योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
सप्तानां योगभूमीनामभ्यासः क्रियते कथम् ।
कीदृशानि च चिह्नानि भूमिकां प्रति योगिनः ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
saptānāṃ yogabhūmīnāmabhyāsaḥ kriyate katham ,
kīdṛśāni ca cihnāni bhūmikāṃ prati yoginaḥ 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca | saptānām yogabhūmīnām abhyāsaḥ kriyate
katham | kīdṛśāni ca cihnāni bhūmikām prati yoginaḥ ||

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca saptānām yogabhūmīnām abhyāsaḥ katham kriyate? ca,
bhūmikām prati yoginaḥ kīdṛśāni cihnāni?

1. Śrī Rāma said: "How is the practice (abhyāsa) of the seven stages of yoga (yoga) carried out? And what are the characteristics for a practitioner of yoga (yogin) for each stage?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama (epithet)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सप्तानाम् (saptānām) - of the seven

• योगभूमीनाम् (yogabhūmīnām) - of the stages of yoga

• अभ्यासः (abhyāsaḥ) - practice, repetition, discipline

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• कीदृशानि (kīdṛśāni) - of what kind? what sort of?

• च (ca) - and, also

• चिह्नानि (cihnāni) - signs, marks, characteristics

• भूमिकाम् (bhūmikām) - stage, level, role

• प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, for each

• योगिनः (yoginaḥ) - of a yogi

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama (epithet)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (proper name), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सप्तानाम् (saptānām) - of the seven

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of saptan

saptan - seven

Note: Agrees with yogabhūmīnām.

योगभूमीनाम् (yogabhūmīnām) - of the stages of yoga

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yogabhūmi

yogabhūmi - stage of yoga, level of yogic practice (yoga)

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (yoga+bhūmi)

• yoga – union, spiritual discipline, effort, contemplation (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, stage, level, degree
  noun (feminine)

अभ्यासः (abhyāsaḥ) - practice, repetition, discipline

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice, repetition, study, habit, discipline

Derived from root as (to throw, cast) with prefixes abhi- and ā-.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'kriyate'.

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is made

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

कीदृशानि (kīdṛśāni) - of what kind? what sort of?

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what appearance, of what sort, what kind

Note: Agrees with cihnāni.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चिह्नानि (cihnāni) - signs, marks, characteristics

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cihna

cihna - sign, mark, characteristic, symptom, emblem

भूमिकाम् (bhūmikām) - stage, level, role

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmikā

bhūmikā - stage, level, role, ground, plot

Note: Governed by 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, for each

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition governing the accusative case.

योगिनः (yoginaḥ) - of a yogi

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yogin

yogin - a practitioner of yoga (yoga), ascetic, saint, one engaged in spiritual discipline

Root: yuj (class 7)