योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-28

श्रीराम उवाच ।
एवं पश्यत्यसंकल्पो योऽन्यसंकल्प आत्मनि ।
मृगश्चेद्दृश्यतां यातः कथं सर्गे वद प्रभो ॥ २८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
evaṃ paśyatyasaṃkalpo yo'nyasaṃkalpa ātmani ,
mṛgaśceddṛśyatāṃ yātaḥ kathaṃ sarge vada prabho 28

28. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca evaṃ paśyati asaṅkalpaḥ yaḥ anyasaṅkalpaḥ
ātmani mṛgaḥ ca cet dṛśyatām yātaḥ kathaṃ sarge vada prabho

28. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca prabho,
vada yaḥ asaṅkalpaḥ ātmani anyasaṅkalpaḥ evaṃ paśyati,
cet mṛgaḥ ca dṛśyatām yātaḥ,
sarge kathaṃ [bhavati]?

28. Shri Rama said: O Lord, tell me, if one who is free from personal resolve thus perceives other forms of mental activity within oneself (ātman), and (suppose) a deer were to manifest and become visible, how could it be considered part of the objective creation (sarga)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, indeed, certainly

• पश्यति (paśyati) - he sees, perceives

• असङ्कल्पः (asaṅkalpaḥ) - one who is devoid of personal desires or mental constructs. (free from resolve/desire, without mental constructs)

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

• अन्यसङ्कल्पः (anyasaṅkalpaḥ) - various mental constructs or intentions (not necessarily of others, but 'other' in relation to his own lack of resolve). (another's resolve/intention, other mental constructs)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - within his own consciousness or being. (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer (as a hypothetical mental manifestation or illusion) (deer, animal)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चेत् (cet) - if

• दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - visibility, state of being seen

• यातः (yātaḥ) - having attained (visibility), having become (visible) (gone, attained, arrived)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• सर्गे (sarge) - within the context of objective creation. (in creation, in the world)

• वद (vada) - speak, tell

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - The revered Rama, Lord Rama

compound of 'śrī' (revered) and 'rāma' (Rama)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – holy, revered, excellent, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a celebrated hero, seventh avatar of Vishnu), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative

irregular perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - he sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present active indicative

Present stem paśya from root dṛś, class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'yaḥ asaṅkalpaḥ'

असङ्कल्पः (asaṅkalpaḥ) - one who is devoid of personal desires or mental constructs. (free from resolve/desire, without mental constructs)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṅkalpa

asaṅkalpa - without resolve, free from desire, devoid of intention/mental formation

compound of 'a-' (negation) and 'saṅkalpa' (resolve, intention, desire)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+saṅkalpa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, will, desire, mental formation
  noun (masculine)
  from 'sam-kḷp' (to be well-ordered, formed)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective modifying 'yaḥ'

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'paśyati'

अन्यसङ्कल्पः (anyasaṅkalpaḥ) - various mental constructs or intentions (not necessarily of others, but 'other' in relation to his own lack of resolve). (another's resolve/intention, other mental constructs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyasaṅkalpa

anyasaṅkalpa - other resolves, the resolve/intention of another

compound of 'anya' (other) and 'saṅkalpa' (resolve, intention)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anya+saṅkalpa)

• anya – other, another, different
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, will, desire, mental formation
  noun (masculine)
  from 'sam-kḷp'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Object of 'paśyati'

आत्मनि (ātmani) - within his own consciousness or being. (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, individual soul, universal Self, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Indicates the place of perception.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer (as a hypothetical mental manifestation or illusion) (deer, animal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, game, wild animal, gazelle

Note: Subject of the hypothetical clause.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses, here acting to introduce the conditional.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - visibility, state of being seen

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, perceptibility, the state of being seen

formed from root dṛś (to see) + suffix -tā (abstract noun suffix)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of 'yātaḥ' (in sense of 'attained').

यातः (yātaḥ) - having attained (visibility), having become (visible) (gone, attained, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, attained, gone to

Past Passive Participle

from root yā (to go) + suffix -kta

Root: yā (class 2)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

सर्गे (sarge) - within the context of objective creation. (in creation, in the world)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, chapter (of a book)

from root sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

वद (vada) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative active

root vad, class 1, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular

Root: vad (class 1)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty

from 'pra-bhū' (to be eminent)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)