योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-14

किमुच्यते मुनिश्रेष्ठ मिथ्यापुरुषनामकम् ।
वस्त्ववस्तु कृतं जगद्वस्तुजातं वदाशु मे ॥ १४ ॥

kimucyate muniśreṣṭha mithyāpuruṣanāmakam ,
vastvavastu kṛtaṃ jagadvastujātaṃ vadāśu me 14

14. kim ucyate muniśreṣṭha mithyāpuruṣanāmakam
vastu avastu kṛtam jagat vastu jātam vada āśu me

14. muniśreṣṭha mithyāpuruṣanāmakam kim ucyate me
āśu jagat vastu jātam vastu avastu kṛtam vada

14. O best among sages, what is that which is called the 'illusory person' (puruṣa)? And quickly tell me what the world (jagat) is, this multitude of things created from both reality and unreality.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, which, who

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ (muniśreṣṭha) - O best among sages, O pre-eminent sage

• मिथ्यापुरुषनामकम् (mithyāpuruṣanāmakam) - that which is named the illusory (puruṣa) / called the false (puruṣa)

• वस्तु (vastu) - reality, substance, thing

• अवस्तु (avastu) - unreality, non-existence, non-substance

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, created

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, what moves

• वस्तु (vastu) - reality, substance, thing

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, multitude, collection

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

passive voice

Derived from root √vac in passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

मुनिश्रेष्ठ (muniśreṣṭha) - O best among sages, O pre-eminent sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muniśreṣṭha

muniśreṣṭha - best among sages, pre-eminent sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+śreṣṭha)

• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)

मिथ्यापुरुषनामकम् (mithyāpuruṣanāmakam) - that which is named the illusory (puruṣa) / called the false (puruṣa)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithyāpuruṣanāmaka

mithyāpuruṣanāmaka - that which is named the illusory (puruṣa) / called the false (puruṣa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mithyāpuruṣa+nāmaka)

• mithyāpuruṣa – illusory person (puruṣa), false person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• nāmaka – named, called, bearing the name
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kim'

वस्तु (vastu) - reality, substance, thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - reality, substance, thing

अवस्तु (avastu) - unreality, non-existence, non-substance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - unreality, non-existence, non-substance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vastu – reality, substance, thing
  noun (neuter)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, created

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, created

Past Passive Participle

from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat' and 'vastu jātam'

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, what moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

वस्तु (vastu) - reality, substance, thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - reality, substance, thing

Note: Part of the compound 'vastu jātam'

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, multitude, collection

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, multitude, collection

Past Passive Participle

from root √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used as a collective noun here, 'multitude of things'

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Alternative form for 'mahyaṁ'