योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-64, verse-9

श्रीराम उवाच ।
भिक्षुसंकल्परूपास्ते जीवटब्राह्मणादयः ।
कथं सत्यत्वमायाताः संकल्पार्थे क्व सत्यता ॥ ९ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
bhikṣusaṃkalparūpāste jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādayaḥ ,
kathaṃ satyatvamāyātāḥ saṃkalpārthe kva satyatā 9

9. śrīrāma uvāca bhikṣu-saṅkalpa-rūpāḥ te jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādayaḥ
katham satyatvam āyātāḥ saṅkalpa-arthe kva satyatā

9. śrīrāma uvāca bhikṣu-saṅkalpa-rūpāḥ te jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādayaḥ
katham satyatvam āyātāḥ? saṅkalpa-arthe kva satyatā?

9. Śrī Rāma said: How did Jīvaṭa, the Brahmins, and others, whose forms were merely the mental creations (saṅkalpa) of the mendicant, attain reality? Where is there truth (satyatā) in something merely conceived (saṅkalpa)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• भिक्षु-सङ्कल्प-रूपाः (bhikṣu-saṅkalpa-rūpāḥ) - whose forms are the mental creations of the mendicant

• ते (te) - those, they

• जीवटब्राह्मणादयः (jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādayaḥ) - Jīvaṭa, the Brahmins, and others

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truth, truthfulness

• आयाताः (āyātāḥ) - they attained, they reached, they came to be

• सङ्कल्प-अर्थे (saṅkalpa-arthe) - in the matter of mental creation, in an imagined thing

• क्व (kva) - where?

• सत्यता (satyatā) - reality, truth, truthfulness

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (an epithet for Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Root: vac (class 2)

भिक्षु-सङ्कल्प-रूपाः (bhikṣu-saṅkalpa-rūpāḥ) - whose forms are the mental creations of the mendicant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhikṣu-saṅkalpa-rūpa

bhikṣu-saṅkalpa-rūpa - having the form of a mendicant's mental creation

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhikṣu+saṅkalpa+rūpa)

• bhikṣu – mendicant, beggar, monk
  noun (masculine)
• saṅkalpa – mental creation, intention, resolve, conceptualization, imagination
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

जीवटब्राह्मणादयः (jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādayaḥ) - Jīvaṭa, the Brahmins, and others

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādi

jīvaṭabrāhmaṇādi - Jīvaṭa, the Brahmins, and others

Compound type : dvandva (jīvaṭa+brāhmaṇa+ādi)

• jīvaṭa – Jīvaṭa (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• brāhmaṇa – a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

सत्यत्वम् (satyatvam) - reality, truth, truthfulness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satyatva

satyatva - truth, reality, truthfulness, actual existence

Derived from 'satya' (true) + suffix '-tva' (state of being).

आयाताः (āyātāḥ) - they attained, they reached, they came to be

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ā-√yā

ā-√yā - to come, approach, attain, arrive at

Past Passive Participle

Root 'yā' (to go) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe the subject.

सङ्कल्प-अर्थे (saṅkalpa-arthe) - in the matter of mental creation, in an imagined thing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa-artha

saṅkalpa-artha - the object or purpose of a mental creation; in the context of mental creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+artha)

• saṅkalpa – mental creation, intention, resolve, conceptualization, imagination
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, matter, thing
  noun (masculine)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

सत्यता (satyatā) - reality, truth, truthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyatā

satyatā - truth, reality, truthfulness, actual existence

Derived from 'satya' (true) + suffix '-tā' (state of being).