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?

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.