योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-156, verse-28

सिन्धुर्वदिष्यति ।
न प्रार्थिता मया कस्मादनेनैषा सरस्वती ।
संविच्छुद्धा मया कस्मात्प्रार्थिता नेह मुक्तये ॥ २८ ॥

sindhurvadiṣyati ,
na prārthitā mayā kasmādanenaiṣā sarasvatī ,
saṃvicchuddhā mayā kasmātprārthitā neha muktaye 28

28. sindhuḥ vadiṣyati na prārthitā mayā kasmāt anena eṣā
sarasvatī saṃvicchuddhā mayā kasmāt prārthitā na iha muktaye

28. sindhuḥ vadiṣyati anena eṣā sarasvatī kasmāt na prārthitā
mayā iha saṃvicchuddhā muktaye kasmāt na prārthitā

28. Sindhu will say: 'Why was this Sarasvatī (divine wisdom) not sought by this one (Rama)? And why was pure consciousness not sought by me here for liberation (mokṣa)?'

Words meanings summery:

• सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - Sindhu (proper noun, a character/sage) (ocean, river, Sindhu (proper noun))

• वदिष्यति (vadiṣyati) - will say (will say, will speak)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• प्रार्थिता (prārthitā) - sought (sought, prayed for, requested)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, for what reason)

• अनेन (anena) - by this one (Rama) (by this (masculine/neuter))

• एषा (eṣā) - this (Sarasvatī) (this (feminine))

• सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī (divine wisdom / consciousness) (Sarasvatī (goddess of wisdom, speech, art, music), flowing, eloquent)

• संविच्छुद्धा (saṁvicchuddhā) - pure consciousness (saṃvit) (pure consciousness, clear understanding)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, for what reason)

• प्रार्थिता (prārthitā) - sought (sought, prayed for, requested)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• मुक्तये (muktaye) - for liberation (mokṣa) (for liberation, for release)

Words meanings and morphology

सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - Sindhu (proper noun, a character/sage) (ocean, river, Sindhu (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sindhu

sindhu - river, ocean, Indus (river), name of a person

वदिष्यति (vadiṣyati) - will say (will say, will speak)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

प्रार्थिता (prārthitā) - sought (sought, prayed for, requested)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prārthita

prārthita - prayed for, requested, sought

Past Passive Participle

From root 'arth' with 'pra' prefix and -ta suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sarasvatī'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Refers to Sindhu, the speaker.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, for what reason)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why'.

अनेन (anena) - by this one (Rama) (by this (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to Rama, the previous interlocutor.

एषा (eṣā) - this (Sarasvatī) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī (divine wisdom / consciousness) (Sarasvatī (goddess of wisdom, speech, art, music), flowing, eloquent)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (goddess), eloquent, flowing

संविच्छुद्धा (saṁvicchuddhā) - pure consciousness (saṃvit) (pure consciousness, clear understanding)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvicchuddha

saṁvicchuddha - pure consciousness, clear understanding

Compound of 'saṃvid' (consciousness) and 'śuddha' (pure)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃvid+śuddha)

• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix sam- + root vid (to know)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• śuddha – pure, clean, clear, faultless
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śudh (to purify) + -ta suffix
  Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied entity (Sarasvatī/consciousness).

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Refers to Sindhu, the speaker.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (why, from what, for what reason)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why'.

प्रार्थिता (prārthitā) - sought (sought, prayed for, requested)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prārthita

prārthita - prayed for, requested, sought

Past Passive Participle

From root 'arth' with 'pra' prefix and -ta suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃvicchuddhā'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

मुक्तये (muktaye) - for liberation (mokṣa) (for liberation, for release)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of mukti

mukti - liberation, release, emancipation (mokṣa)

From root muc (to free, to release) + -ti suffix

Root: muc (class 6)