योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-99, verse-5

कुम्भ उवाच ।
जगदेव न यत्रास्ते तत्राहंत्वंविभासनम् ।
इत्थमम्बरसंसारः क्व कुतः कीदृशः कथम् ॥ ५ ॥

kumbha uvāca ,
jagadeva na yatrāste tatrāhaṃtvaṃvibhāsanam ,
itthamambarasaṃsāraḥ kva kutaḥ kīdṛśaḥ katham 5

5. kumbhaḥ uvāca jagat eva na yatra āste tatra ahaṃtvam
vibhāsanam ittham ambara saṃsāraḥ kva kutaḥ kīdṛśaḥ katham

5. kumbhaḥ uvāca.
yatra jagat eva na āste,
tatra ahaṃtvam vibhāsanam [katham].
ittham ambara saṃsāraḥ kva,
kutaḥ,
kīdṛśaḥ,
katham [asti]?

5. Kumbha said: Where the world itself is not, how can there be any manifestation of egoity (ahaṃtva)? Such an illusory worldly existence (saṃsāra), like the sky, how can it exist? From where does it arise? What is its nature? And how does it function?

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - The sage Kumbha (or Agastya, who is also known as Kumbhayoni) (Kumbha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• न (na) - not, no

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• आस्ते (āste) - sits, exists, remains

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - egoity, 'I'-ness

• विभासनम् (vibhāsanam) - manifestation, shining forth, appearance

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

• अम्बर (ambara) - sky, atmosphere, cloth (here: sky-like, vast, empty)

• संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - worldly existence, transmigration, cycle of birth and death

• क्व (kva) - where?

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence?

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

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भः (kumbhaḥ) - The sage Kumbha (or Agastya, who is also known as Kumbhayoni) (Kumbha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - pot, pitcher; a name of Agastya or his descendant

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit Lakara) form of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves

Present active participle of root gam (to go), used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - sits, exists, remains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अहंत्वम् (ahaṁtvam) - egoity, 'I'-ness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃtva

ahaṁtva - egoity, selfhood, 'I'-ness, individuality

Abstract noun derived from 'aham' (I) with the suffix 'tva'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (aham+tva)

• aham – I (as the concept of self)
  pronoun
  Used as the base for an abstract noun.
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

विभासनम् (vibhāsanam) - manifestation, shining forth, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vibhāsana

vibhāsana - shining, illuminating, manifestation, appearance

Action noun

Derived from root bhās (to shine) with prefix vi and ana suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhās (class 1)

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

अम्बर (ambara) - sky, atmosphere, cloth (here: sky-like, vast, empty)

(noun)

neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth, garment

संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - worldly existence, transmigration, cycle of birth and death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence, flow, course

Derived from root sṛ (to flow) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence?

(indeclinable)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind or sort? what like? how?

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)