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

श्रीराम उवाच ।
वन्ध्यापुत्रो व्योमवनं नैवास्ति न भविष्यति ।
कीदृशी दृश्यता तस्य कीदृशी तस्य नास्तिता ॥ ३ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
vandhyāputro vyomavanaṃ naivāsti na bhaviṣyati ,
kīdṛśī dṛśyatā tasya kīdṛśī tasya nāstitā 3

3. śrīrāma uvāca | vandhyāputraḥ vyomavanam na eva asti na
bhaviṣyati | kīdṛśī dṛśyatā tasya kīdṛśī tasya nāstitā || 3 ||

3. vandhyāputraḥ vyomavanam na eva asti na bhaviṣyati.
tasya kīdṛśī dṛśyatā? tasya kīdṛśī nāstitā?

3. Śrī Rāma said: A barren woman's son and a sky-forest neither exist now nor will they ever exist. What kind of perceptibility can be attributed to such a thing? And what kind of non-existence can be attributed to it?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वन्ध्यापुत्रः (vandhyāputraḥ) - a barren woman's son

• व्योमवनम् (vyomavanam) - sky-forest, a non-existent entity

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will exist

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

• दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - perceptibility, visibility, appearance

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

• नास्तिता (nāstitā) - non-existence, absence

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, a respectful address for Rama

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, divinity, holy
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (the seventh avatar of Vishnu), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: The vocative form is often treated as nominative in addressing the speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

root √vac (2nd class, Parasmaipada), perfect active 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

वन्ध्यापुत्रः (vandhyāputraḥ) - a barren woman's son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vandhyāputra

vandhyāputra - son of a barren woman, an impossible entity

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+putra)

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

व्योमवनम् (vyomavanam) - sky-forest, a non-existent entity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyomavana

vyomavana - sky-forest, a non-existent thing, an absurdity

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vyoman+vana)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Often used as an example of an impossible or non-existent entity.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Combines with 'na' to form 'naiva' meaning 'not at all' or 'certainly not'.

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

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

present tense

root √as (2nd class, Parasmaipada), present active 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

future tense

root √bhū (1st class, Parasmaipada), future active 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what appearance, of what sort, what kind of

Note: Adjectivally agrees with dṛśyatā and nāstitā.

दृश्यता (dṛśyatā) - perceptibility, visibility, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - perceptibility, visibility, appearance, the state of being seen

formed from √dṛś (to see) + -yat (gerundive suffix) + tā (abstract noun suffix)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

pronominal stem tad, genitive singular

Note: Refers to the 'barren woman's son and sky-forest'.

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what appearance, of what sort, what kind of

Note: Adjectivally agrees with dṛśyatā and nāstitā.

तस्य (tasya) - of that, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

pronominal stem tad, genitive singular

Note: Refers to the 'barren woman's son and sky-forest'.

नास्तिता (nāstitā) - non-existence, absence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāstitā

nāstitā - non-existence, absence, unreality

formed from nāsti (not-is) + tā (abstract noun suffix)