योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-18, verse-15

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
अकृत्रिमत्वं सर्गस्य कीदृशं वद सुन्दरि ।
कीदृशं कृत्रिमत्वं स्याद्यथावत्कथयेति मे ॥ १५ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
akṛtrimatvaṃ sargasya kīdṛśaṃ vada sundari ,
kīdṛśaṃ kṛtrimatvaṃ syādyathāvatkathayeti me 15

15. śrīdevī uvāca akṛtrimatvam sargasya kīdṛśam vada
sundari kīdṛśam kṛtrimatvam syāt yathāvat kathaya iti me

15. śrīdevī uvāca sundari me sargasya akṛtrimatvam kīdṛśam
vada ca kṛtrimatvam kīdṛśam syāt iti yathāvat kathaya

15. The revered Goddess said: 'O beautiful one, tell me, what is the nature of the uncreatedness (akṛtrimatva) of creation (sarga)? And what kind of artificiality (kṛtrimatva) would it be? Explain this to me precisely.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the venerable Goddess

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अकृत्रिमत्वम् (akṛtrimatvam) - the state of being natural, uncreatedness (akṛtrimatva)

• सर्गस्य (sargasya) - of creation (sarga), of the universe

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

• वद (vada) - tell, say

• सुन्दरि (sundari) - O beautiful one

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

• कृत्रिमत्वम् (kṛtrimatvam) - the state of being artificial, createdness (kṛtrimatva)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - accurately, exactly, precisely

• कथय (kathaya) - explain, narrate, tell

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the venerable Goddess

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - venerable Goddess (a proper name for a goddess)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+devī)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• devī – goddess
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अकृत्रिमत्वम् (akṛtrimatvam) - the state of being natural, uncreatedness (akṛtrimatva)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṛtrimatva

akṛtrimatva - naturalness, uncreatedness, reality

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha + tva-pratyaya (a+kṛtrima+tva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kṛtrima – artificial, made, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, 'ness', 'hood'
  indeclinable

सर्गस्य (sargasya) - of creation (sarga), of the universe

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, universe

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, like what

वद (vada) - tell, say

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

सुन्दरि (sundari) - O beautiful one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sundarī

sundarī - beautiful woman, O beautiful one

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, like what

कृत्रिमत्वम् (kṛtrimatvam) - the state of being artificial, createdness (kṛtrimatva)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛtrimatva

kṛtrimatva - artificiality, createdness

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṛtrima+tva)

• kṛtrima – artificial, made, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, 'ness', 'hood'
  indeclinable

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - accurately, exactly, precisely

(indeclinable)

कथय (kathaya) - explain, narrate, tell

(verb)

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

Root: kath (class 10)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Alternative form for dative or genitive singular of asmad