योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-42

किमिवास्यां वद ज्ञप्तौ कथं संभवतीह ते ।
क्वचिद्बालमनोराज्यमिदं पर्यनुयुज्यते ॥ ४२ ॥

kimivāsyāṃ vada jñaptau kathaṃ saṃbhavatīha te ,
kvacidbālamanorājyamidaṃ paryanuyujyate 42

42. kim iva asyām vada jñaptau katham saṃbhavati iha
te kvacit bālamanaḥrājyam idam paryānuyujyate

42. Vada,
asyām jñaptau kim iva (asti)? Te iha katham saṃbhavati? Kvacit idam bālamanaḥrājyam paryānuyujyate?

42. Tell me, what in this understanding (or perception) is like this (māyā)? How can this be possible here for you? When is such a child's daydream ever questioned?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - interrogative pronoun, 'what' (what, why, whether)

• इव (iva) - indicates comparison, 'like' (like, as, as if)

• अस्याम् (asyām) - in this (referring to jñaptau) (in this (feminine))

• वद (vada) - (you) tell (tell, speak)

• ज्ञप्तौ (jñaptau) - in this (epistemic) understanding (in knowledge, in understanding, in perception)

• कथम् (katham) - 'how' (interrogative adverb) (how, in what manner)

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - 'it is possible' (it is possible, it occurs, it happens)

• इह (iha) - 'here' (referring to this situation or context) (here, in this world, in this case)

• ते (te) - 'for you' (to you, for you, your)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - 'ever' (implies never in a rhetorical question) (sometimes, at some time, ever)

• बालमनःराज्यम् (bālamanaḥrājyam) - a child's fanciful, unquestioned daydream (a child's mental kingdom, a child's daydream)

• इदम् (idam) - 'this' (referring to the daydream) (this, this one)

• पर्यानुयुज्यते (paryānuyujyate) - 'it is questioned' (rhetorically, implying it is not) (it is questioned, it is asked about)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - interrogative pronoun, 'what' (what, why, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Interrogative.

इव (iva) - indicates comparison, 'like' (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with kim to mean 'what is like'.

अस्याम् (asyām) - in this (referring to jñaptau) (in this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Locative singular of idam (feminine).

वद (vada) - (you) tell (tell, speak)

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Second person singular imperative.

ज्ञप्तौ (jñaptau) - in this (epistemic) understanding (in knowledge, in understanding, in perception)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - knowledge, understanding, perception, apprehension

derived from root jñā 'to know' with suffix -apti

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Locative singular.

कथम् (katham) - 'how' (interrogative adverb) (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - 'it is possible' (it is possible, it occurs, it happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃbhav

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

इह (iha) - 'here' (referring to this situation or context) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - 'for you' (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Dative/genitive singular of yuşmad.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - 'ever' (implies never in a rhetorical question) (sometimes, at some time, ever)

(indeclinable)

बालमनःराज्यम् (bālamanaḥrājyam) - a child's fanciful, unquestioned daydream (a child's mental kingdom, a child's daydream)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bālamanaḥrājya

bālamanaḥrājya - a child's mental kingdom, a child's daydream

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bāla+manas+rājya)

• bāla – child, young, foolish
  noun (masculine)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• rājya – kingdom, realm, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative singular, subject of the passive verb.

इदम् (idam) - 'this' (referring to the daydream) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Nominative singular.

पर्यानुयुज्यते (paryānuyujyate) - 'it is questioned' (rhetorically, implying it is not) (it is questioned, it is asked about)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of paryānuyuj

Prefixes: pari+anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Present passive third person singular.

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