योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-85, verse-37

श्रीभानुरुवाच ।
अस्य दृश्यप्रपञ्चस्य नित्यं कारणतामसि ।
गतः कस्मान्न जानीषे किं मामीश्वर पृच्छसि ॥ ३७ ॥

śrībhānuruvāca ,
asya dṛśyaprapañcasya nityaṃ kāraṇatāmasi ,
gataḥ kasmānna jānīṣe kiṃ māmīśvara pṛcchasi 37

37. śrībhānuḥ uvāca asya dṛśyaprapañcasya nityam kāraṇatām
asi gataḥ kasmāt na jānīṣe kim mām īśvara pṛcchasi

37. śrībhānuḥ uvāca he īśvara,
asya dṛśyaprapañcasya nityam kāraṇatām gataḥ asi kasmāt na jānīṣe? kim mām pṛcchasi?

37. Śrī Bhānu said: 'You are eternally the cause of this visible manifestation of the universe; why then do you not know this? Why do you ask me, O Lord (īśvara)?'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीभानुः (śrībhānuḥ) - Śrī Bhānu (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• दृश्यप्रपञ्चस्य (dṛśyaprapañcasya) - of the visible manifestation, of the perceptible universe

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

• कारणताम् (kāraṇatām) - the state of being the cause, causality

• असि (asi) - you are

• गतः (gataḥ) - having attained (gone, attained, reached)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what?, why?

• न (na) - not, no

• जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know (middle voice)

• किम् (kim) - Used as an interrogative adverb, 'why?' (what?, why?)

• माम् (mām) - me

• ईश्वर (īśvara) - O Lord, O controller

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीभानुः (śrībhānuḥ) - Śrī Bhānu (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrībhānu

śrībhānu - Śrī Bhānu (a proper name, literally 'radiance of fortune')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+bhānu)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, radiance, good fortune
  noun (feminine)
• bhānu – light, ray, sun, radiance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac- (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, irregular formation

Root: vac (class 2)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Can be masculine or neuter.

दृश्यप्रपञ्चस्य (dṛśyaprapañcasya) - of the visible manifestation, of the perceptible universe

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dṛśyaprapañca

dṛśyaprapañca - the visible manifestation/universe

Tatpuruṣa compound: dṛśya + prapañca

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+prapañca)

• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, to be seen
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root dṛś- (to see), with suffix -ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• prapañca – expansion, manifestation, universe, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  From root pañc- (to spread, extend) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pañc (class 1)

Note: Governed by 'kāraṇatām gataḥ'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative singular.

कारणताम् (kāraṇatām) - the state of being the cause, causality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāraṇatā

kāraṇatā - causality, the state of being a cause

Derived from kāraṇa (cause) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of 'gataḥ'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Root as- (to be), Class 2 verb, 2nd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula for 'gataḥ'.

गतः (gataḥ) - having attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root gam- (to go, attain)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Here, in combination with 'asi', forms 'you have attained' or 'you are gone to the state of'.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what?, why?

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?, why?

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why?'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know (middle voice)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present Middle

Root jñā, Class 9 verb (jānī + -ṣe), 2nd person singular

Root: jñā (class 9)

किम् (kim) - Used as an interrogative adverb, 'why?' (what?, why?)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

Note: Object of 'pṛcchasi'.

ईश्वर (īśvara) - O Lord, O controller

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, controller, supreme being

From root īś- (to rule, own)

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Used as a respectful address.

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Present Active

Root prach- (to ask), Class 6 verb (pṛcch- + -asi), 2nd person singular

Root: prach (class 6)