योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-115, verse-2

श्रीराम उवाच ।
किमुच्यते महाकर्ता महात्यागी किमुच्यते ।
किमुच्यते महाभोक्ता सम्यक्कथय मे प्रभो ॥ २ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kimucyate mahākartā mahātyāgī kimucyate ,
kimucyate mahābhoktā samyakkathaya me prabho 2

2. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca kim ucyate mahā-kartā mahā-tyāgī kim
ucyate kim ucyate mahā-bhoktā samyak kathaya me prabho

2. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca.
prabho! mahākartā kim ucyate? mahātyāgī kim ucyate? mahābhoktā kim ucyate? etat sarvam me samyak kathaya.

2. Shri Rāma said: Why is one called a 'great doer'? Why is one called a 'great renunciant'? And why is one called a 'great enjoyer'? Please explain this clearly to me, O Lord (prabhu).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• महाकर्ता (mahākartā) - great doer

• महात्यागी (mahātyāgī) - great renunciant, great abandoner

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• महाभोक्ता (mahābhoktā) - great enjoyer

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, completely

• कथय (kathaya) - explain, tell, relate

• मे (me) - to me, my

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord! O Master!

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, revered Rāma (name of a king/deity)

Compound of śrī and rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, holy
  adjective
• rāma – Rāma (the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially 'why?'

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

महाकर्ता (mahākartā) - great doer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākartṛ

mahākartṛ - great doer, great agent

Compound of mahā and kartṛ

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kartṛ)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ- 'to do, make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

महात्यागी (mahātyāgī) - great renunciant, great abandoner

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātyāgin

mahātyāgin - great renunciant, great abandoner

Compound of mahā and tyāgin

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+tyāgin)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• tyāgin – renouncer, abandoner, giver up
  noun (masculine)
  From root tyaj- 'to abandon'
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially 'why?'

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially 'why?'

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

महाभोक्ता (mahābhoktā) - great enjoyer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābhoktṛ

mahābhoktṛ - great enjoyer, great experiencer

Compound of mahā and bhoktṛ

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bhoktṛ)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bhoktṛ – enjoyer, consumer, experiencer
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhuj- 'to enjoy, consume'
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, completely

(indeclinable)

Derived from sam + añc- 'to bend, go straight'

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 1)

कथय (kathaya) - explain, tell, relate

(verb)

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

Root: kath (class 10)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form for dative or genitive.

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord! O Master!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord (prabhu), master, ruler, mighty

From root bhū- 'to be' with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)