīdṛk (asti)? kva gacchati? vyoma-kānanam kva yāti,
vā kutaḥ āyāti? (tat) vada.

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha replied: "From where does a barren woman's son come, or of what kind is he? Where does he go? Where does a sky-forest (vyomakānana) go, or from where does it come? Please tell me."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?, whence?

• आयाति (āyāti) - he/it comes, he/it arrives

• कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - of what kind?, what sort?, how?

• वा (vā) - or, either, and

• वन्ध्या-पुत्रः (vandhyā-putraḥ) - son of a barren woman (an impossible or non-existent entity)

• क्व (kva) - where?

• गच्छति (gacchati) - he/it goes, he/it moves

• क्व (kva) - where?

• याति (yāti) - he/it goes, he/it moves

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?, whence?

• आयाति (āyāti) - he/it comes, he/it arrives

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• वा (vā) - or, either, and

• व्योम-काननम् (vyoma-kānanam) - sky-forest (an impossible or non-existent entity)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sage Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sage Vasiṣṭha (a revered Vedic sage)

Compound of Śrī (auspicious) and Vasiṣṭha (name of the sage).

Compound type : karmadharaya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, auspiciousness
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a Vedic sage), most excellent, best
  proper noun (masculine)
  Superlative of Vasu.

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?, whence?

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of 'kim' (what) used as an indeclinable.

आयाति (āyāti) - he/it comes, he/it arrives

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

कीदृक् (kīdṛk) - of what kind?, what sort?, how?

(adjective)

Nominative, singular of kīdṛś

kīdṛś - of what kind?, what sort?, such as

Note: Declines in all three genders, but often used without explicit gender.

वा (vā) - or, either, and

(indeclinable)

वन्ध्या-पुत्रः (vandhyā-putraḥ) - son of a barren woman (an impossible or non-existent entity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vandhyā-putra

vandhyā-putra - son of a barren woman (a metaphor for something impossible or non-existent)

A tatpurusha compound meaning 'son of a barren woman'.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+putra)

• vandhyā – barren woman, sterile
  noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - he/it goes, he/it moves

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

याति (yāti) - he/it goes, he/it moves

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?, whence?

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of 'kim' (what) used as an indeclinable.

आयाति (āyāti) - he/it comes, he/it arrives

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either, and

(indeclinable)

व्योम-काननम् (vyoma-kānanam) - sky-forest (an impossible or non-existent entity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoma-kānana

vyoma-kānana - sky-forest (a metaphorical expression for an unreal or impossible thing)

A tatpurusha compound meaning 'forest of the sky'.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vyoman+kānana)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, heaven, space
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, garden
  noun (neuter)