योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-37

श्रीराम उवाच ।
विपश्चिदस्मादेवासौ जगतस्तां गतिं गतः ।
इहैवाद्य मृगो जातः कथमेतत्समञ्जसम् ॥ ३७ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
vipaścidasmādevāsau jagatastāṃ gatiṃ gataḥ ,
ihaivādya mṛgo jātaḥ kathametatsamañjasam 37

37. śrī rāma uvāca vipaścit asmāt eva asau jagataḥ tām gatim
gataḥ iha eva adya mṛgaḥ jātaḥ katham etat samañjasam

37. śrī rāma uvāca he vipaścit asau mṛgaḥ asmāt jagataḥ eva tām
gatim gataḥ adya mṛgaḥ iha eva jātaḥ etat katham samañjasam

37. Śrī Rāma said: O discerning one (vipaścit), that individual consciousness (mṛga) has certainly attained that state from this very world. How, then, is it consistent that the individual consciousness is born right here and now?

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

• राम (rāma) - Rama (prince of Ayodhya, incarnation of Viṣṇu)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• विपश्चित् (vipaścit) - O discerning one! (vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha) (discerning, wise; O discerning one!)

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• असौ (asau) - that (one)

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - from the world, of the world

• ताम् (tām) - that

• गतिम् (gatim) - state, condition, destination, movement

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - individual consciousness (deer, animal, individual consciousness, seeker)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, originated

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

• एतत् (etat) - this

• समञ्जसम् (samañjasam) - consistent, proper, appropriate, coherent

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - auspicious, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

Note: Used as an honorific prefix for names.

राम (rāma) - Rama (prince of Ayodhya, incarnation of Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a celebrated king of Ayodhya, central figure of the Rāmāyaṇa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

विपश्चित् (vipaścit) - O discerning one! (vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha) (discerning, wise; O discerning one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipaścit

vipaścit - wise, discerning, intelligent; a sage

Prefix: vi

Root: paś

Note: It is a vocative, used as a form of address for Vasiṣṭha.

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Modifies `jagataḥ`.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes "asmāt".

असौ (asau) - that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun, pointing to something more remote or implied)

Note: Refers to `mṛgaḥ`.

जगतः (jagataḥ) - from the world, of the world

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe

Present active participle of root gam, used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The source from which the state was attained.

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Modifies `gatim`.

गतिम् (gatim) - state, condition, destination, movement

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, state, condition, destination, final liberation

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the state of being "far, far away" mentioned in the previous verse.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `asau` (mṛga), used actively.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Note: Specifies location.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes "iha".

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates time.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - individual consciousness (deer, animal, individual consciousness, seeker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal; metaphorically: individual soul, mind, seeker

Note: Subject of `jātaḥ`.

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, originated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `mṛgaḥ`, used actively.

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a question.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the whole situation described.

समञ्जसम् (samañjasam) - consistent, proper, appropriate, coherent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samañjasa

samañjasa - consistent, suitable, proper, appropriate, coherent

Note: Predicate of `etat`.