योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-49, verse-6

मायया भूतभूर्दृष्टा त्वयेत्युक्तोऽस्मि किं प्रभो ।
मोहनाशाय महतां वचो नो मोहवृद्धये ॥ ६ ॥

māyayā bhūtabhūrdṛṣṭā tvayetyukto'smi kiṃ prabho ,
mohanāśāya mahatāṃ vaco no mohavṛddhaye 6

6. māyayā bhūtabhūḥ dṛṣṭā tvayā iti uktaḥ asmi kim
prabho mohanāśāya mahatām vacaḥ na mohavṛddhaye

6. prabho,
"māyayā bhūtabhūḥ tvayā dṛṣṭā" iti kim uktaḥ asmi? mahatām vacaḥ mohanāśāya,
na mohavṛddhaye.

6. "Has the world of beings been seen by you through illusion (māyā)?" — is this what I have been told, O Lord? The words of great enlightened beings are meant for the destruction of delusion, not for its increase.

Words meanings summery:

• मायया (māyayā) - by illusion (māyā), by creative power

• भूतभूः (bhūtabhūḥ) - the world of beings, the earth, creation

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, perceived

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating a quotation

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - said, spoken, told

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• किम् (kim) - what? (interrogative particle)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

• मोहनाशाय (mohanāśāya) - for the destruction of delusion

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, for the great (people)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - speech, words, statement

• न (na) - not

• मोहवृद्धये (mohavṛddhaye) - for the increase of delusion

Words meanings and morphology

मायया (māyayā) - by illusion (māyā), by creative power

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, divine creative power, unreal world

Root: mā (class 2)

भूतभूः (bhūtabhūḥ) - the world of beings, the earth, creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūtabhū

bhūtabhū - the world, the earth, the creation, lit. "being-earth" or "ground of beings"

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+bhū)

• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from 'bhū' to be
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhū – earth, ground, place
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as the subject of 'dṛṣṭā'.

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from root 'dṛś'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtabhūḥ'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating a quotation

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a direct quote.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - said, spoken, told

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

from root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject "I" of "asmi".

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

1st person singular

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? (interrogative particle)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

Note: Used here to introduce a question.

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

मोहनाशाय (mohanāśāya) - for the destruction of delusion

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mohanāśa

mohanāśa - destruction of delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+nāśa)

• moha – delusion, infatuation, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'muh'
  Root: muh (class 4)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'naś'
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Indicates purpose.

महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, for the great (people)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: 'mahat' functions as a substantive here (great ones).

वचः (vacaḥ) - speech, words, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - speech, word, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle. Sandhi from 'vaco na u' where 'u' is ignored or implied.

मोहवृद्धये (mohavṛddhaye) - for the increase of delusion

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of mohavṛddhi

mohavṛddhi - increase of delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+vṛddhi)

• moha – delusion, infatuation, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'muh'
  Root: muh (class 4)
• vṛddhi – increase, growth, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'vṛdh'
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Indicates purpose.