योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
यन्मुनिव्याधयोरेतद्वृत्तं नानादशाशतम् ।
अन्यकारणकं किं स्यादेतत्किं वा स्वभावजम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yanmunivyādhayoretadvṛttaṃ nānādaśāśatam ,
anyakāraṇakaṃ kiṃ syādetatkiṃ vā svabhāvajam 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yat munivyādhayoḥ etat vṛttam nānā-daśā-śatam
anya-kāraṇakam kim syāt etat kim vā svabhāvajam

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yat munivyādhayoḥ etat nānā-daśā-śatam
vṛttam kim anya-kāraṇakam syāt vā etat kim svabhāvajam

1. Śrī Rāma said: Regarding this extensive narrative of the sage and the hunter, which involves hundreds of varied conditions and states—could it be due to some other cause, or is it inherent in its intrinsic nature (svabhāva)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma (Lord Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - regarding which (which, whatever, that (relative pronoun))

• मुनिव्याधयोः (munivyādhayoḥ) - of the sage and the hunter

• एतत् (etat) - this (narrative) (this, this one)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - narrative, story (story, event, conduct, passed, happened)

• नाना-दशा-शतम् (nānā-daśā-śatam) - comprising hundreds of varied conditions (hundreds of various states/conditions)

• अन्य-कारणकम् (anya-kāraṇakam) - due to some other cause (having another cause, caused by another)

• किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle) (what, why, whether)

• स्यात् (syāt) - could it be (may be, could be, let it be)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the story/narrative implicitly) (this, this one)

• किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle) (what, why, whether)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• स्वभावजम् (svabhāvajam) - due to its intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (born from one's own nature, natural, inherent)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma (Lord Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, auspiciousness, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (a proper name), pleasing, beautiful
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form.

यत् (yat) - regarding which (which, whatever, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that

Note: Can introduce a clause. Here functions as "concerning which" or "that which is".

मुनिव्याधयोः (munivyādhayoḥ) - of the sage and the hunter

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of munivyādha

munivyādha - sage and hunter

Compound type : dvandva (muni+vyādha)

• muni – sage, ascetic, seer
  noun (masculine)
• vyādha – hunter, fowler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Dvandva compound in dual genitive.

एतत् (etat) - this (narrative) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to `vṛttam`.

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - narrative, story (story, event, conduct, passed, happened)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, story, event, conduct, circular

Past Passive Participle

From root `vṛt` (to turn, exist, be) + `kta` suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Can be an adjective or noun. Here, used as a noun meaning 'story' or 'event'.

नाना-दशा-शतम् (nānā-daśā-śatam) - comprising hundreds of varied conditions (hundreds of various states/conditions)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nānā-daśā-śata

nānā-daśā-śata - hundreds of various states/conditions

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+daśāśata)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• daśāśata – hundred conditions/states
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of `daśā` (condition) and `śata` (hundred).

Note: It is an adjective for `vṛttam`.

अन्य-कारणकम् (anya-kāraṇakam) - due to some other cause (having another cause, caused by another)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya-kāraṇaka

anya-kāraṇaka - having another cause, caused by another

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anya+kāraṇaka)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (neuter)
• kāraṇaka – having a cause, caused
  adjective (neuter)
  From `kāraṇa` + `ka` suffix.

Note: Predicative adjective.

किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle) (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - could it be (may be, could be, let it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the story/narrative implicitly) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to the `vṛttam`.

किम् (kim) - (interrogative particle) (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in a correlative sense with `vā`.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

स्वभावजम् (svabhāvajam) - due to its intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (born from one's own nature, natural, inherent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svabhāvajā

svabhāvajā - born from one's own nature, natural, inherent

Compound of `svabhāva` (one's own nature) and `ja` (born from).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svabhāva+ja)

• svabhāva – one's own being, intrinsic nature, essential quality
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sva
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ja – born, produced from, caused by
  suffix (neuter)
  Suffix meaning 'born from' or 'produced by'.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective.