योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-106, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कीदृशं स्याच्चिदाकाशं तद्ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्म यत्परम् ।
भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kīdṛśaṃ syāccidākāśaṃ tadbrahmanbrahma yatparam ,
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śrṛṇvato nāsti me'mṛtam 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca kīdṛśam syāt cidākāśam tat brahman brahma yat
param bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptiḥ hi śṛṇvataḥ na asti me amṛtam

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca.
brahman,
tat yat param brahma,
cidākāśam kīdṛśam syāt? bhūyaḥ kathaya.
hi me amṛtam śṛṇvataḥ tṛptiḥ na asti.

1. Shri Rama said: "O Brahmin (brahman), what is the nature of that consciousness-space (cidākāśa), that supreme Brahman (brahman)? Please explain it again. Indeed, my satisfaction (tṛptiḥ) is never enough while I listen to this nectar (amṛtam)."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

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

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, it would be

• चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the consciousness-space

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vasistha (O Brahmin)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality)

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, explain

• तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• शृण्वतः (śṛṇvataḥ) - of one who is listening, while listening

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मे (me) - to me, my

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, Rama, the auspicious one

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what nature, what sort of

Note: Agrees with 'cidākāśam'.

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

चिदाकाशम् (cidākāśam) - the consciousness-space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cidākāśa

cidākāśa - consciousness-space, the ether of consciousness

Compound type : Tatpurusha (cit+ākāśa)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'brahma'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vasistha (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, a priest, the creator god Brahmā

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, universal spirit

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'brahma'.

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, distant, supreme, highest

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

(indeclinable)

कथय (kathaya) - tell, explain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Derived from the root kath (class 10, denominative verb).

Root: kath (class 10)

तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛpti

tṛpti - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

Root: tṛp (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

शृण्वतः (śṛṇvataḥ) - of one who is listening, while listening

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śṛṇvat

śṛṇvat - listening, hearing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Here functioning as possessive 'my' (with tṛptiḥ) or dative 'to me'.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, nectar, immortality, ambrosia

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+mṛta)

• a – not, un-, negation
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, death
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)