योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-16

अयं सोऽहमिति प्राज्ञ क्व करोषि व्यवस्थितिम् ।
किं तत्त्वं किं च वा ते स्यात्किं तत्त्वं किं च वा न ते ॥ १६ ॥

ayaṃ so'hamiti prājña kva karoṣi vyavasthitim ,
kiṃ tattvaṃ kiṃ ca vā te syātkiṃ tattvaṃ kiṃ ca vā na te 16

16. ayam saḥ aham iti prājña kva karoṣi vyavasthitim kim
tattvam kim ca vā te syāt kim tattvam kim ca vā na te

16. prājña kva ayam saḥ aham iti vyavasthitim karoṣi
kim tattvam ca vā te syāt kim tattvam ca vā na te

16. O wise one, where do you establish this fixed notion 'I am this person'? What essential reality (tattva) truly belongs to you, and what does not?

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• प्राज्ञ (prājña) - O wise one, O intelligent person

• क्व (kva) - where?

• करोषि (karoṣi) - you do, you make, you establish

• व्यवस्थितिम् (vyavasthitim) - a firm position, arrangement, determination, fixed notion

• किम् (kim) - what?

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - essential reality (tattva) (reality, truth, essential nature, principle)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• च (ca) - and, also

• वा (vā) - or, either

• ते (te) - to you, for you, yours

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, would be

• किम् (kim) - what?

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - essential reality (tattva) (reality, truth, essential nature, principle)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• च (ca) - and, also

• वा (vā) - or, either

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - to you, for you, yours

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'idam'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: First person singular pronoun.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

Note: Quoting particle.

प्राज्ञ (prājña) - O wise one, O intelligent person

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, skilled; a wise person

Derived from 'pra-jñā' (to know well).

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Vocative case, addressing a wise person.

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

करोषि (karoṣi) - you do, you make, you establish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Second person singular, present tense, active voice of '√kṛ'.

व्यवस्थितिम् (vyavasthitim) - a firm position, arrangement, determination, fixed notion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyavasthiti

vyavasthiti - arrangement, order, regulation, firm position, fixed state, determination

Derived from 'vi-ava-sthā' (to stand apart, establish).

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'karoṣi'.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, who?

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - essential reality (tattva) (reality, truth, essential nature, principle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence, true nature

Note: Subject of implied 'asti' or 'syāt'.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, who?

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Disjunctive particle.

ते (te) - to you, for you, yours

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Enclitic form of 'yuṣmad', dative/genitive singular. Here, possessive.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Third person singular, optative mood, active voice of '√as'.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, who?

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - essential reality (tattva) (reality, truth, essential nature, principle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence, true nature

Note: Subject of implied 'asti' or 'syāt'.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, who?

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Disjunctive particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, yours

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Enclitic form of 'yuṣmad', dative/genitive singular. Here, possessive.