योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-17

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
शक्तयः कुत एवैता बहुत्वं कथमासु च ।
उदयश्च कथं देव भेदाभेदश्च कीदृशः ॥ १७ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
śaktayaḥ kuta evaitā bahutvaṃ kathamāsu ca ,
udayaśca kathaṃ deva bhedābhedaśca kīdṛśaḥ 17

17. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca śaktayaḥ kutaḥ eva etāḥ bahutvam katham
āsu ca udayaḥ ca katham deva bhedābhedaḥ ca kīdṛśaḥ

17. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca deva etāḥ śaktayaḥ kutaḥ eva āsu
bahutvam katham ca udayaḥ ca katham bhedābhedaḥ ca kīdṛśaḥ

17. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O divine one, from where do these powers (śakti) originate? How is there multiplicity in them? How do they arise? And what is the nature of their difference and non-difference?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• बहुत्वम् (bahutvam) - multiplicity, state of being many

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• आसु (āsu) - in these (powers)

• च (ca) - and

• उदयः (udayaḥ) - origin, arising, rising

• च (ca) - and

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• देव (deva) - O divine one, O Lord

• भेदाभेदः (bhedābhedaḥ) - difference and non-difference, distinction and non-distinction

• च (ca) - and

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, what sort of

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha; a proper name, referring to the ancient sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, wealth; revered, holy (prefix)
  indeclinable
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: vac (class 2)

शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakti

śakti - power, energy, strength, capacity

Root: śak (class 5)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

बहुत्वम् (bahutvam) - multiplicity, state of being many

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multiplicity, numerousness, abundance, the state of being many

Derived from bahu (many) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

आसु (āsu) - in these (powers)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उदयः (udayaḥ) - origin, arising, rising

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udaya

udaya - rising, ascent, origin, emergence, prosperity

Derived from ud- (up) + i (to go)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

देव (deva) - O divine one, O Lord

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine being, lord, king

Root: div (class 4)

भेदाभेदः (bhedābhedaḥ) - difference and non-difference, distinction and non-distinction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhedābheda

bhedābheda - difference and non-difference, distinction and non-distinction (a philosophical concept)

Compound type : dvandva (bheda+abheda)

• bheda – difference, distinction, separation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• abheda – non-difference, identity, sameness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, how