योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-10

तत्केन नाम रचितं कुतो वा तत्समुत्थितम् ।
कथं वा स्थितिमायातं को वा तत्रावतिष्ठते ॥ १० ॥

tatkena nāma racitaṃ kuto vā tatsamutthitam ,
kathaṃ vā sthitimāyātaṃ ko vā tatrāvatiṣṭhate 10

10. tat kena nāma racitam kutaḥ vā tat samutthitam
katham vā sthitim āyātam kaḥ vā tatra avatiṣṭhate

10. nāma tat kena racitam vā kutaḥ tat samutthitam vā
katham sthitim āyātam vā kaḥ tatra avatiṣṭhate

10. By whom, then, was that (body-house) constructed? Or from where did it originate? And how did it come to be? And who, indeed, resides within it?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (body-house) (that)

• केन (kena) - by whom

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, certainly, by name

• रचितम् (racitam) - constructed, created

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

• वा (vā) - or, and

• तत् (tat) - that (body-house) (that)

• समुत्थितम् (samutthitam) - arisen, originated

• कथम् (katham) - how

• वा (vā) - or, and

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - existence, state, stability

• आयातम् (āyātam) - came into (existence) (come to, attained)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• वा (vā) - or, and

• तत्र (tatra) - within it (the body-house) (there, in that)

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - dwells, stands, resides

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (body-house) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

केन (kena) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, certainly, by name

(indeclinable)

रचितम् (racitam) - constructed, created

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of racita

racita - constructed, arranged, composed, made

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'rac' (to arrange, to make).

Root: rac (class 10)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb of place and cause, derived from 'kim'.

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (body-house) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

समुत्थितम् (samutthitam) - arisen, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samutthita

samutthita - arisen, originated, sprung up, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ud'.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb of manner, derived from 'kim'.

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - existence, state, stability

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, state, condition, existence, stability

Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

आयातम् (āyātam) - came into (existence) (come to, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyāta

āyāta - come, arrived, attained, gone into

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'yā' (to go) with the prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - within it (the body-house) (there, in that)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - dwells, stands, resides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ava-sthā

Present Tense, Middle Voice

Root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'ava'. Stems formed with 'tiṣṭh' in present tense.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)