योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-180, verse-20

अथ तेनोक्तमर्थस्ते क इवानेन तापस ।
अर्थे नातिविचित्रा हि भवन्तीच्छाः शरीरिणाम् ॥ २० ॥

atha tenoktamarthaste ka ivānena tāpasa ,
arthe nātivicitrā hi bhavantīcchāḥ śarīriṇām 20

20. atha tena uktam arthaḥ te kaḥ iva anena tāpasa
arthe na ativicitrā hi bhavanti icchāḥ śarīriṇām

20. atha tena uktam: he tāpasa,
anena kaḥ iva te arthaḥ? hi,
śarīriṇām icchāḥ arthe na ativicitrāḥ bhavanti.

20. Then he said, 'What is your concern with this, O ascetic? For indeed, the desires of embodied beings are not particularly unusual regarding their purpose.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• तेन (tena) - by him (the ascetic) (by him, by that)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - was said (said, spoken)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - concern, purpose (purpose, meaning, object)

• ते (te) - to you (the narrator) (to you, for you, your)

• कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what)

• इव (iva) - indeed, really (like, as, as it were, indeed)

• अनेन (anena) - with this (matter/question) (by this, with this)

• तापस (tāpasa) - O ascetic (addressing the narrator) (O ascetic)

• अर्थे (arthe) - regarding the purpose/object (in the purpose, for the sake of, regarding the object)

• न (na) - not

• अतिविचित्रा (ativicitrā) - particularly unusual (very strange, very wonderful, very varied)

• हि (hi) - for indeed (indeed, for, because)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - are (they are, they become)

• इच्छाः (icchāḥ) - desires (desires, wishes)

• शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings (of embodied beings, of creatures)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him (the ascetic) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: refers to the broad-eyed ascetic

उक्तम् (uktam) - was said (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

derived from root √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - concern, purpose (purpose, meaning, object)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, object, wealth

Root: ṛ

ते (te) - to you (the narrator) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: enclitic form of `tava`

कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: interrogative, agrees with `arthaḥ`

इव (iva) - indeed, really (like, as, as it were, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: softens the interrogative, implies 'what on earth'

अनेन (anena) - with this (matter/question) (by this, with this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: refers to the narrator's inquiry

तापस (tāpasa) - O ascetic (addressing the narrator) (O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, one who performs penance

Root: tapas

अर्थे (arthe) - regarding the purpose/object (in the purpose, for the sake of, regarding the object)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, object, wealth

Root: ṛ

Note: 'in respect to purpose' or 'regarding objects of desire'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अतिविचित्रा (ativicitrā) - particularly unusual (very strange, very wonderful, very varied)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ativicitra

ativicitra - very strange, exceedingly varied

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+vicitra)

• ati – beyond, exceeding, very
  indeclinable
• vicitra – strange, wonderful, variegated
  adjective (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: cit (class 10)

Note: agrees with `icchāḥ`

हि (hi) - for indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - are (they are, they become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Indicative

3rd person plural, present active

Root: bhū (class 1)

इच्छाः (icchāḥ) - desires (desires, wishes)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of icchā

icchā - desire, wish

Root: iṣ (class 6)

शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings (of embodied beings, of creatures)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, a living being

Root: śarīra

Note: acts as a noun here, 'of those who have bodies'