योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-7, verse-5

श्रीराम उवाच ।
बाला अपि वदन्त्येतद्यदि चेतनमात्रकम् ।
जगदित्येव केवात्र नाम स्यादुपदेशता ॥ ५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
bālā api vadantyetadyadi cetanamātrakam ,
jagadityeva kevātra nāma syādupadeśatā 5

5. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca bālāḥ api vadanti etat yadi cetana-mātrakam
jagat iti eva ke vā atra nāma syāt upadeśatā

5. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yadi etat cetana-mātrakam (asti),
(tarhi) bālāḥ api (etat) vadanti.
(cetanamātrakaṃ cet) atra jagat iti nāma eva ke syāt? vā upadeśatā (ke syāt)?

5. Śrī Rāma said: "Even children speak this, if it is merely consciousness (cetanamātraka). What then would be the designation 'universe' here, or what would be the instruction (upadeśa)?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma (Lord Rāma, revered Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Rāma said (said, spoke)

• बालाः (bālāḥ) - even children (children, youngsters)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - (they) speak/say (they speak, they say)

• एतत् (etat) - this (truth about pure consciousness) (this, this one)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• चेतन-मात्रकम् (cetana-mātrakam) - merely consciousness (cetanamātraka) (merely consciousness, only sentient)

• जगत् (jagat) - the universe (as a distinct entity) (world, universe, moving)

• इति (iti) - (named) 'universe' (thus, in this manner, as)

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

• के (ke) - what purpose, what reason (what, who)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this context (here, in this matter)

• नाम (nāma) - the name, designation (name, by name, indeed)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, could be (might be, should be, would be)

• उपदेशता (upadeśatā) - the instruction, the teaching (what would be the point of teaching it?) (the state of being an instruction, instructiveness, teaching)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma (Lord Rāma, revered Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - the revered Rāma, Lord Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity
  indeclinable
• rāma – Rāma (name of a prince, an avatara of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - Rāma said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

बालाः (bālāḥ) - even children (children, youngsters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, ignorant

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - (they) speak/say (they speak, they say)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vad

present tense

Root: vad (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this (truth about pure consciousness) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Direct object of 'vadanti'.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

चेतन-मात्रकम् (cetana-mātrakam) - merely consciousness (cetanamātraka) (merely consciousness, only sentient)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetanamātraka

cetanamātraka - merely sentient, consisting only of consciousness

from cetana (conscious) + mātraka (only, merely)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cetana+mātraka)

• cetana – conscious, sentient, consciousness
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  From root cit
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātraka – only, merely, solely
  adjective/suffix (neuter)
  Diminutive/emphasizing suffix of 'mātra'.

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'asti'.

जगत् (jagat) - the universe (as a distinct entity) (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, the universe

present active participle

From root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - (named) 'universe' (thus, in this manner, as)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - what purpose, what reason (what, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Here, implies 'what significance' or 'what is the point'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this context (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - the name, designation (name, by name, indeed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, designation

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, could be (might be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative mood

Root: as (class 2)

उपदेशता (upadeśatā) - the instruction, the teaching (what would be the point of teaching it?) (the state of being an instruction, instructiveness, teaching)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upadeśatā

upadeśatā - the state of being instruction, instructiveness, teaching

formed from upadeśa (instruction) + tā (suffix forming abstract feminine nouns)