योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-1, verse-23

बीजे किलाङ्कुर इव जगदास्त इतीह या ।
बुद्धिः सा सत्प्रलापार्थं मूढा श्रृणु कथं किल ॥ २३ ॥

bīje kilāṅkura iva jagadāsta itīha yā ,
buddhiḥ sā satpralāpārthaṃ mūḍhā śrṛṇu kathaṃ kila 23

23. bīje kila aṅkura iva jagat āste iti iha yā
buddhiḥ sā satpralāpārtham mūḍhā śṛṇu katham kila

23. mūḍhā śṛṇu,
jagat bīje aṅkura iva āste iti iha yā buddhiḥ,
sā katham satpralāpārtham kila?

23. O deluded one, listen! How can that idea — that the world exists here just like a sprout in a seed — be a valid statement?

Words meanings summery:

• बीजे (bīje) - in the seed

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, a particle indicating traditional report or questioning

• अङ्कुर (aṅkura) - sprout, shoot

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

• आस्ते (āste) - exists, remains, sits

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• या (yā) - which (feminine singular nominative)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, idea

• सा (sā) - that (feminine singular nominative)

• सत्प्रलापार्थम् (satpralāpārtham) - for the purpose of a truthful statement, for a valid utterance

• मूढा (mūḍhā) - O deluded one!, O foolish one!

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (particle of emphasis or question)

Words meanings and morphology

बीजे (bīje) - in the seed

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, a particle indicating traditional report or questioning

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुर (aṅkura) - sprout, shoot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, germ, bud

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, living beings

present active participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with present active participle suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

आस्ते (āste) - exists, remains, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ās

present indicative

Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, present tense.

Root: ās (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, idea

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, idea

Derived from root budh (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सत्प्रलापार्थम् (satpralāpārtham) - for the purpose of a truthful statement, for a valid utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satpralāpārtha

satpralāpārtha - purpose of a true statement, for a valid utterance

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+pralāpa+artha)

• sat – true, existing, good
  adjective (neuter)
  present active participle
  Present active participle of root as (to be).
  Root: as (class 2)
• pralāpa – utterance, speech, talk, discourse
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root lap (to speak) with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lap (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate purpose 'for the sake of'.

मूढा (mūḍhā) - O deluded one!, O foolish one!

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - deluded, foolish, bewildered, ignorant

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root muh (to be bewildered).

Root: muh (class 4)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

(verb)

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

imperative

Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular, imperative mood.

Root: śru (class 5)

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

(indeclinable)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly (particle of emphasis or question)

(indeclinable)