योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-68, verse-2

श्रीराम उवाच ।
वांग्मौनमक्षमौनं च काष्ठमौनं च वेद्म्यहम् ।
सुषुप्तमौनं मौनेश ब्रह्मन्ब्रूहि किमुच्यते ॥ २ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
vāṃgmaunamakṣamaunaṃ ca kāṣṭhamaunaṃ ca vedmyaham ,
suṣuptamaunaṃ mauneśa brahmanbrūhi kimucyate 2

2. śrī-rāma uvāca vāk-maunam akṣa-maunam ca kāṣṭha-maunam ca
vedmi aham suṣupta-maunam mauna-īśa brahman brūhi kim ucyate

2. śrī-rāma uvāca mauna-īśa brahman
aham vāk-maunam ca akṣa-maunam
ca kāṣṭha-maunam ca vedmi
suṣupta-maunam kim ucyate brūhi

2. Śrī Rāma said: "O Lord of silence (mauneśa), O Brāhmaṇa, I know the silence of speech, the silence of the senses, and the inert, wood-like silence. But tell me, what is meant by the silence of deep sleep (suṣupta-mauna)?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Revered Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वाक्-मौनम् (vāk-maunam) - silence of speech

• अक्ष-मौनम् (akṣa-maunam) - silence of the senses

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• काष्ठ-मौनम् (kāṣṭha-maunam) - a physical, inert silence, like a log (wood-like silence, inert silence)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सुषुप्त-मौनम् (suṣupta-maunam) - silence of deep sleep

• मौन-ईश (mauna-īśa) - O Lord of silence!

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to Sage Vasiṣṭha. (O Brāhmaṇa!)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell!, speak!

• किम् (kim) - what (what?, why?, how?)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is meant (is said, is called)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Revered Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-rāma

śrī-rāma - Revered Rāma (proper noun)

Compound of śrī (auspicious, glorious) and rāma (name of a king/deity)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a prominent Hindu deity, prince of Ayodhya)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

वाक्-मौनम् (vāk-maunam) - silence of speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāk-mauna

vāk-mauna - silence of speech

ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa compound of vāc (fem. noun, 'speech') and mauna (neuter noun, 'silence'). The sandhi c to k then k to ṅ before m is regular.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vāc+mauna)

• vāc – speech, word, voice
  noun (feminine)
• mauna – silence, quietude
  noun (neuter)
  From muni (sage)

अक्ष-मौनम् (akṣa-maunam) - silence of the senses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akṣa-mauna

akṣa-mauna - silence of the senses

ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa compound of akṣa (neuter noun, 'sense-organ') and mauna (neuter noun, 'silence').

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (akṣa+mauna)

• akṣa – sense-organ, eye, dice, axle
  noun (neuter)
• mauna – silence, quietude
  noun (neuter)
  From muni (sage)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

काष्ठ-मौनम् (kāṣṭha-maunam) - a physical, inert silence, like a log (wood-like silence, inert silence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha-mauna

kāṣṭha-mauna - wood-like silence, inert silence (like a log)

karmadhāraya or upama-tatpuruṣa compound: silence that is like wood. kāṣṭha (neuter noun, 'wood, log') and mauna (neuter noun, 'silence').

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāṣṭha+mauna)

• kāṣṭha – wood, log, timber
  noun (neuter)
• mauna – silence, quietude
  noun (neuter)
  From muni (sage)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Present indicative 1st person singular active (irregular form of root √vid class 2)

Root: vid (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

1st person pronoun.

Note: Subject for vedmi.

सुषुप्त-मौनम् (suṣupta-maunam) - silence of deep sleep

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suṣupta-mauna

suṣupta-mauna - silence of deep sleep

ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa compound of suṣupta (neuter noun, 'deep sleep') and mauna (neuter noun, 'silence').

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (suṣupta+mauna)

• suṣupta – deep sleep, fast asleep
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix su- + root √svap (to sleep). Used as a noun here.
  Prefix: su
  Root: svap (class 2)
• mauna – silence, quietude
  noun (neuter)
  From muni (sage)

मौन-ईश (mauna-īśa) - O Lord of silence!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mauna-īśa

mauna-īśa - Lord of silence

ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa compound of mauna (neuter noun, 'silence') and īśa (masc. noun, 'lord, master').

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mauna+īśa)

• mauna – silence, quietude
  noun (neuter)
  From muni (sage)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From root √īś (to rule, be master)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Addressed to Vasiṣṭha.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to Sage Vasiṣṭha. (O Brāhmaṇa!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brāhmaṇa (male of the priestly class); the absolute reality (brahman)

Note: Addressed to Vasiṣṭha.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell!, speak!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of brū

Imperative 2nd person singular active (irregular form of root √brū class 2)

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what (what?, why?, how?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Neuter nominative/accusative singular.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is meant (is said, is called)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Present indicative 3rd person singular passive

Root: vac (class 2)