योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-4

हेमं हेम्न्यूर्मिकां च त्वं गृहाणेत्युदितो यदि ।
यद्दीयते सोर्मिकेण तत्तदस्ति न संशयः ॥ ४ ॥

hemaṃ hemnyūrmikāṃ ca tvaṃ gṛhāṇetyudito yadi ,
yaddīyate sormikeṇa tattadasti na saṃśayaḥ 4

4. hemam hemni ūrmikām ca tvam gṛhāṇa iti uditaḥ yadi
yat dīyate sa ūrmikeṇa tat tat asti na saṃśayaḥ

4. yadi tvam hemam hemni ūrmikām ca gṛhāṇa iti uditaḥ,
[tadā] yat sa ūrmikeṇa dīyate,
tat tat asti,
saṃśayaḥ na [asti]

4. If you are told, 'Perceive the gold (heman) as gold, and the ripple (ūrmikā) as being in the gold (heman),' then whatever is thus presented as being with the ripple (ūrmikā) indeed exists; there is no doubt about it.

Words meanings summery:

• हेमम् (hemam) - gold (heman) (gold (accusative))

• हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold (heman) (in gold, on gold)

• ऊर्मिकाम् (ūrmikām) - the ripple (ūrmikā) (ripple, small wave (accusative))

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Śrī Rāma) (you)

• गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take (understand/perceive) (take, seize, perceive, understand)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking the end of a quotation or thought

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - (you are) told (spoken, said, risen)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

• दीयते (dīyate) - is given/presented (as) (is given, is presented)

• स (sa) - that (referring to the gold/ripple) (he, that (masculine))

• ऊर्मिकेण (ūrmikeṇa) - as being with the ripple (ūrmikā) (by the ripple, with the ripple)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to what is given) (that (neuter))

• तत् (tat) - that indeed (that (neuter))

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

Words meanings and morphology

हेमम् (hemam) - gold (heman) (gold (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

Note: Object of 'gṛhāṇa'.

हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold (heman) (in gold, on gold)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

Note: Denotes location or context.

ऊर्मिकाम् (ūrmikām) - the ripple (ūrmikā) (ripple, small wave (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ūrmikā

ūrmikā - a small wave, ripple, ring, finger-ring

Note: Object of 'gṛhāṇa'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Śrī Rāma) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'gṛhāṇa'.

गृहाण (gṛhāṇa) - take (understand/perceive) (take, seize, perceive, understand)

(verb)

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

imperative mood, active voice

From root 'grah' (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Command to Śrī Rāma.

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking the end of a quotation or thought

(indeclinable)

Particle

उदितः (uditaḥ) - (you are) told (spoken, said, risen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - spoken, said, arisen, manifested

past passive participle

From root 'vad' (to speak) with 'ud' prefix, or 'i' (to go) with 'ud' prefix. Here, 'spoken'.

Prefix: ud

Root: vad / i (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

(indeclinable)

Conditional conjunction

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Relative pronoun

Note: Here, acting as subject of passive 'dīyate'.

दीयते (dīyate) - is given/presented (as) (is given, is presented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dā

present tense, passive voice, ātmanepada

From root 'dā' (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

स (sa) - that (referring to the gold/ripple) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Sandhi form of 'saḥ' before a vowel.

ऊर्मिकेण (ūrmikeṇa) - as being with the ripple (ūrmikā) (by the ripple, with the ripple)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ūrmika

ūrmika - ripple, wave-like, relating to a wave

Often synonymous with ūrmikā (feminine), but here used as masculine noun.

Note: It signifies "by means of" or "as" the ripple.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to what is given) (that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Emphatic repetition 'tat tat'.

तत् (tat) - that indeed (that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Emphatic repetition, implying "that indeed".

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present tense, active voice, parasmaipada

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, indecision

From root 'śī' (to lie, doubt) with prefix 'sam-'.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)