योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-13

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
शिवस्यास्य जगन्नाथ शक्तयः काः कथं स्थिताः ।
साक्षिता का च किं तासां वृत्तं स्यात्कियदेव तते ॥ १३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
śivasyāsya jagannātha śaktayaḥ kāḥ kathaṃ sthitāḥ ,
sākṣitā kā ca kiṃ tāsāṃ vṛttaṃ syātkiyadeva tate 13

13. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca śivasya asya jagannātha śaktayaḥ kāḥ kathaṃ
sthitāḥ sākṣitā kā ca kim tāsāṃ vṛttaṃ syāt kiyat eva tate

13. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca.
he jagannātha,
asya śivasya kāḥ śaktayaḥ kathaṃ sthitāḥ ca kā sākṣitā? tāsāṃ vṛttaṃ ca kiyat eva syāt tate?

13. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O Lord of the world, what are the powers (śakti) of this Śiva? How do they exist? What is their role as a witness? What would their activity be, and how extensive is it, O my dear one?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शिवस्य (śivasya) - of Śiva, of the auspicious one

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• जगन्नाथ (jagannātha) - O Lord of the world

• शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers, energies (śakti)

• काः (kāḥ) - what (feminine plural)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - remain, exist, situated

• साक्षिता (sākṣitā) - witness-status, state of being a witness

• का (kā) - what (feminine singular)

• च (ca) - and

• किम् (kim) - what

• तासां (tāsāṁ) - of them (feminine plural)

• वृत्तं (vṛttaṁ) - activity, conduct, state

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• कियत् (kiyat) - how much, how great

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, precisely

• तते (tate) - O Vasiṣṭha (addressed by Īśvara) (O dear one, O son)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the revered Vasiṣṭha (proper name of a sage)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, splendid, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शिवस्य (śivasya) - of Śiva, of the auspicious one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent; the deity Śiva

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Genitive singular of demonstrative pronoun idam

जगन्नाथ (jagannātha) - O Lord of the world

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of jagannātha

jagannātha - lord of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+nātha)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• nātha – lord, master, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nāth (class 1)

शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers, energies (śakti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakti

śakti - power, energy, faculty, divine feminine power (śakti)

From root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

काः (kāḥ) - what (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - what, who, which

Nominative plural feminine of interrogative pronoun kim

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - remain, exist, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to śaktayaḥ.

साक्षिता (sākṣitā) - witness-status, state of being a witness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sākṣitā

sākṣitā - witness-status, quality of being a witness

Derived from sākṣin (witness) + -tā (suffix for 'state of being')

का (kā) - what (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Nominative singular feminine of interrogative pronoun kim

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Postpositive conjunction.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Nominative/accusative singular neuter of interrogative pronoun kim

तासां (tāsāṁ) - of them (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Genitive plural feminine of demonstrative pronoun tad

वृत्तं (vṛttaṁ) - activity, conduct, state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - activity, occurrence, event, conduct, state

From root vṛt (to be, to exist, to revolve)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhiliṅ) of as

Potential mood

Potential 3rd person singular of root as

Root: as (class 2)

कियत् (kiyat) - how much, how great

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, precisely

(indeclinable)

तते (tate) - O Vasiṣṭha (addressed by Īśvara) (O dear one, O son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tata

tata - father; term of endearment (son, dear one)

Vocative singular of tata