योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-5

द्यौः क्षमा वायुराकाशं पर्वताः सरितो दिशः ।
कथं हृदि जगन्नाम कथयेति यथास्थितम् ॥ ५ ॥

dyauḥ kṣamā vāyurākāśaṃ parvatāḥ sarito diśaḥ ,
kathaṃ hṛdi jagannāma kathayeti yathāsthitam 5

5. dyauḥ kṣamā vāyuḥ ākāśam parvatāḥ saritaḥ diśaḥ
katham hṛdi jagat nāma kathaya iti yathā sthitam

5. dyauḥ kṣamā vāyuḥ ākāśam parvatāḥ saritaḥ diśaḥ nāma jagat hṛdi katham? iti yathā sthitam kathaya.

5. How can heaven, earth, wind, sky, mountains, rivers, and directions – indeed, the entire world (jagat) – exist within the heart? Please explain this exactly as it is.

Words meanings summery:

• द्यौः (dyauḥ) - heaven, sky

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - earth, ground; patience, forgiveness

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

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

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

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, truly

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, explain

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this much (quotative particle)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, existing, as it is

Words meanings and morphology

द्यौः (dyauḥ) - heaven, sky

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dyu

dyu - heaven, sky, luminous space

क्षमा (kṣamā) - earth, ground; patience, forgiveness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - earth, ground; patience, forgiveness

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital air

Root: vā (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether, the fifth element

Root: kāś (class 1)

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

Root: diś (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, essence

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves

Root: gam (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, truly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an emphatic particle, 'indeed'.

कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, explain

(verb)

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

Causative/Denominative

Root kath (to tell, speak), used in causative sense.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Second person singular imperative active.

इति (iti) - thus, so, this much (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, existing, as it is

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -ta.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used with yathā to mean 'as it actually is' or 'as it stands'.