योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-70

श्रीराम उवाच ।
कथं न संभवत्येतच्चेत्यं यदनुभूयते ।
अपह्नवश्चानुभवे क्रियते कथमीदृशः ॥ ७० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kathaṃ na saṃbhavatyetaccetyaṃ yadanubhūyate ,
apahnavaścānubhave kriyate kathamīdṛśaḥ 70

70. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca | kathaṃ na saṃbhavati etat cetyaṃ yat anubhūyate
| apahnavaḥ ca anubhave kriyate kathaṃ īdṛśaḥ || 70 ||

70. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yat anubhūyate etat cetyaṃ kathaṃ na
saṃbhavati? anubhave īdṛśaḥ apahnavaḥ ca kathaṃ kriyate?

70. Śrī Rāma said: How can this object of thought (cetya), which is directly experienced, be non-existent? How can such a denial of experience (anubhava) be made?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• न (na) - not, no

• संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, occurs, is possible

• एतत् (etat) - this

• चेत्यं (cetyaṁ) - object of thought, knowable, perceivable

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is directly experienced (is experienced, is perceived)

• अपह्नवः (apahnavaḥ) - denial, concealment, repudiation

• च (ca) - and, also

• अनुभवे (anubhave) - in experience, in perception

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is performed

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - the venerable Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – revered, splendid
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a prominent deity and epic hero)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

संभवति (saṁbhavati) - exists, occurs, is possible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active of √bhū (class 1) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Neuter nominative singular of etad

चेत्यं (cetyaṁ) - object of thought, knowable, perceivable

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetya

cetya - that which is to be thought, an object of thought, the knowable

Gerundive

Gerundive of √cit (to perceive, know), used as a noun

Root: cit (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which

Neuter nominative singular of yad

अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is directly experienced (is experienced, is perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of bhū

Present Passive

Present 3rd person singular passive of √bhū (class 1) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपह्नवः (apahnavaḥ) - denial, concealment, repudiation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apahnava

apahnava - denial, concealment, rejection

From apa-√hnu (to conceal, deny)

Prefix: apa

Root: hnu (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, placed after the word it connects.

अनुभवे (anubhave) - in experience, in perception

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception

From anu-√bhū (to experience)

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of kṛ

Present Passive

Present 3rd person singular passive of √kṛ (class 8)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

ईदृशः (īdṛśaḥ) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

Masculine nominative singular of īdṛśa