योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-176, verse-8

पुरा पृष्टो मया ब्रह्मा जगज्जालमिदं कियत् ।
क्व वा भातीति वद मे ब्रह्मोवाच ततः स माम् ॥ ८ ॥

purā pṛṣṭo mayā brahmā jagajjālamidaṃ kiyat ,
kva vā bhātīti vada me brahmovāca tataḥ sa mām 8

8. purā pṛṣṭaḥ mayā brahmā jagajjālam idam kiyat kva
vā bhāti iti vada me brahmā uvāca tataḥ saḥ mām

8. purā mayā brahmā pṛṣṭaḥ idam jagajjālam kiyat vā
kva bhāti iti me vada tataḥ saḥ brahmā mām uvāca

8. Once, I asked Brahmā, 'How vast is this cosmic web of worlds, and where does it manifest itself? Please tell me.' Then, he, Brahmā, replied to me.

Words meanings summery:

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, once upon a time

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• जगज्जालम् (jagajjālam) - web of worlds, cosmic net

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कियत् (kiyat) - how much, how vast, how great

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks the end of a quote or thought)

• वद (vada) - tell! speak!

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• सः (saḥ) - he (Brahmā) (he, that (person))

• माम् (mām) - me, to me

Words meanings and morphology

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, once upon a time

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prach

prach - to ask, to question, to interrogate

Past Passive Participle

From root 'prach'

Root: prach (class 6)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, my, by me

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality

जगज्जालम् (jagajjālam) - web of worlds, cosmic net

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagajjāla

jagajjāla - the net or web of the world, cosmic illusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat+jāla)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jāla – net, web, illusion
  noun (neuter)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

कियत् (kiyat) - how much, how vast, how great

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiyat

kiyat - how much, how many, how great, how vast

क्व (kva) - where, in what place

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root 'bhā' in present indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: bhā (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks the end of a quote or thought)

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - tell! speak!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root 'vad' in imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, my, to me

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root 'vac' in perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (Brahmā) (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

माम् (mām) - me, to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me, to me