योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-20

श्रीराम उवाच ।
स ब्रह्माण्डकपाटः किं न संप्राप्तो विपश्चिता ।
त्वयैतत्कथितं ब्रह्मन्न कथं वदतां वर ॥ २० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
sa brahmāṇḍakapāṭaḥ kiṃ na saṃprāpto vipaścitā ,
tvayaitatkathitaṃ brahmanna kathaṃ vadatāṃ vara 20

20. śrīrāma uvāca | saḥ brahmāṇḍakapaṭaḥ kim na samprāptaḥ vipaścitā
| tvayā etat kathitam brahman na katham vadatām vara ||

20. śrīrāma uvāca brahman vadatām vara,
tvayā etat kathitam vipaścitā saḥ brahmāṇḍakapaṭaḥ kim na samprāptaḥ katham?

20. Śrī Rāma said: 'O Brahman (brahman), O best among speakers, you have stated this (in the previous verse). How is it that the wise (vipaścit) did not reach that door of the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa)?'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• ब्रह्माण्डकपटः (brahmāṇḍakapaṭaḥ) - the door of the cosmic egg, the gate of the universe

• किम् (kim) - what, whether, (interrogative particle)

• न (na) - not, no

• सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - attained, reached, approached

• विपश्चिता (vipaścitā) - by the wise, by the discerning

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• एतत् (etat) - this

• कथितम् (kathitam) - told, narrated

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman, O holy one

• न (na) - not, no

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• वदताम् (vadatām) - of speakers, among those who speak

• वर (vara) - best, excellent, most esteemed

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (an epithet of the Hindu deity Rama)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious; prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the seventh avatar of Vishnu), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्माण्डकपटः (brahmāṇḍakapaṭaḥ) - the door of the cosmic egg, the gate of the universe

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmāṇḍakapaṭa

brahmāṇḍakapaṭa - door of the cosmic egg, gate of the universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+kapaṭa)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe
  noun (neuter)
• kapaṭa – door, gate, shutter
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what, whether, (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - attained, reached, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - attained, reached, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefixes sam and pra + kta suffix

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmāṇḍakapaṭaḥ'.

विपश्चिता (vipaścitā) - by the wise, by the discerning

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vipaścit

vipaścit - wise, discerning, learned

Note: Functions as a noun here.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'kathitam'.

कथितम् (kathitam) - told, narrated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - told, narrated, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kath (to tell) + kta suffix

Root: kath (class 10)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman, O holy one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality), a priest, a holy man

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

वदताम् (vadatām) - of speakers, among those who speak

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, speaker

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) + śatṛ suffix

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Used as part of 'vadatām vara' (best of speakers).

वर (vara) - best, excellent, most esteemed

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest; boon, blessing

Note: Used as part of 'vadatām vara' (best of speakers).