योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-11

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कथमेवं वद ब्रह्मन्स्वप्नः सत्यत्वमागतः ।
भ्रमोदार इवैषोऽर्थो न मे गलति चेतसि ॥ ११ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kathamevaṃ vada brahmansvapnaḥ satyatvamāgataḥ ,
bhramodāra ivaiṣo'rtho na me galati cetasi 11

11. śrīrāma uvāca katham evam vada brahman svapnaḥ satyatvam
āgataḥ bhramodāraḥ iva eṣaḥ arthaḥ na me galati cetasi

11. śrīrāma uvāca brahman katham evam svapnaḥ satyatvam āgataḥ
vada eṣaḥ arthaḥ bhramodāraḥ iva me cetasi na galati

11. Śrī Rāma said: O Brahmin, please tell me how a dream can thus attain reality. This idea, which seems like a profound delusion, does not settle in my mind.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• वद (vada) - speak, tell

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing Vasiṣṭha (O Brahmin, O priest)

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truthfulness, the state of being true

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - has come, arrived, attained

• भ्रमोदारः (bhramodāraḥ) - great delusion, profound error

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - this idea or matter (meaning, purpose, object, matter)

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• गलति (galati) - does not settle in my mind, is not understood by me (sinks, dissolves, is digested, understood)

• चेतसि (cetasi) - in the mind, in the heart, in thought

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, Rama endowed with auspiciousness

Compound of Śrī (auspiciousness, Lakshmi) and Rāma (name of a deity).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – wealth, prosperity, auspiciousness, beauty
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a Hindu deity), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  From root ram (to enjoy, delight).
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Indicative

Irregular perfect form of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb, from kim (what).

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vad

Imperative

Root: vad (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing Vasiṣṭha (O Brahmin, O priest)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the creator god Brahmā

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

From root svap (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truthfulness, the state of being true

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satyatva

satyatva - reality, truthfulness, truth

Derived from satya (true) with the abstract noun suffix -tva.

आगतः (āgataḥ) - has come, arrived, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, attained, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā- (towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

भ्रमोदारः (bhramodāraḥ) - great delusion, profound error

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhramodāra

bhramodāra - grand delusion, great error

Compound of bhrama (delusion) and udāra (great, noble).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhrama+udāra)

• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander, to err).
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• udāra – great, noble, exalted, generous
  adjective (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - this idea or matter (meaning, purpose, object, matter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, wealth, thing, matter

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

गलति (galati) - does not settle in my mind, is not understood by me (sinks, dissolves, is digested, understood)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root: gal (class 1)

चेतसि (cetasi) - in the mind, in the heart, in thought

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

From root cit (to perceive, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)