योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-14

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अहं त्वमयमित्यादिजगज्जठरमप्यलम् ।
कथं न जातं भगवन्सर्गादावनुभूतिमत् ॥ १४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
ahaṃ tvamayamityādijagajjaṭharamapyalam ,
kathaṃ na jātaṃ bhagavansargādāvanubhūtimat 14

14. śrīrāma uvāca aham tvam ayam iti ādi jagat jaṭharam api
alam katham na jātam bhagavan sarga ādau anubhūtimat

14. śrīrāma uvāca bhagavan sarga ādau aham tvam ayam iti
ādi jagat jaṭharam api alam anubhūtimat katham na jātam

14. Śrī Rāma said: O venerable one, how is it that this entire universe, encompassing "I," "you," "this," and all such distinctions, did not arise at the very beginning of creation as something endowed with consciousness or experience?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma, the speaker (Śrī Rāma (a respectful title for Rāma))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (referring to Śrī Rāma) (he said, spoke)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the first person pronoun) (I)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the second person pronoun) (you)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to a specific object or entity) (this (masculine))

• इति (iti) - indicating "and so on", "such as" (thus, so, etc.)

• आदि (ādi) - indicating "and so on" after a list (beginning, etc., and so on)

• जगत् (jagat) - the entire universe (world, universe)

• जठरम् (jaṭharam) - the interior or "belly" of the universe, encompassing it (belly, interior, womb)

• अपि (api) - even, emphasizing the totality (even, also, too)

• अलम् (alam) - completely, entirely (modifying the universe) (enough, sufficient, capable, entirely, completely)

• कथम् (katham) - interrogative "how" (how?)

• न (na) - negation of the verb "arise" (not, no)

• जातम् (jātam) - did not arise, did not come into being (born, arisen, produced)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - vocative addressing Vasiṣṭha (O venerable one, O blessed one)

• सर्ग (sarga) - creation (referring to the cosmic creation) (creation, emanation)

• आदौ (ādau) - at the very beginning (of creation) (in the beginning, initially)

• अनुभूतिमत् (anubhūtimat) - endowed with consciousness or experience (endowed with experience, conscious, sentient)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma, the speaker (Śrī Rāma (a respectful title for Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, divine grace; respectful prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (referring to Śrī Rāma) (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect (liṭ)

root 'vac', 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I (the first person pronoun) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the second person pronoun) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to a specific object or entity) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

इति (iti) - indicating "and so on", "such as" (thus, so, etc.)

(indeclinable)

आदि (ādi) - indicating "and so on" after a list (beginning, etc., and so on)

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the entire universe (world, universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; world, universe, people

Present Active Participle

derived from root gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

जठरम् (jaṭharam) - the interior or "belly" of the universe, encompassing it (belly, interior, womb)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaṭhara

jaṭhara - belly, abdomen, womb, interior

अपि (api) - even, emphasizing the totality (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

अलम् (alam) - completely, entirely (modifying the universe) (enough, sufficient, capable, entirely, completely)

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - interrogative "how" (how?)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - negation of the verb "arise" (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जातम् (jātam) - did not arise, did not come into being (born, arisen, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root jan (to be born) + kta suffix

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: It agrees with 'jagat-jaṭharam' (neuter singular).

भगवन् (bhagavan) - vocative addressing Vasiṣṭha (O venerable one, O blessed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable; a title for deities or revered persons

सर्ग (sarga) - creation (referring to the cosmic creation) (creation, emanation)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, chapter

from root sṛj (to create) + ghañ suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

आदौ (ādau) - at the very beginning (of creation) (in the beginning, initially)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, origin

अनुभूतिमत् (anubhūtimat) - endowed with consciousness or experience (endowed with experience, conscious, sentient)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anubhūtimat

anubhūtimat - possessing experience, conscious, sentient

derived from anubhūti (experience) + matup suffix

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)