योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-24

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अवबुद्धं समं ब्रह्म सर्वमेव मयाधुना ।
तथापि भूयः कथय सर्गः किमिव लोक्यते ॥ २४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
avabuddhaṃ samaṃ brahma sarvameva mayādhunā ,
tathāpi bhūyaḥ kathaya sargaḥ kimiva lokyate 24

24. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca avabuddham samam brahma sarvam eva mayā
adhunā tathāpi bhūyaḥ kathaya sargaḥ kim iva lokyate

24. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca mayā adhunā sarvam eva samam brahma
avabuddham tathāpi bhūyaḥ kathaya sargaḥ kim iva lokyate

24. Śrī Rāma said: "Now, indeed, all of Brahman (brahman) has been understood by me as uniform. Nevertheless, please explain further: how is this creation (sarga) perceived?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अवबुद्धम् (avabuddham) - understood, comprehended, perceived

• समम् (samam) - uniform, undifferentiated (describing Brahman) (equal, uniform, identical, tranquil)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme, non-dual reality (Brahman (the ultimate reality), the absolute)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - the totality of reality, understood as Brahman (all, whole, entire)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes identity or exclusivity (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अधुना (adhunā) - at this present moment (of understanding) (now, at present)

• तथापि (tathāpi) - despite the understanding (nevertheless, still, even so)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - further elaboration (again, further, more)

• कथय (kathaya) - please explain (imperative) (tell, relate, explain)

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - the process or appearance of the phenomenal world (creation, emanation, discharge)

• किम् (kim) - how, what kind of (what, which, how)

• इव (iva) - serves to ask for description or nature (like, as, as if)

• लोक्यते (lokyate) - how does it appear or manifest (is seen, is perceived, appears)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - the illustrious Rāma, an epithet for the deity Rama

Compound of śrī (lustre, prosperity) and rāma (Rama)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – lustre, prosperity, wealth, goddess Lakshmi, sacred, venerable
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a Hindu deity), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  From root ram (to delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Irregular perfect form from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Standard introductory phrase for a speaker.

अवबुद्धम् (avabuddham) - understood, comprehended, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avabuddha

avabuddha - understood, awakened, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From ava-√budh (to understand, awaken)

Prefix: ava

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Acts as the predicate, indicating that Brahman has been understood.

समम् (samam) - uniform, undifferentiated (describing Brahman) (equal, uniform, identical, tranquil)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, uniform, level, tranquil

Note: Agrees with 'brahma' and 'sarvam'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme, non-dual reality (Brahman (the ultimate reality), the absolute)

(noun)

neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate principle

From root bṛh (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: The object of understanding.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - the totality of reality, understood as Brahman (all, whole, entire)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

एव (eva) - emphasizes identity or exclusivity (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

1st person singular pronoun

Note: Agent in the passive construction 'avabuddham'.

अधुना (adhunā) - at this present moment (of understanding) (now, at present)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

तथापि (tathāpi) - despite the understanding (nevertheless, still, even so)

(indeclinable)

Compound of tathā (thus) and api (also, even)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (tathā+api)

• tathā – thus, so, in that manner
  indeclinable
• api – also, too, even, a particle used to express emphasis or doubt
  indeclinable

Note: Conjunction indicating a qualification or a follow-up question despite prior understanding.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - further elaboration (again, further, more)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'kathaya'.

कथय (kathaya) - please explain (imperative) (tell, relate, explain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of kath

Imperative, 2nd person singular

From root kath (denominal from kathā, or 10th class root)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Command or request from Rama to Vasiṣṭha.

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - the process or appearance of the phenomenal world (creation, emanation, discharge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, chapter

From prefix sa- and root sṛj (to emit, create)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Subject of the question.

किम् (kim) - how, what kind of (what, which, how)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Used with 'iva' to form 'how is it like'.

इव (iva) - serves to ask for description or nature (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison or description.

लोक्यते (lokyate) - how does it appear or manifest (is seen, is perceived, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (Laṭ) of lok

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Passive voice form from root lok

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: The verb of perception, taking 'sargaḥ' as its subject.