योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-176, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
जगन्ति सन्त्यसंख्यानि भविष्यन्ति गतानि च ।
तत्कथाभिः कथं ब्रह्मन्प्रबोधयसि मामिमम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
jaganti santyasaṃkhyāni bhaviṣyanti gatāni ca ,
tatkathābhiḥ kathaṃ brahmanprabodhayasi māmimam 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca jaganti santi asaṅkhyāni bhaviṣyanti gatāni
ca tatkathābhiḥ kathaṃ brahman prabodhayati mām imam

1. śrīrāma uvāca brahman asaṅkhyāni jaganti santi bhaviṣyanti
ca gatāni tatkathābhiḥ mām imam kathaṃ prabodhayati

1. Śrī Rāma said: "There are, have been, and will be innumerable worlds. O Brahman (brahman), how do you enlighten me with the stories about them?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• असङ्ख्यानि (asaṅkhyāni) - innumerable, countless

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be, will exist

• गतानि (gatāni) - gone, passed, past

• च (ca) - and

• तत्कथाभिः (tatkathābhiḥ) - with those stories, by means of those narrations

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner, why

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Used as a vocative addressing Vasiṣṭha (O Brahman, O venerable one)

• प्रबोधयति (prabodhayati) - do you enlighten, awaken, instruct

• माम् (mām) - me

• इमम् (imam) - Refers to Śrī Rāma, emphasizing 'me' (this (one), me)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, an epithet of Vishnu, a prominent deity in Hinduism

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Root: gam (class 1)

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: as (class 2)

असङ्ख्यानि (asaṅkhyāni) - innumerable, countless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asaṅkhya

asaṅkhya - innumerable, countless, without number

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+saṅkhyā)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• saṅkhyā – number, count, calculation
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be, will exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future tense, 3rd person plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

गतानि (gatāni) - gone, passed, past

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, past, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत्कथाभिः (tatkathābhiḥ) - with those stories, by means of those narrations

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tatkathā

tatkathā - that story, that narration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+kathā)

• tad – that, those
  pronoun
• kathā – story, tale, narration
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kath (class 10)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Used as a vocative addressing Vasiṣṭha (O Brahman, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality), a priest, a venerable person

प्रबोधयति (prabodhayati) - do you enlighten, awaken, instruct

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of prabudh

Causative stem of 'budh', Present tense, 2nd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

इमम् (imam) - Refers to Śrī Rāma, emphasizing 'me' (this (one), me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (near the speaker)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'