योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-51, verse-6

श्रीराम उवाच ।
केन क्रमेण भगवन्मुनिनोद्दालकेन तत् ।
भूतपञ्चकमालूनं कृत्वान्तः प्रविचारितम् ॥ ६ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kena krameṇa bhagavanmuninoddālakena tat ,
bhūtapañcakamālūnaṃ kṛtvāntaḥ pravicāritam 6

6. śrī-rāma uvāca kena krameṇa bhagavan muninā uddālakena
tat bhūta-pañcakam ālūnam kṛtvā antaḥ pravicāritam

6. śrī-rāma uvāca bhagavan kena krameṇa muninā uddālakena
tat bhūta-pañcakam ālūnam kṛtvā antaḥ pravicāritam

6. Śrī Rāma said: "O revered one (Bhagavan), by what process (krama) did the sage (muni) Uddālaka, after dissecting and making that group of five elements (bhūta) into parts, inwardly contemplate them?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by method, by process, by sequence, by order

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - addressed to sage Vasiṣṭha (O revered one, O divine one, O blessed one)

• मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage, by the ascetic

• उद्दालकेन (uddālakena) - by Uddālaka

• तत् (tat) - refers to the 'bhūta-pañcakam' (that, that one)

• भूत-पञ्चकम् (bhūta-pañcakam) - the five constituent elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) (the group of five elements)

• आलूनम् (ālūnam) - cut off, dissected, severed, completely cut

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having created

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inwardly, inside

• प्रविचारितम् (pravicāritam) - reflected upon, contemplated, thoroughly investigated

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-rāma

śrī-rāma - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – radiance, glory, prosperity, sacred prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the prince of Ayodhya), pleasing, dark
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (liṭ)

root vac, 2nd class, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Agrees with 'krameṇa'

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by method, by process, by sequence, by order

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - method, process, sequence, order, step

Root: kram (class 1)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - addressed to sage Vasiṣṭha (O revered one, O divine one, O blessed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - revered, divine, blessed, glorious, adorable

possessive suffix -vat

Root: bhaj (class 1)

मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage, by the ascetic

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

उद्दालकेन (uddālakena) - by Uddālaka

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of uddālaka

uddālaka - name of a sage (Uddālaka Āruṇi)

तत् (tat) - refers to the 'bhūta-pañcakam' (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

भूत-पञ्चकम् (bhūta-pañcakam) - the five constituent elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether) (the group of five elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūta-pañcaka

bhūta-pañcaka - group of five elements

Compound type : dvigu (bhūta+pañcaka)

• bhūta – element, being, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (of bhū)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• pañcaka – a group of five, a collection of five
  noun (neuter)

आलूनम् (ālūnam) - cut off, dissected, severed, completely cut

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ālūna

ālūna - cut off, dissected, severed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root lū (to cut) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lū (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūta-pañcakam'

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having created

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inwardly, inside

(indeclinable)

प्रविचारितम् (pravicāritam) - reflected upon, contemplated, thoroughly investigated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravicārita

pravicārita - reflected upon, contemplated

Past Passive Participle

derived from root car (to move, go) with prefixes pra and vi, in causative form

Prefixes: pra+vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Acts as a predicate for 'tat bhūta-pañcakam'