योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-3

श्रीराम उवाच ।
दामव्यालकटन्यायो मा ते भूदित्युदाहृतम् ।
ब्रह्मन् किमेतद्भवता भवतापापहारिणा ॥ ३ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
dāmavyālakaṭanyāyo mā te bhūdityudāhṛtam ,
brahman kimetadbhavatā bhavatāpāpahāriṇā 3

3. śrīrāma uvāca | dāmavyālakata nyāyaḥ mā te bhūt iti
udāhṛtam | brahman kim etat bhavatā bhavatāpāpahāriṇā ||

3. śrīrāma uvāca dāmavyālakata nyāyaḥ mā te bhūt iti udāhṛtam brahman,
bhavatā bhavatāpāpahāriṇā etat kim

3. Śrī Rāma said: "May the maxim of the rope-snake (illusion) not be for you" – thus has been declared. O reverend (brahman), what is this (maxim) from you, who removes the sufferings of cyclic existence (saṃsāra)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - The revered prince Rāma. (Lord Rāma, the venerable Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दामव्यालकत (dāmavyālakata) - relating to the illusion of a snake being mistaken for a rope (of the rope-snake, relating to the rope-snake (illusion))

• न्यायः (nyāyaḥ) - maxim, rule, method, logical principle, analogy

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• भूत् (bhūt) - let it be, may it happen (prohibitive aorist)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech

• उदाहृतम् (udāhṛtam) - this (maxim) has been declared (thus said, declared, stated)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O revered sage Vasiṣṭha. (O Brahmin, O sacred one, O reverend one)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• एतत् (etat) - this (maxim of the rope-snake) (this, this maxim)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• भवतापापहारिणा (bhavatāpāpahāriṇā) - by you who removes the sufferings of existence (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - The revered prince Rāma. (Lord Rāma, the venerable Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - the venerable Rāma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

दामव्यालकत (dāmavyālakata) - relating to the illusion of a snake being mistaken for a rope (of the rope-snake, relating to the rope-snake (illusion))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāmavyālakata

dāmavyālakata - related to the rope-snake (illusion)

Compound term referring to the maxim of mistaking a rope for a snake.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāma+vyāla+kata)

• dāma – rope, cord, garland
  noun (neuter)
• vyāla – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• kata – made, produced, related to, or possibly referring to illusion/false appearance
  adjective/noun

न्यायः (nyāyaḥ) - maxim, rule, method, logical principle, analogy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nyāya

nyāya - rule, method, maxim, analogy, logical argument

Prefix: ni

Root: i (class 2)

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your (second person pronoun)

भूत् (bhūt) - let it be, may it happen (prohibitive aorist)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

उदाहृतम् (udāhṛtam) - this (maxim) has been declared (thus said, declared, stated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udāhṛta

udāhṛta - said, declared, stated, uttered, cited

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √hṛ (to carry, say) with prefixes ud- and ā-.

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O revered sage Vasiṣṭha. (O Brahmin, O sacred one, O reverend one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman), prayer

किम् (kim) - what, why

(interrogative pronoun)

एतत् (etat) - this (maxim of the rope-snake) (this, this maxim)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present Active Participle (when verb)

भवतापापहारिणा (bhavatāpāpahāriṇā) - by you who removes the sufferings of existence (saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavatāpāpahārin

bhavatāpāpahārin - one who removes the sufferings of cyclic existence (saṃsāra)

Compound adjective describing one who removes (apahārin) the distress (tāpa) of worldly existence (bhava).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+tāpa+apahārin)

• bhava – existence, worldly existence, cyclic existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tāpa – heat, suffering, distress, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• apahārin – removing, taking away, dispelling, carrying off
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun (suffix -in)
  Derived from the root √hṛ (to carry) with prefix apa-, signifying 'removing' or 'carrying away'.
  Prefix: apa
  Root: hṛ (class 1)