योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-84, verse-22

श्रीराम उवाच ।
शक्रत्वादिषु तेष्वस्य प्रतिभासेषु भो मुने ।
नियमोऽनियमश्चैव दिक्कालनियतेः कथम् ॥ २२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
śakratvādiṣu teṣvasya pratibhāseṣu bho mune ,
niyamo'niyamaścaiva dikkālaniyateḥ katham 22

22. śrīrāma uvāca | śakratvaādiṣu teṣu asya pratibhāseṣu
bho mune | niyamaḥ aniyamaḥ ca eva dikkālaniyateḥ katham

22. śrīrāma uvāca bho mune,
asya teṣu śakratvaādiṣu pratibhāseṣu dikkālaniyateḥ niyamaḥ ca aniyamaḥ eva katham

22. Śrī Rāma said: "O sage, regarding these manifestations of his, such as the state of Indra, how can there be both regulation and non-regulation concerning the fixed nature of space and time?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शक्रत्वआदिषु (śakratvaādiṣu) - in states such as Indra's sovereignty

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him

• प्रतिभासेषु (pratibhāseṣu) - in the manifestations, appearances, insights

• भो (bho) - O (vocative particle)

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• नियमः (niyamaḥ) - rule, regulation, restraint, discipline

• अनियमः (aniyamaḥ) - absence of rule, non-regulation, irregularity

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• दिक्कालनियतेः (dikkālaniyateḥ) - of the fixed nature of space and time, of the regulation of space and time

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

शक्रत्वआदिषु (śakratvaādiṣu) - in states such as Indra's sovereignty

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śakratvaādi

śakratvaādi - starting with the state of Indra, etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śakratva+ādi)

• śakratva – the state of Indra
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from śakra + -tva
• ādi – beginning, etc.
  indeclinable (masculine)

तेषु (teṣu) - in those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'pratibhāseṣu'.

अस्य (asya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्रतिभासेषु (pratibhāseṣu) - in the manifestations, appearances, insights

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pratibhāsa

pratibhāsa - manifestation, appearance, seeming, intuition, insight

Prefix: prati

Root: bhās (class 1)

भो (bho) - O (vocative particle)

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic

नियमः (niyamaḥ) - rule, regulation, restraint, discipline

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyama

niyama - rule, regulation, restraint, discipline, fixed order

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

अनियमः (aniyamaḥ) - absence of rule, non-regulation, irregularity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aniyama

aniyama - absence of rule, non-regulation, irregularity, license

Negative prefix 'a' + niyama

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

दिक्कालनियतेः (dikkālaniyateḥ) - of the fixed nature of space and time, of the regulation of space and time

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of dikkālaniyati

dikkālaniyati - the fixed nature or regulation of space (dik) and time (kāla)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dik+kāla+niyati)

• dik – direction, space
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• niyati – fixation, fate, destiny, rule, certainty
  noun (feminine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)