योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-152, verse-7

एवं सत्स्वप्न इत्येव संदिग्धमिव वक्षि किम् ।
स्फुटमप्यनुभूतं सत्स्वप्नध्यानोद्यमः कथम् ॥ ७ ॥

evaṃ satsvapna ityeva saṃdigdhamiva vakṣi kim ,
sphuṭamapyanubhūtaṃ satsvapnadhyānodyamaḥ katham 7

7. evaṃ sat-svapnaḥ iti eva saṃdigdham iva vakṣi kim
sphuṭam api anubhūtam sat-svapna-dhyāna-udyamah katham

7. evaṃ sat-svapnaḥ iti eva saṃdigdham iva kim vakṣi
sphuṭam api anubhūtam sat-svapna-dhyāna-udyamah katham

7. Why do you speak of it as if doubtful, merely calling it a 'real dream'? Even though it is clearly experienced, how can it then be an 'endeavor of meditating on a real dream'?

Words meanings summery:

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner, so

• सत्-स्वप्नः (sat-svapnaḥ) - a real dream, a true dream

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, as

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

• संदिग्धम् (saṁdigdham) - doubtful, uncertain, suspicious

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• वक्षि (vakṣi) - you speak, you say

• किम् (kim) - why?, what?, whether

• स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, distinctly, manifest

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अनुभूतम् (anubhūtam) - experienced, perceived

• सत्-स्वप्न-ध्यान-उद्यमह् (sat-svapna-dhyāna-udyamah) - the endeavor of meditating on a real dream

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what way?

Words meanings and morphology

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

सत्-स्वप्नः (sat-svapnaḥ) - a real dream, a true dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat-svapna

sat-svapna - real dream, true dream

Compound noun

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sat+svapna)

• sat – being, existing, real, good
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to mark quoted speech or thought, or to indicate 'thus' or 'as such'.

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संदिग्धम् (saṁdigdham) - doubtful, uncertain, suspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃdigdha

saṁdigdha - doubtful, uncertain, suspicious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dih (to smear, paint) with prefix sam- (together), but here used in the sense of 'to be doubtful' from root √digdh (to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: digdh

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

वक्षि (vakṣi) - you speak, you say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vac

Present Active

Root verb, class 2, 'vać' takes 'akṣ' in certain forms; vakṣi is 2nd singular present active.

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - why?, what?, whether

(indeclinable)

स्फुटम् (sphuṭam) - clearly, distinctly, manifest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphuṭa

sphuṭa - clear, distinct, manifest, evident

Past Passive Participle

From √sphuṭ (to burst, blossom, become manifest)

Root: sphuṭ (class 1)

Note: Used here as an adverbial nominative/accusative neuter singular.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अनुभूतम् (anubhūtam) - experienced, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, felt, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhū (to be, become) with prefix anu- (after, along, to experience)

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

सत्-स्वप्न-ध्यान-उद्यमह् (sat-svapna-dhyāna-udyamah) - the endeavor of meditating on a real dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat-svapna-dhyāna-udyama

sat-svapna-dhyāna-udyama - endeavor of meditating on a real dream

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat-svapna+dhyāna+udyama)

• sat-svapna – real dream, true dream
  noun (masculine)
  Compound noun
• dhyāna – meditation (dhyāna), contemplation
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √dhyā (to meditate)
  Root: dhyā (class 4)
• udyama – effort, endeavor, exertion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √yam (to restrain, control) with prefix ut- (up, forth)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: yam (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what way?

(indeclinable)