योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-26, verse-54

ब्रह्मात्मैकचिदाकाशमात्रबोधवतो मुनेः ।
पुत्रमित्रकलत्राणि कथं कानि कदा कुतः ॥ ५४ ॥

brahmātmaikacidākāśamātrabodhavato muneḥ ,
putramitrakalatrāṇi kathaṃ kāni kadā kutaḥ 54

54. brahmātmaika-cidākāśa-mātra-bodhavataḥ muneḥ
putra-mitra-kalatrāṇi katham kāni kadā kutaḥ

54. brahmātmaika-cidākāśa-mātra-bodhavataḥ muneḥ putra-mitra-kalatrāṇi katham,
kāni,
kadā,
kutaḥ [bhavanti]?

54. For the sage (muni) who possesses the knowledge (bodha) that Brahman (brahman) and the ātman (ātman) are one, a mere expanse of consciousness (cit) like space (ākāśa), how can there be sons, friends, or wives? Which ones? When? From where?

54. עבור חכם המודע לאחדות המוחלטת של בְּרַהְמַן, העצמי ומרחב-התודעה הטהור, כיצד, אילו, מתי ומאין יהיו עוד בן, חבר או רעיה?

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मात्मैक-चिदाकाश-मात्र-बोधवतः (brahmātmaika-cidākāśa-mātra-bodhavataḥ) - of one who possesses the knowledge of Brahman-Ātman-oneness as mere consciousness-space

• मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage

• पुत्र-मित्र-कलत्राणि (putra-mitra-kalatrāṇi) - sons, friends, and wives

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• कानि (kāni) - which ones, what

• कदा (kadā) - when

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मात्मैक-चिदाकाश-मात्र-बोधवतः (brahmātmaika-cidākāśa-mātra-bodhavataḥ) - of one who possesses the knowledge of Brahman-Ātman-oneness as mere consciousness-space

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brahmātmaika-cidākāśa-mātra-bodhavat

brahmātmaika-cidākāśa-mātra-bodhavat - possessing knowledge of Brahman (brahman) and ātman (ātman) as one, which is mere consciousness (cit)-space (ākāśa)

From bodha (knowledge) + possessive suffix vat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (brahman+ātman+eka+cit+ākāśa+mātra+bodha+vat)

• brahman – the ultimate reality (brahman), the Absolute
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – the self (ātman), soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, single, sole, oneness
  numeral (neuter)
• cit – consciousness (cit), awareness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• ākāśa – space (ākāśa), ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• mātra – only, mere, solely
  indeclinable (neuter)
• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  From root budh
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vat – possessing, having, like
  suffix
  Taddhita suffix used to form a possessive adjective

Note: Qualifies 'muneḥ'.

मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, contemplative (muni)

पुत्र-मित्र-कलत्राणि (putra-mitra-kalatrāṇi) - sons, friends, and wives

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of putra-mitra-kalatra

putra-mitra-kalatra - sons, friends, and wives (plural collective)

Compound type : dvandva (putra+mitra+kalatra)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• mitra – friend
  noun (masculine)
• kalatra – wife
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'bhavanti'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

कानि (kāni) - which ones, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun, agreeing with 'putra-mitra-kalatrāṇi'.

कदा (kadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, why

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

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