योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-1

प्रबुद्धलीलोवाच ।
यथैव जन्तुर्म्रियते जायते च यथा पुनः ।
तन्मे कथय देवेशि पुनर्बोधविवृद्धये ॥ १ ॥

prabuddhalīlovāca ,
yathaiva janturmriyate jāyate ca yathā punaḥ ,
tanme kathaya deveśi punarbodhavivṛddhaye 1

1. prabuddhalīlā uvāca yathā eva jantuḥ mriyate jāyate ca
yathā punaḥ tat me kathaya deveśi punaḥ bodhavivṛddhaye

1. prabuddhalīlā uvāca deveśi yathā jantuḥ mriyate ca
punaḥ yathā jāyate tat me punaḥ bodhavivṛddhaye kathaya

1. Prabuddhalila said: "O Queen of gods, please explain to me the exact manner in which a living being (jantu) dies and is born again, so that my knowledge (bodha) may further increase."

Words meanings summery:

• प्रबुद्धलीला (prabuddhalīlā) - Prabuddhalila (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being, creature, human being

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

• च (ca) - and, also

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

• तत् (tat) - that (explanation) (that, it)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, explain

• देवेशि (deveśi) - O Queen of gods

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• बोधविवृद्धये (bodhavivṛddhaye) - for the increase of knowledge, for the growth of awakening

Words meanings and morphology

प्रबुद्धलीला (prabuddhalīlā) - Prabuddhalila (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prabuddhalīlā

prabuddhalīlā - Prabuddhalila (a proper name, lit. 'awakened sport/play')

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being, creature, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - a living being (jantu), creature, human being

Derived from √jan

Root: jan (class 4)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 1)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (explanation) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I

कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, explain

(verb)

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

Causative of unknown root, functions as a denominative verb.

देवेशि (deveśi) - O Queen of gods

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of deveśī

deveśī - Queen of gods, mistress of gods

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+īśī)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśī – mistress, female ruler
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of īśa (lord)
  Root: īś (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

बोधविवृद्धये (bodhavivṛddhaye) - for the increase of knowledge, for the growth of awakening

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of bodhavivṛddhi

bodhavivṛddhi - increase of knowledge (bodha), growth of awakening

Compound type : tatpurusha (bodha+vivṛddhi)

• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √budh
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vivṛddhi – increase, growth, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from vi-vṛdh + ti
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)