योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-31

लीलोवाच ।
अमुना देवि देहेन जगदन्यदवाप्यते ।
न कस्मादत्र मे युक्तिं कथयानुग्रहाग्रहात् ॥ ३१ ॥

līlovāca ,
amunā devi dehena jagadanyadavāpyate ,
na kasmādatra me yuktiṃ kathayānugrahāgrahāt 31

31. Līlā uvāca amunā devi dehena jagat anyat avāpyate
na kasmāt atra me yuktim kathaya anugrahāgrahāt

31. Līlā uvāca devi amunā dehena anyat jagat avāpyate.
atra kasmāt anugrahāgrahāt me yuktim na kathaya.

31. Līlā said: "O Goddess, through this very body, another world is attained. Why, then, out of your gracious persistence, do you not explain the reasoning behind this to me now?"

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अमुना (amunā) - by this, through this

• देवि (devi) - O Goddess

• देहेन (dehena) - by the body, through the body

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other, different

• अवाप्यते (avāpyate) - is obtained, is attained, is reached

• न (na) - not, no

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what reason

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• मे (me) - to me, my

• युक्तिम् (yuktim) - reasoning, explanation, logic

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, explain, relate

• अनुग्रहाग्रहात् (anugrahāgrahāt) - out of gracious persistence, due to insistence prompted by grace

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of Līlā

Līlā - Līlā (proper name, 'play' or 'sport')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect active

From √vac (to speak), perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

अमुना (amunā) - by this, through this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of adas

adas - this, that

देवि (devi) - O Goddess

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess

देहेन (dehena) - by the body, through the body

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

present active participle

Derived from √gam 'to go', present active participle

Root: gam (class 1)

अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - another, other, different

अवाप्यते (avāpyate) - is obtained, is attained, is reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of āp

present passive

From √āp (to obtain), present 3rd singular passive

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what reason

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of 'kim'

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb 'why'

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

From asmad (1st person pronoun), dative/genitive singular

युक्तिम् (yuktim) - reasoning, explanation, logic

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - junction, application, reasoning, argument, explanation, device

Derived from √yuj (to join)

Root: yuj (class 7)

कथय (kathaya) - tell, explain, relate

(verb)

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

imperative active

From √kath (to tell), imperative 2nd singular active

Root: kath (class 10)

अनुग्रहाग्रहात् (anugrahāgrahāt) - out of gracious persistence, due to insistence prompted by grace

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of anugrahāgraha

anugrahāgraha - gracious persistence, insistence out of grace

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anugraha+āgraha)

• anugraha – grace, favor, benevolence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √grah with anu- (to favor)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: grah (class 9)
• āgraha – insistence, persistence, eagerness, craving
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √grah with ā- (to seize, insist)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: grah (class 9)