योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-36

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कुतो भवेदनभ्यासो भवेदभ्यसनं कुतः ।
कुतोऽभ्यासात्मिका भ्रान्तिरेषा पुनरुपस्थिता ॥ ३६ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kuto bhavedanabhyāso bhavedabhyasanaṃ kutaḥ ,
kuto'bhyāsātmikā bhrāntireṣā punarupasthitā 36

36. śrīrāma uvāca kutaḥ bhavet anabhyāsaḥ bhavet abhyasanam
kutaḥ kutaḥ abhyāsātmikā bhrāntiḥ eṣā punar upasthitā

36. śrīrāma uvāca anabhyāsaḥ kutaḥ bhavet abhyasanam kutaḥ
bhavet punaḥ eṣā abhyāsātmikā bhrāntiḥ kutaḥ upasthitā

36. Śrī Rāma said: "How could there be non-practice (anabhyāsa)? How could there be practice (abhyasana)? And from where did this delusion (bhrānti), which is characterized by habit (abhyāsa), reappear?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be, exists

• अनभ्यासः (anabhyāsaḥ) - non-practice, lack of habituation

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be, exists

• अभ्यसनम् (abhyasanam) - practice, repetition, study

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

• अभ्यासात्मिका (abhyāsātmikā) - of the nature of practice, characterized by habit

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion, error, confusion

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• पुनर् (punar) - again, moreover, but

• उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - manifested again (present, appeared, stood near)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, auspiciousness, revered (honorific)
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – pleasing, charming, black, a name of an incarnation of Viṣṇu
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

Irregular perfect form from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of kim, used adverbially.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

optative active

From root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अनभ्यासः (anabhyāsaḥ) - non-practice, lack of habituation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anabhyāsa

anabhyāsa - non-practice, lack of repetition, absence of habituation

From an (negative) + abhyāsa (practice).

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

optative active

From root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अभ्यसनम् (abhyasanam) - practice, repetition, study

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhyasana

abhyasana - practice, repetition, study, habituation

Noun of action from abhi (prefix) + root as (to throw, to cast, to practice).

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of kim, used adverbially.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of kim, used adverbially.

अभ्यासात्मिका (abhyāsātmikā) - of the nature of practice, characterized by habit

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhyāsātmika

abhyāsātmika - having the nature of practice/habit

From abhyāsa (practice) + ātmika (having the nature of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhyāsa+ātmika)

• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study, habituation
  noun (masculine)
  From abhi (prefix) + root as (to throw, repeat).
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)
• ātmika – relating to the self (ātman), inherent, essential, having the nature of
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ātman + ika suffix.

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - delusion, error, confusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - delusion, error, confusion, mistake

From root bhram (to wander, to err) + ti suffix.

Root: bhram (class 1)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

पुनर् (punar) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - manifested again (present, appeared, stood near)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - stood near, approached, present, appeared

Past Passive Participle

From upa (prefix) + root sthā (to stand) + ita suffix.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)