योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-4

किमेतद्भवतां दृष्टं हृदये क्व महार्णवः ।
जठरे कल्पवातः किं हृदि कल्पानलः कथम् ॥ ४ ॥

kimetadbhavatāṃ dṛṣṭaṃ hṛdaye kva mahārṇavaḥ ,
jaṭhare kalpavātaḥ kiṃ hṛdi kalpānalaḥ katham 4

4. kim etat bhavatām dṛṣṭam hṛdaye kva mahārṇavaḥ
jaṭhare kalpavātaḥ kim hṛdi kalpānalaḥ katham

4. bhavatām etat dṛṣṭam kim? hṛdaye mahārṇavaḥ kva?
jaṭhare kalpavātaḥ kim? hṛdi kalpānalaḥ katham?

4. What is this that you have seen? How can a great ocean be in the heart? Is the wind of cosmic dissolution (kalpavāta) in the stomach? And how is the fire of cosmic dissolution (kalpānala) present in the heart?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether?

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - by you (plural respectful), of you

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, perceived, observed

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart, in the mind

• क्व (kva) - where?, to what place?

• महार्णवः (mahārṇavaḥ) - great ocean, vast sea

• जठरे (jaṭhare) - in the stomach, in the belly

• कल्पवातः (kalpavātaḥ) - wind of cosmic dissolution, cosmic wind

• किम् (kim) - is it?, whether?

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

• कल्पानलः (kalpānalaḥ) - fire of cosmic dissolution, cosmic fire

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

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, who?, why?

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun, here implying 'what is this thing?' or 'is it truly so?'

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

भवताम् (bhavatām) - by you (plural respectful), of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your, you (respectful)

Note: Used as a respectful address, here in the genitive case, implying 'by you' in the context of dṛṣṭam.

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, perceived, observed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ta.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies etat.

हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core, essence

क्व (kva) - where?, to what place?

(indeclinable)

महार्णवः (mahārṇavaḥ) - great ocean, vast sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean, vast sea

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahant+arṇava)

• mahant – great, large, vast, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

जठरे (jaṭhare) - in the stomach, in the belly

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jaṭhara

jaṭhara - stomach, belly, interior

कल्पवातः (kalpavātaḥ) - wind of cosmic dissolution, cosmic wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpavāta

kalpavāta - wind of cosmic dissolution, cosmic wind

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kalpa+vāta)

• kalpa – cosmic age, eon, a day of Brahmā; relating to ritual prescriptions
  noun (masculine)
• vāta – wind, air, vital air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the destructive wind at the end of a cosmic cycle.

किम् (kim) - is it?, whether?

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used as an interrogative particle, 'is it...?'

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, essence

Note: Shortened form of hṛdaya in locative.

कल्पानलः (kalpānalaḥ) - fire of cosmic dissolution, cosmic fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpānala

kalpānala - fire of cosmic dissolution, cosmic fire

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kalpa+anala)

• kalpa – cosmic age, eon, a day of Brahmā; relating to ritual prescriptions
  noun (masculine)
• anala – fire, Agni (god of fire), heat
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the destructive fire at the end of a cosmic cycle.

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)