योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-26

किं ध्यातृशतलब्धस्य ध्येयस्यैकस्य कारणम् ।
किं च गन्धर्वनगरे पुरे भित्तिषु कारणम् ॥ २६ ॥

kiṃ dhyātṛśatalabdhasya dhyeyasyaikasya kāraṇam ,
kiṃ ca gandharvanagare pure bhittiṣu kāraṇam 26

26. kim dhyātṛśatalabdhasya dhyeyasya ekasya kāraṇam
kim ca gandharvanagare pure bhittiṣu kāraṇam

26. kim dhyātṛśatalabdhasya ekasya dhyeyasya kāraṇam?
ca kim gandharvanagare pure bhittiṣu kāraṇam?

26. What is the cause of a single object of meditation (dhyeya) that is attained by hundreds of meditators (dhyātṛ)? And what is the cause of the walls in a city of Gandharvas (i.e., a mirage)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• ध्यातृशतलब्धस्य (dhyātṛśatalabdhasya) - of that which is obtained by hundreds of meditators

• ध्येयस्य (dhyeyasya) - of the object of meditation (dhyeya)

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, of a single

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

• किम् (kim) - what?

• च (ca) - and

• गन्धर्वनगरे (gandharvanagare) - in a city of Gandharvas (mirage)

• पुरे (pure) - in the city, in the fortress

• भित्तिषु (bhittiṣu) - in the walls

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Predicate to kāraṇam.

ध्यातृशतलब्धस्य (dhyātṛśatalabdhasya) - of that which is obtained by hundreds of meditators

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dhyātṛśatalabdha

dhyātṛśatalabdha - obtained by hundreds of meditators

Compound ending in labdha (PPP of √labh).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhyātṛ+śata+labdha)

• dhyātṛ – meditator, contemplator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root √dhyai (to meditate).
  Root: dhyai (class 1)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• labdha – obtained, acquired
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √labh (to obtain).
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: This is a compound meaning 'of that which is obtained by hundreds of meditators'.

ध्येयस्य (dhyeyasya) - of the object of meditation (dhyeya)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dhyeya

dhyeya - object of meditation, that which is to be meditated upon

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

From √dhyai (to meditate) with ya suffix.

Root: dhyai (class 1)

Note: Refers to the goal or content of meditation.

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, of a single

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, alone

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, means, instrument

From √kṛ (to do) + ana suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The object of the rhetorical question.

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Predicate to kāraṇam.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two questions.

गन्धर्वनगरे (gandharvanagare) - in a city of Gandharvas (mirage)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gandharvanagara

gandharvanagara - city of Gandharvas, a mirage, an illusory city

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandharva+nagara)

• gandharva – Gandharva (a class of celestial beings)
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: In apposition to pure.

पुरे (pure) - in the city, in the fortress

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, fortress, abode

भित्तिषु (bhittiṣu) - in the walls

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of bhitti

bhitti - wall, partition, breaking, splitting

From √bhid (to break).

Root: bhid (class 7)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, means, instrument

From √kṛ (to do) + ana suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate to kim.