योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-88

किमेतस्मिन्महामायाडम्बरे दीर्घशम्बरे ।
राम सत्यमसत्यं वा निर्णेयं यदिहोच्यते ॥ ८८ ॥

kimetasminmahāmāyāḍambare dīrghaśambare ,
rāma satyamasatyaṃ vā nirṇeyaṃ yadihocyate 88

88. kim etasmin mahāmāyāḍambare dīrghaśambare rāma
satyam asatyam vā nirṇeyam yat iha ucyate

88. rāma,
etasmin mahāmāyāḍambare dīrghaśambare,
yat iha ucyate,
kim satyam vā asatyam nirṇeyam

88. O Rāma, in this grand spectacle of great illusion (māyā), this protracted delusion, what is declared here—is it truth or untruth? This must be ascertained.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - an interrogative particle (what?, is it?)

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• महामायाडम्बरे (mahāmāyāḍambare) - in the grand display of great illusion

• दीर्घशम्बरे (dīrghaśambare) - in the long illusion/delusion

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• असत्यम् (asatyam) - untruth, unreality

• वा (vā) - or

• निर्णेयम् (nirṇeyam) - to be ascertained, to be determined, should be decided

• यत् (yat) - refers to 'what is said' (which, what, that which)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - an interrogative particle (what?, is it?)

(indeclinable)

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

महामायाडम्बरे (mahāmāyāḍambare) - in the grand display of great illusion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāmāyāḍambara

mahāmāyāḍambara - grand display of great illusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahāmāyā+āḍambara)

• mahāmāyā – great illusion (māyā), cosmic illusion
  noun (feminine)
• āḍambara – display, pomp, show, ostentation
  noun (masculine)

दीर्घशम्बरे (dīrghaśambare) - in the long illusion/delusion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dīrghaśambara

dīrghaśambara - long illusion, protracted delusion

Compound type : karmadharaya (dīrgha+śambara)

• dīrgha – long, protracted
  adjective (masculine)
• śambara – delusion, illusion, trick, a demon
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to a long-lasting, deceptive illusion.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king/deity)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

from sat (being, existence)

असत्यम् (asatyam) - untruth, unreality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - untruth, unreality, false

Compound type : dvandva (a+satya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• satya – truth, reality
  noun (neuter)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

निर्णेयम् (nirṇeyam) - to be ascertained, to be determined, should be decided

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirṇeya

nirṇeya - to be ascertained, to be decided, fit for decision

Gerundive

From root nī with nir-; ni- + rī 'to judge, decide'

Prefix: nir

Root: nī (class 0)

Note: Used impersonally in the sense of 'it must be ascertained'.

यत् (yat) - refers to 'what is said' (which, what, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

Note: Relative pronoun, subject of 'ucyate'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

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

Root vac, passive voice form

Root: vac (class 0)

Note: Passive form of the verb vac.

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