योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-53, verse-35

अर्जुन उवाच ।
द्वे रूपे तव देवेश परं चापरमेव च ।
कीदृशं तत्कदा रूपं तिष्ठाम्याश्रित्य सिद्धये ॥ ३५ ॥

arjuna uvāca ,
dve rūpe tava deveśa paraṃ cāparameva ca ,
kīdṛśaṃ tatkadā rūpaṃ tiṣṭhāmyāśritya siddhaye 35

35. arjuna uvāca dve rūpe tava deva-īśa param ca aparam
eva ca kīdṛśam tat kadā rūpam tiṣṭhāmi āśritya siddhaye

35. arjuna uvāca deveśa tava dve rūpe param ca aparam eva
ca tat rūpam kīdṛśam kadā āśritya siddhaye tiṣṭhāmi

35. Arjuna said: "O Lord of gods (īśvara), You have two forms: both the supreme and the inferior. What is that form like, and by resorting to which [form] and when, should I abide to achieve perfection (siddhi)?"

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्वे (dve) - two

• रूपे (rūpe) - forms, appearances

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• देव-ईश (deva-īśa) - O Lord of gods (īśvara), O divine ruler

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest

• च (ca) - and

• अपरम् (aparam) - inferior, lower, other

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• च (ca) - and

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

• तत् (tat) - that

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I stay, I abide

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in

• सिद्धये (siddhaye) - for perfection, for accomplishment (siddhi)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince), white, silver

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'rūpe'

रूपे (rūpe) - forms, appearances

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

देव-ईश (deva-īśa) - O Lord of gods (īśvara), O divine ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deveśa

deveśa - Lord of gods, chief of gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+īśa)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler (īśvara)
  noun (masculine)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, other

Note: Implicitly refers to one of the two forms.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपरम् (aparam) - inferior, lower, other

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior, lower

Note: Implicitly refers to one of the two forms.

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

(interrogative adjective)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I stay, I abide

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund form from root śri with prefix ā

सिद्धये (siddhaye) - for perfection, for accomplishment (siddhi)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - perfection, accomplishment, success, supernatural power (siddhi)

Root: sidh (class 4)