योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-27, verse-7

लीलोवाच ।
मृतस्य भर्तुर्जोवोऽसौ यत्र राज्यं करोति मे ।
तत्राहं किं न तद्दृष्टा दृष्टास्मीह सुतेन किम् ॥ ७ ॥

līlovāca ,
mṛtasya bharturjovo'sau yatra rājyaṃ karoti me ,
tatrāhaṃ kiṃ na taddṛṣṭā dṛṣṭāsmīha sutena kim 7

7. līlā uvāca mṛtasya bhartuḥ jīvaḥ asau yatra rājyaṃ karoti
me tatra aham kim na tat dṛṣṭā dṛṣṭā asmi iha sutena kim

7. līlā uvāca yatra mṛtasya bhartuḥ asau jīvaḥ me rājyaṃ karoti
tatra aham tat na dṛṣṭā kim iha sutena dṛṣṭā asmi kim

7. Līlā said: "Where the soul (jīva) of my deceased husband rules my kingdom, why did I not see him there? And if I am seen here by my son, what does that signify?"

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - The queen Līlā, speaker of the verse. (Līlā (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - Līlā said. (said, spoke)

• मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of Līlā's deceased husband. (of the dead, of the deceased)

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of Līlā's husband. (of the husband, of the maintainer)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - The individual soul (jīva) of the deceased husband. (soul, living being, life principle)

• असौ (asau) - that (jīva), referring to the husband's soul. (that, he, she, it)

• यत्र (yatra) - In the place where (the soul rules). (where, in which place, to which place)

• राज्यं (rājyaṁ) - The kingdom that the husband's soul rules. (kingdom, reign, sovereignty)

• करोति (karoti) - The soul rules (the kingdom). (does, makes, performs, rules)

• मे (me) - My kingdom. (to me, for me, my)

• तत्र (tatra) - In that place (where the soul rules). (there, in that place)

• अहम् (aham) - Līlā refers to herself. (I)

• किम् (kim) - Why? (Interrogative particle). (what, why, whether)

• न (na) - Not seen. (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - Him (the husband's soul). Accusative singular masculine, referring to the husband. (that, him, it)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - Having seen him (Līlā, as the agent). (seen, having seen)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - Am I seen (by my son)? (seen, observed)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am (seen). (I am)

• इह (iha) - Here, in this realm/situation. (here, in this world, in this case)

• सुतेन (sutena) - By her son. (by the son)

• किम् (kim) - What (does that signify)? (what, why, whether)

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - The queen Līlā, speaker of the verse. (Līlā (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement; a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - Līlā said. (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (Pāṇini 2.4.41) takes 'uvāca' in perfect. Reduplication, guṇa.

Root: vac (class 2)

मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of Līlā's deceased husband. (of the dead, of the deceased)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased; a dead person

Past Passive Participle

From root 'mṛ' (to die), past passive participle.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Describes the husband.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of Līlā's husband. (of the husband, of the maintainer)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, lord, master, maintainer

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - The individual soul (jīva) of the deceased husband. (soul, living being, life principle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; soul, spirit, life, living being

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: The term 'jīva' is used in the translation.

असौ (asau) - that (jīva), referring to the husband's soul. (that, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, he, she, it (remote demonstrative pronoun)

यत्र (yatra) - In the place where (the soul rules). (where, in which place, to which place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

राज्यं (rājyaṁ) - The kingdom that the husband's soul rules. (kingdom, reign, sovereignty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty, government

करोति (karoti) - The soul rules (the kingdom). (does, makes, performs, rules)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Active

From root 'kṛ', 8th class verb.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मे (me) - My kingdom. (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

तत्र (tatra) - In that place (where the soul rules). (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

अहम् (aham) - Līlā refers to herself. (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

किम् (kim) - Why? (Interrogative particle). (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - Not seen. (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - Him (the husband's soul). Accusative singular masculine, referring to the husband. (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - Having seen him (Līlā, as the agent). (seen, having seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed; having seen (active sense for feminine agent)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see), past passive participle. Can function actively when feminine nominative singular and referring to an agent.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - Am I seen (by my son)? (seen, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see), past passive participle.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am (seen). (I am)

(verb)

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

Present Active

From root 'as', 2nd class verb.

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - Here, in this realm/situation. (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

सुतेन (sutena) - By her son. (by the son)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle (from sū - to give birth)

From root 'sū' (to give birth), past passive participle, nominalized.

Root: sū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - What (does that signify)? (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)