योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-10

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कथं न संभवत्येषां स्मृतिः स्मृतिमतां वर ।
स्मृतेश्चासंभवे कस्माद्गुणो गुणगणाकर ॥ १० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kathaṃ na saṃbhavatyeṣāṃ smṛtiḥ smṛtimatāṃ vara ,
smṛteścāsaṃbhave kasmādguṇo guṇagaṇākara 10

10. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca katham na saṃbhavati eṣām smṛtiḥ smṛtimatām
vara smṛteḥ ca asaṃbhave kasmāt guṇaḥ guṇagaṇākara

10. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca vara smṛtimatām eṣām smṛtiḥ katham na saṃbhavati?
ca guṇagaṇākara smṛteḥ asaṃbhave kasmāt guṇaḥ (bhavet)?

10. Shri Rama said: 'O best among those who remember, how is it that memory (smṛti) is not possible for beings? And if memory is impossible, O ocean of virtues, what benefit (guṇa) could there be?'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, arises, occurs

• एषाम् (eṣām) - for beings (lit. for these) (of these, for these)

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory (smṛti) (memory, recollection)

• स्मृतिमताम् (smṛtimatām) - of those who have memory (of those who have memory, of the intelligent)

• वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

• स्मृतेः (smṛteḥ) - of memory (smṛti) (of memory, from memory)

• च (ca) - and, also

• असंभवे (asaṁbhave) - in the impossibility, in the non-occurrence

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - what is the reason / what benefit (from what, why, for what reason)

• गुणः (guṇaḥ) - benefit (guṇa) (quality, virtue, attribute, benefit)

• गुणगणाकर (guṇagaṇākara) - O ocean of virtues (O ocean of virtues, O mine of good qualities)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

root verb, class 2

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - is possible, arises, occurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sam-bhū

Root bhū with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

एषाम् (eṣām) - for beings (lit. for these) (of these, for these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, that

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory (smṛti) (memory, recollection)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, a class of sacred texts

from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

स्मृतिमताम् (smṛtimatām) - of those who have memory (of those who have memory, of the intelligent)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of smṛtimat

smṛtimat - possessing memory, intelligent, mindful

Derived from smṛti with suffix -mat (possessing)

वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, splendid; a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 5)

स्मृतेः (smṛteḥ) - of memory (smṛti) (of memory, from memory)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, a class of sacred texts

from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असंभवे (asaṁbhave) - in the impossibility, in the non-occurrence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of asaṃbhava

asaṁbhava - impossibility, non-existence, non-occurrence

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+saṃbhava)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃbhava – possibility, existence, origin, occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-bhū
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - what is the reason / what benefit (from what, why, for what reason)

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of 'kim' used as an interrogative adverb meaning 'why' or 'from what cause'.

गुणः (guṇaḥ) - benefit (guṇa) (quality, virtue, attribute, benefit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, property, excellence, merit, string, strand

गुणगणाकर (guṇagaṇākara) - O ocean of virtues (O ocean of virtues, O mine of good qualities)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of guṇagaṇākara

guṇagaṇākara - mine of good qualities, ocean of virtues, abode of excellent attributes

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (guṇagaṇa+ākara)

• guṇagaṇa – multitude of virtues, collection of qualities
  noun (masculine)
• ākara – mine, source, origin, storehouse
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)