योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-18, verse-16

लीलोवाच ।
यथाहमिह तिष्ठामि त्वं च देवि स्थिताम्बिके ।
असावकृत्रिमः सर्ग इति देवेशि वेद्म्यहम् ॥ १६ ॥

līlovāca ,
yathāhamiha tiṣṭhāmi tvaṃ ca devi sthitāmbike ,
asāvakṛtrimaḥ sarga iti deveśi vedmyaham 16

16. līlā uvāca yathā aham iha tiṣṭhāmi tvam ca devi sthitā
ambike asau akṛtrimaḥ sargaḥ iti deveśī vedmi aham

16. līlā uvāca devi ambike deveśī aham vedmi iti yathā
aham iha tiṣṭhāmi ca tvam sthitā asau sargaḥ akṛtrimaḥ

16. Līlā said: 'Just as I am present here, and you, O Goddess Ambikā, are also situated here, that creation (sarga) is the natural (akṛtrima) one. Thus, O Mistress of the gods, I understand.'

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I am situated, I exist

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• च (ca) - and

• देवि (devi) - O Goddess

• स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, existing

• अम्बिके (ambike) - O Ambikā (a name for the Goddess)

• असौ (asau) - that (one)

• अकृत्रिमः (akṛtrimaḥ) - natural, uncreated

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation (sarga), emanation, world

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

• देवेशी (deveśī) - O Mistress of the gods

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - Līlā (a proper name, usually feminine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I am situated, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

देवि (devi) - O Goddess

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess

Root: div (class 4)

स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

अम्बिके (ambike) - O Ambikā (a name for the Goddess)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of ambikā

ambikā - Ambikā (a proper name, often an epithet of Pārvatī)

असौ (asau) - that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun)

अकृत्रिमः (akṛtrimaḥ) - natural, uncreated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṛtrima

akṛtrima - not artificial, natural, real

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kṛtrima)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kṛtrima – artificial, made, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation (sarga), emanation, world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, universe

Root: sṛj (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

देवेशी (deveśī) - O Mistress of the gods

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of deveśī

deveśī - mistress of the gods (an epithet of the Goddess)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deva+īśī)

• deva – god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• īśī – mistress, ruler
  noun (feminine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)