योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-99, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कासौ महाटवी ब्रह्मन्कदा दृष्टा कथं मया ।
के च ते पुरुषास्तत्र किं तत्कर्तुं कृतोद्यमाः ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kāsau mahāṭavī brahmankadā dṛṣṭā kathaṃ mayā ,
ke ca te puruṣāstatra kiṃ tatkartuṃ kṛtodyamāḥ 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca kā asau mahāṭavī brahman kadā dṛṣṭā katham
mayā ke ca te puruṣāḥ tatra kim tat kartum kṛtodyamāḥ

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca brahman,
asau mahāṭavī kā? kadā kathaṃ mayā dṛṣṭā? tatra te puruṣāḥ ke ca? tat kartuṃ kim kṛtodyamāḥ?

1. Śrī Rāma said: O Brahmin, what is that great forest? When and how was it seen by me? And who are those persons there, and what are they endeavoring to do in it?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma (the speaker) (Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• का (kā) - what (is that great forest) (who, what (feminine singular nominative))

• असौ (asau) - that (forest) (that (feminine singular nominative))

• महाटवी (mahāṭavī) - the great forest (mentioned earlier) (great forest)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (addressing Vasiṣṭha) (O Brahmin, O priest, O sacred knowledge)

• कदा (kadā) - when (when, at what time)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen (by me) (seen, perceived, observed)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• के (ke) - who (are those persons) (who (masculine plural nominative))

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• ते (te) - those (persons) (those (masculine plural nominative/accusative), to you (singular dative/genitive))

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons (men, persons, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the forest) (there, in that place, in that matter)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why, how)

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

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do (to do, to make, to perform)

• कृतोद्यमाः (kṛtodyamāḥ) - endeavoring, striving (striving, resolute, having made an effort)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma (the speaker) (Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, prosperity, wealth
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (proper name), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

का (kā) - what (is that great forest) (who, what (feminine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

असौ (asau) - that (forest) (that (feminine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, yonder

महाटवी (mahāṭavī) - the great forest (mentioned earlier) (great forest)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāṭavī

mahāṭavī - great forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+aṭavī)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• aṭavī – forest, jungle, wilderness
  noun (feminine)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (addressing Vasiṣṭha) (O Brahmin, O priest, O sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman), sacred text (brahman)

कदा (kadā) - when (when, at what time)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen (by me) (seen, perceived, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

past passive participle

root dṛś + kta suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, me

के (ke) - who (are those persons) (who (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (persons) (those (masculine plural nominative/accusative), to you (singular dative/genitive))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, it

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - persons (men, persons, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the forest) (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (what, why, how)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why, how, which

तत् (tat) - that (action) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do (to do, to make, to perform)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root kṛ + tumun suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृतोद्यमाः (kṛtodyamāḥ) - endeavoring, striving (striving, resolute, having made an effort)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtodyama

kṛtodyama - having made an effort, resolute, striving

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+udyama)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  root kṛ + kta suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• udyama – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)