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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-166, verse-20

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
न चेतना न च जडा सा शिला विपुलोज्ज्वला ।
जातिं जानाति कस्तस्याः कस्तत्रान्यश्च विद्यते ॥ २० ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
na cetanā na ca jaḍā sā śilā vipulojjvalā ,
jātiṃ jānāti kastasyāḥ kastatrānyaśca vidyate 20
20. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca na cetanā na ca jaḍā sā śilā vipula
ujjvalā jātim jānāti kaḥ tasyāḥ kaḥ tatra anyaḥ ca vidyate
20. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca sā vipula ujjvalā śilā na cetanā na ca
jaḍā kaḥ tasyāḥ jātim jānāti kaḥ anyaḥ ca tatra vidyate
20. Shri Vasishtha said: "That greatly radiant stone is neither conscious nor inert. Who knows its true nature? And who else exists there?"

Words meanings summery:

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  • श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha (Revered Vasishtha, Shri Vasishtha)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • चेतना (cetanā) - conscious (conscious, intelligent; consciousness)
  • (na) - nor (not, no)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • जडा (jaḍā) - inert, inanimate (inert, dull, inanimate)
  • सा (sā) - that (stone) (she, that (feminine))
  • शिला (śilā) - stone (stone, rock)
  • विपुल (vipula) - greatly (as part of the compound) (large, extensive, abundant, great)
  • उज्ज्वला (ujjvalā) - radiant (shining, bright, radiant)
  • जातिम् (jātim) - true nature, intrinsic quality (birth, species, class, nature, true state)
  • जानाति (jānāti) - knows (he knows, she knows, it knows)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)
  • तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of its (the stone's) (of her, of it)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)
  • तत्र (tatra) - there (in that reality/context) (there, in that place)
  • अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other (another, other, different)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (it exists, it is found)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha (Revered Vasishtha, Shri Vasishtha)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha
śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered sage Vasishtha, glorious Vasishtha
compound of śrī (auspicious) + vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
Compound type : Karmadharaya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)
  • śrī – splendor, wealth, auspiciousness, revered
    adjective (feminine)
  • vasiṣṭha – Vasishtha (name of a Vedic sage)
    proper noun (masculine)
उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
perfect 3rd singular
from root vac (to speak)
Root: vac (class 2)
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
चेतना (cetanā) - conscious (conscious, intelligent; consciousness)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of cetana
cetana - conscious, intelligent, animate, sensation
from root cit (to perceive, observe)
Root: cit (class 1)
(na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
जडा (jaḍā) - inert, inanimate (inert, dull, inanimate)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of jaḍa
jaḍa - cold, stiff, dull, inert, inanimate, unconscious
सा (sā) - that (stone) (she, that (feminine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that
शिला (śilā) - stone (stone, rock)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śilā
śilā - stone, rock, slab
विपुल (vipula) - greatly (as part of the compound) (large, extensive, abundant, great)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vipula
vipula - large, extensive, abundant, great, wide
Note: Appears as 'vipula' before sandhi, implies 'vipulā' agreeing with śilā.
उज्ज्वला (ujjvalā) - radiant (shining, bright, radiant)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ujjvala
ujjvala - shining, bright, radiant, brilliant
from ud (up) + jval (to shine)
Prefix: ud
Root: jval (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'śilā'.
जातिम् (jātim) - true nature, intrinsic quality (birth, species, class, nature, true state)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of jāti
jāti - birth, class, species, kind, nature, true state
from root jan (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Object of 'jānāti'.
जानाति (jānāti) - knows (he knows, she knows, it knows)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā
present 3rd singular
from root jñā (to know)
Root: jñā (class 9)
कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun.
तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of its (the stone's) (of her, of it)
(pronoun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that
कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun.
तत्र (tatra) - there (in that reality/context) (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
from pronoun tad (that) + suffix -tra
अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other (another, other, different)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different, distinct
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (it exists, it is found)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vid
present passive 3rd singular
from root 'vid' (to be, exist) + -yate (passive ending)
Root: vid (class 2)