योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-16

राजोवाच ।
यद्येवं फुल्लपद्माक्षि परदेहैकभोजने ।
किं स्याच्छरीरवृत्त्यै ते स्थिताया मत्समीहिते ॥ १६ ॥

rājovāca ,
yadyevaṃ phullapadmākṣi paradehaikabhojane ,
kiṃ syāccharīravṛttyai te sthitāyā matsamīhite 16

16. rājan uvāca yadi evam phullapadmākṣi paradehaikabhojane
kim syāt śarīravṛttyai te sthitāyā matsamīhite

16. rājan uvāca phullapadmākṣi paradehaikabhojane,
yadi evam,
matsamīhite sthitāyāḥ te śarīravṛttyai kim syāt

16. The king said: "If this is so, O lotus-eyed one, O one whose sole food is the bodies of others, what would be the means for the maintenance of your body, as you remain in the way I desire?"

Words meanings summery:

• राजन् (rājan) - king, ruler

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• फुल्लपद्माक्षि (phullapadmākṣi) - Addressing the female demon (O one with eyes like blooming lotuses)

• परदेहैकभोजने (paradehaikabhojane) - Addressing the female demon, referring to her nature as a devourer of bodies. (O one whose sole food is the bodies of others)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be

• शरीरवृत्त्यै (śarīravṛttyai) - for the maintenance of the body

• ते (te) - to you, your

• स्थिताया (sthitāyā) - remaining, being, existing (feminine)

• मत्समीहिते (matsamīhite) - in what is desired by me, in my intention

Words meanings and morphology

राजन् (rājan) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, monarch, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (Lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

फुल्लपद्माक्षि (phullapadmākṣi) - Addressing the female demon (O one with eyes like blooming lotuses)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of phullapadmākṣi

phullapadmākṣi - having eyes like blooming lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phulla+padma+akṣi)

• phulla – blooming, opened, expanded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'phul' (to expand, bloom)
  Root: phul (class 1)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

परदेहैकभोजने (paradehaikabhojane) - Addressing the female demon, referring to her nature as a devourer of bodies. (O one whose sole food is the bodies of others)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of paradehaikabhojana

paradehaikabhojana - having the bodies of others as one's sole food

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (para+deha+eka+bhojana)

• para – other, another, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, sole, single
  numeral (masculine)
• bhojana – food, eating, meal
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bhuj' (to eat, enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be

(verb)

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

Optative Mode

Root: as (class 2)

शरीरवृत्त्यै (śarīravṛttyai) - for the maintenance of the body

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of śarīravṛtti

śarīravṛtti - maintenance of the body, bodily sustenance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+vṛtti)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• vṛtti – livelihood, maintenance, course, function
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuymad

yuymad - you, your

Enclitic form of the second person pronoun

Note: Can also be genitive

स्थिताया (sthitāyā) - remaining, being, existing (feminine)

(adjective)

Dative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, being, remaining, situated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (dative)

मत्समीहिते (matsamīhite) - in what is desired by me, in my intention

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of matsamīhita

matsamīhita - my desire, my intention, what is desired by me

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mat+samīhita)

• mat – by me, my (variant of 'mama')
  pronoun
  Genitive/Ablative form of 'asmad' (I)
• samīhita – desired, wished, intended (noun: desire, wish)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'īh' (to strive, desire) with prefix 'sam-'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: īh (class 1)