योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-6

श्रीराम उवाच ।
वन्ध्यापुत्रनभोवृक्षकल्पना तावदस्ति हि ।
सा यथा नाशजन्माढ्या तथैवेदं न किं भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā tāvadasti hi ,
sā yathā nāśajanmāḍhyā tathaivedaṃ na kiṃ bhavet 6

6. śrīrāma uvāca |
vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā tāvat asti hi
| sā yathā nāśajanmāḍhyā tathā
eva idam na kim bhavet || 6 ||

6. vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā tāvat hi asti.
sā yathā nāśajanmāḍhyā,
tathā eva idam kim na bhavet?

6. Śrī Rāma said: The mental conception of a barren woman's son or a sky-tree certainly exists. If that (conception) is characterized by origination and destruction, then why should this (world) not be similar?

6. רָאמָה אמר: אך עצם הרעיון המחשבתי על בנה של אישה עקרה או על עץ בשמיים קיים בכל זאת. וכפי שהרעיון הזה נוצר ונעלם במחשבה, מדוע שהעולם הזה לא יהיה בדיוק כך?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वन्ध्यापुत्रनभोवृक्षकल्पना (vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā) - the conception of a barren woman's son and a sky-tree

• तावत् (tāvat) - certainly, at least (so much, so far, indeed, certainly)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

• सा (sā) - that (conception) (that (feminine), she)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• नाशजन्माढ्या (nāśajanmāḍhyā) - rich in destruction and birth, characterized by origination and destruction

• तथा (tathā) - so too, thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• इदम् (idam) - this (world/perceived reality) (this, this (world))

• न (na) - not, no

• किम् (kim) - why (interrogative particle) (why, what (interrogative))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (it should be, it would be, it may be)

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)

वन्ध्यापुत्रनभोवृक्षकल्पना (vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā) - the conception of a barren woman's son and a sky-tree

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā

vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā - the mental conception or imagination of a barren woman's son and a sky-tree (two impossible entities)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣa+kalpanā)

• vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣa – barren woman's son and sky-tree
  noun (masculine)
• kalpanā – conception, imagination, mental creation, fiction
  noun (feminine)
  from √kḷp (to be able, to arrange)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: The word `vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣa` itself is a dvandva compound: `vandhyāputra` (son of a barren woman) and `nabhovṛkṣa` (sky-tree). The entire term then means the 'conception of these two'.

तावत् (tāvat) - certainly, at least (so much, so far, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

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)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (conception) (that (feminine), she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

pronominal stem tad, nominative singular feminine

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

नाशजन्माढ्या (nāśajanmāḍhyā) - rich in destruction and birth, characterized by origination and destruction

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāśajanmāḍhya

nāśajanmāḍhya - endowed with destruction and birth, characterized by origination and destruction

Bahuvrīhi compound: nāśa (destruction) + janman (birth) + āḍhya (rich, endowed with)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nāśa+janman+āḍhya)

• nāśa – destruction, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  from √naś (to perish)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• janman – birth, origin, production
  noun (neuter)
  from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• āḍhya – rich, wealthy, full of, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `sā` (kalpanā).

तथा (tathā) - so too, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (world/perceived reality) (this, this (world))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

pronominal stem idam, nominative singular neuter

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - why (interrogative particle) (why, what (interrogative))

(indeclinable)

Note: When used with 'na', forms 'na kim?' meaning 'why not?'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (it should be, it would be, it may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

optative mode

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or suggestion.

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