योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-84, verse-37

श्रीराम उवाच ।
मानसः किल सर्गोऽसौ वीतहव्यस्य तत्र ये ।
देहिनो भ्रान्तिपात्रं चेत्तद्देहाकारिणः कथम् ॥ ३७ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
mānasaḥ kila sargo'sau vītahavyasya tatra ye ,
dehino bhrāntipātraṃ cettaddehākāriṇaḥ katham 37

37. śrīrāma uvāca mānasaḥ kila sargaḥ asau vītahavyasya
tatra ye dehinaḥ bhrāntipātraṃ cet tat dehākāriṇaḥ katham

37. śrīrāma uvāca kila asau sargaḥ vītahavyasya mānasaḥ cet
tatra ye dehinaḥ bhrāntipātraṃ tat dehākāriṇaḥ katham

37. Śrī Rāma said: "If this creation, which is indeed said to be a mental (mānasa) emanation of Vītahavya, and if those embodied beings (dehin) within it are merely objects of delusion, then how can they possess physical forms?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental, relating to the mind, born from the mind

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said, reputedly

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, chapter

• असौ (asau) - this, that (remote)

• वीतहव्यस्य (vītahavyasya) - of Vītahavya

• तत्र (tatra) - in that creation (sarga) (there, in that place)

• ये (ye) - who, which

• देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - embodied beings, living beings, souls

• भ्रान्तिपात्रं (bhrāntipātraṁ) - object of delusion, vessel of illusion

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• देहाकारिणः (dehākāriṇaḥ) - having the form of bodies, possessing bodily form

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental, relating to the mind, born from the mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, belonging to the mind, produced by the mind

Derived from manas (mind)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said, reputedly

(indeclinable)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, chapter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, chapter

Derived from root sṛj (to create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

असौ (asau) - this, that (remote)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this (referring to something distant or pointed out)

वीतहव्यस्य (vītahavyasya) - of Vītahavya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vītahavya

vītahavya - Vītahavya (a proper name, here a sage)

तत्र (tatra) - in that creation (sarga) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, whoever

देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - embodied beings, living beings, souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied, corporeal, living being, soul

Derived from deha (body) with possessive suffix -in

भ्रान्तिपात्रं (bhrāntipātraṁ) - object of delusion, vessel of illusion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhrāntipātra

bhrāntipātra - object or receptacle of delusion/error

Tatpurusha compound: bhrānti + pātra

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhrānti+pātra)

• bhrānti – delusion, error, illusion
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root bhram (to wander, be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• pātra – vessel, recipient, object, deserving person
  noun (neuter)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a conjunctive adverb.

देहाकारिणः (dehākāriṇaḥ) - having the form of bodies, possessing bodily form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehākārin

dehākārin - having a body, having the form of a body

Compound (deha-ākāra) with possessive suffix -in

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deha+ākāra)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'dehinaḥ'.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)