योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-27, verse-5

इयं भूरिति भूरेषा चिता यदि न चेत्यते ।
भूमेः किं नाम भूमित्वं तद्भव्ये भव्यतां गतम् ॥ ५ ॥

iyaṃ bhūriti bhūreṣā citā yadi na cetyate ,
bhūmeḥ kiṃ nāma bhūmitvaṃ tadbhavye bhavyatāṃ gatam 5

5. iyam bhūḥ iti bhūḥ eṣā citā yadi na cetyate bhūmeḥ
kim nāma bhūmitvam tat bhavye bhavyatām gatam

5. yadi iyam bhūḥ iti eṣā bhūḥ citā na cetyate,
bhūmeḥ bhūmitvam kim nāma? tat bhavye bhavyatām gatam?

5. If this earth is not recognized as 'earth' by consciousness (citā), then what is the earth-ness (bhūmitva) of the earth? How then would the good (bhavya) attain its goodness (bhavyatā)?

Words meanings summery:

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine singular)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, land

• इति (iti) - meaning 'as' or 'called' (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, land

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine singular)

• चिता (citā) - by consciousness, by the mind

• यदि (yadi) - if

• न (na) - not, no

• चेत्यते (cetyate) - is perceived, is understood, is known

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• नाम (nāma) - used as an emphatic or interrogative particle 'what indeed', 'what then is' (by name, indeed, what is called)

• भूमित्वम् (bhūmitvam) - earth-ness, the state of being earth

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• भव्ये (bhavye) - in a good or auspicious object/being (in what is good/proper/beautiful; in the future)

• भव्यताम् (bhavyatām) - goodness, auspiciousness, state of being good

• गतम् (gatam) - attained; refers to the state of goodness being reached or established (gone, attained, become)

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, land, place

इति (iti) - meaning 'as' or 'called' (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, land, place

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, that

चिता (citā) - by consciousness, by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, mind

Root: cit (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत्यते (cetyate) - is perceived, is understood, is known

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of cet

Present Passive

3rd person singular present passive of root cit (1P)

Root: cit (class 1)

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - used as an emphatic or interrogative particle 'what indeed', 'what then is' (by name, indeed, what is called)

(indeclinable)

भूमित्वम् (bhūmitvam) - earth-ness, the state of being earth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūmitva

bhūmitva - earth-ness, nature of earth

derived from bhūmi + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

भव्ये (bhavye) - in a good or auspicious object/being (in what is good/proper/beautiful; in the future)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhavya

bhavya - good, proper, beautiful, future, destined

Gerundive (future passive participle)

derived from root bhū (to be, to become) + yat suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies an implicit noun or refers to 'that which is good'.

भव्यताम् (bhavyatām) - goodness, auspiciousness, state of being good

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhavyatā

bhavyatā - goodness, propriety, auspiciousness

derived from bhavya + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

गतम् (gatam) - attained; refers to the state of goodness being reached or established (gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)