योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-166, verse-27

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
मया राघव ता दृष्टास्तादृश्यस्तत्र लेखिकाः ।
तवापीच्छा यदि भवेत्तत्तास्त्वमपि पश्यसि ॥ २७ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
mayā rāghava tā dṛṣṭāstādṛśyastatra lekhikāḥ ,
tavāpīcchā yadi bhavettattāstvamapi paśyasi 27

27. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca mayā rāghava tāḥ dṛṣṭāḥ tādṛśyaḥ tatra
lekhikāḥ tava api icchā yadi bhavet tat tvam api paśyasi

27. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca rāghava,
tādṛśyaḥ tāḥ lekhikāḥ tatra mayā dṛṣṭāḥ yadi tava api icchā bhavet,
tat tvam api tāḥ paśyasi

27. Shri Vasistha replied: "O Raghava, I have indeed seen those very lines there, just as they are. If you also have the desire, then you too shall see them."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Shri Vasistha, the venerable Vasistha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मया (mayā) - by me

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rama, descendant of Raghu

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - seen, observed

• तादृश्यः (tādṛśyaḥ) - of that kind, such, similar

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• लेखिकाः (lekhikāḥ) - lines, streaks

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अपि (api) - also, even

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

• यदि (yadi) - if

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, if it is

• तत् (tat) - then, in that case

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you will see

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Shri Vasistha, the venerable Vasistha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Shri Vasistha, a revered sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative

From root vac, Parasmaipada, 2nd conjugation (irregular formation)

Root: vac (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

राघव (rāghava) - O Rama, descendant of Raghu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rama)

Derived from Raghu with an aṇ affix.

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - seen, observed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तादृश्यः (tādṛśyaḥ) - of that kind, such, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - of that kind, such, similar

From tad (that) + dṛś (to see, appear) + a (suffix).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

लेखिकाः (lekhikāḥ) - lines, streaks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lekhikā

lekhikā - line, streak (diminutive or variant of lekhā)

From root likh (to scratch, write) + ika suffix

Root: likh (class 6)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish

From root iṣ (to wish, desire)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, if it is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative active

From root bhū, Parasmaipada, 1st conjugation

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then, in that case

(indeclinable)

Used here as an adverb.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you will see

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present active indicative

From root dṛś, 1st conjugation (paśya stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Present tense can imply future certainty.

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