योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-83, verse-15

श्रीराम उवाच ।
एवंस्थिते वाथ मुने कथमेतज्जगत्स्थितौ ।
क्रमो गुरूपदेशाख्यः स्वात्मज्ञानस्य कारणम् ॥ १५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
evaṃsthite vātha mune kathametajjagatsthitau ,
kramo gurūpadeśākhyaḥ svātmajñānasya kāraṇam 15

15. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca evam sthite vā atha mune katham etat
jagatsthitau kramaḥ guruupadeśaākhyaḥ svātmajñānasya kāraṇam

15. mune evam sthite vā atha etat guruupadeśaākhyaḥ
kramaḥ jagatsthitau svātmajñānasya kāraṇam katham

15. Shri Rama said: O Sage, if this is indeed the situation (that the self alone knows the self), then how can this process, known as the preceptor's (guru's) instruction (upadeśa), be considered the cause of self-knowledge (svātmajñāna) in this world?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, indeed

• स्थिते (sthite) - this being the case (being, standing, situated (locative absolute))

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• मुने (mune) - O Sage! O ascetic!

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• जगत्स्थितौ (jagatsthitau) - in the context of this world (in the world's existence/order, concerning the state of the world)

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - method, process, sequence

• गुरुउपदेशआख्यः (guruupadeśaākhyaḥ) - known as 'guru's instruction'

• स्वात्मज्ञानस्य (svātmajñānasya) - of self-knowledge (ātman)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, the glorious Rama

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, beautiful; wealth, prosperity; Goddess Lakshmi
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, delightful, pleasing
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, indeed

(indeclinable)

स्थिते (sthite) - this being the case (being, standing, situated (locative absolute))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, situated, abiding, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - O Sage! O ascetic!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, silent one

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

जगत्स्थितौ (jagatsthitau) - in the context of this world (in the world's existence/order, concerning the state of the world)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jagatsthiti

jagatsthiti - the existence of the world, the established order of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+sthiti)

• jagat – world, universe, moving, living
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sthiti – state, existence, stability, continuance, established order
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - method, process, sequence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, sequence, order, method, course

Root: kram (class 1)

गुरुउपदेशआख्यः (guruupadeśaākhyaḥ) - known as 'guru's instruction'

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guruupadeśākhya

guruupadeśākhya - known or named as 'guru's instruction'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (guruupadeśa+ākhya)

• guruupadeśa – the instruction or teaching of a guru
  noun (masculine)
• ākhya – named, called, known as
  adjective (masculine)

स्वात्मज्ञानस्य (svātmajñānasya) - of self-knowledge (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of svātmajñāna

svātmajñāna - self-knowledge, knowledge of one's own self (ātman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātmajñāna)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• ātmajñāna – knowledge of the self (ātman)
  noun (neuter)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ