योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-10

श्रीराम उवाच ।
योऽयं प्रत्यक्षदृश्योऽर्थो मुने त्वमहमादिकः ।
भूतादिरनुभूतात्मा स कथं नास्ति मे वद ॥ १० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yo'yaṃ pratyakṣadṛśyo'rtho mune tvamahamādikaḥ ,
bhūtādiranubhūtātmā sa kathaṃ nāsti me vada 10

10. śrīrāma uvāca yaḥ ayam pratyakṣadṛśyaḥ arthaḥ mune tvam
aham ādikaḥ bhūtādiḥ anubhūtātmā saḥ katham na asti me vada

10. śrīrāma uvāca mune me vada saḥ katham na asti yaḥ ayam
pratyakṣadṛśyaḥ arthaḥ tvam aham ādikaḥ bhūtādiḥ anubhūtātmā

10. Śrī Rāma said: O sage, this directly perceptible reality (artha), consisting of myself, you, and all other created beings, and indeed the very self (ātman) that experiences everything – how can you say that it does not exist? Please explain this to me.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• प्रत्यक्षदृश्यः (pratyakṣadṛśyaḥ) - directly perceptible, visible

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - reality, objective world (object, thing, meaning, purpose, reality)

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आदिकः (ādikaḥ) - beginning with, and so on, etc.

• भूतादिः (bhūtādiḥ) - the realm of created beings and elements (beginning with the elements/beings, created things)

• अनुभूतात्मा (anubhūtātmā) - the individual soul or self that undergoes experience (the experienced self)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the previously mentioned 'artha') (that, he)

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मे (me) - to me (indirect object of vada) (to me, for me, my)

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma, the revered Rama

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, wealth, beauty, sacred
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Class 2 verb (vac-ādeśa to uvāca for perfect tense)

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

प्रत्यक्षदृश्यः (pratyakṣadṛśyaḥ) - directly perceptible, visible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyakṣadṛśya

pratyakṣadṛśya - directly visible, perceptible by the senses

From pratyakṣa (direct perception) + dṛśya (visible/perceptible).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pratyakṣa+dṛśya)

• pratyakṣa – direct perception, before the eyes
  indeclinable (neuter)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: akṣ
• dṛśya – visible, perceptible, to be seen
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From root dṛś + ya suffix
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - reality, objective world (object, thing, meaning, purpose, reality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, object, thing, wealth, reality

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, contemplative

Root: man (class 4)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

आदिकः (ādikaḥ) - beginning with, and so on, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādika

ādika - beginning with, and so on, et cetera

Derived from ādi (beginning)

Note: Functions here as part of a conceptual list 'you, I, etc.'

भूतादिः (bhūtādiḥ) - the realm of created beings and elements (beginning with the elements/beings, created things)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtādi

bhūtādi - beginning with the elements, etc.; the primordial elements and beings

Tatpurusha or Bahuvrīhi compound. 'Ādi' meaning 'beginning' or 'etc.' attached to 'bhūta' (element/being).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+ādi)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, foremost
  noun (masculine)

अनुभूतात्मा (anubhūtātmā) - the individual soul or self that undergoes experience (the experienced self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anubhūtātman

anubhūtātman - the experienced self (ātman), the soul that perceives or experiences

Tatpurusha compound: anubhūta (experienced) + ātman (self).

Compound type : tatpurusha (anubhūta+ātman)

• anubhūta – experienced, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū with upasarga anu
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the previously mentioned 'artha') (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

Present Active

Class 2 verb

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (indirect object of vada) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Alternative form for genitive/dative singular of asmad.

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Class 1 verb

Root: vad (class 1)