योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-80

श्रीराम उवाच ।
न जाग्रद्राजते स्वप्ने तद्ब्रह्मान्यत्तदेव हि ।
बुद्धमेतत्कथं त्वन्यदपूर्वमिव भासते ॥ ८० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
na jāgradrājate svapne tadbrahmānyattadeva hi ,
buddhametatkathaṃ tvanyadapūrvamiva bhāsate 80

80. śrī rāmaḥ uvāca na jāgrat rājate svapne tat brahman anyat
tat eva hi buddham etat katham tu anyat apūrvam iva bhāsate

80. śrī rāmaḥ uvāca: jāgrat svapne na rājate.
tat brahman anyat,
tat eva hi.
etat buddham (api) katham tu anyat apūrvam iva bhāsate?

80. Śrī Rāma said: The waking world does not appear in a dream. That Brahman (brahman) is distinct, yet it is indeed that very [reality]. How then, after this [waking world] has been known, does something else appear as if entirely new?

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - venerable (prefix of respect) (auspicious, venerable, prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī, prefix of respect)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma (Rāma (name of a king/deity))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - the waking state / waking world (waking, awake)

• राजते (rājate) - appears, manifests (shines, appears, rules)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream (in a dream, in sleep)

• तत् (tat) - that (Brahman) (that)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (the Absolute Reality, universal spirit)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - distinct, different (other, different)

• तत् (tat) - that (reality) (that)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, just, indeed, very)

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

• बुद्धम् (buddham) - (this world) having been known (known, understood, awakened)

• एतत् (etat) - this (waking world) (this)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? why?)

• तु (tu) - then, but (but, yet, on the other hand)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - something else (other, different)

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - as if unprecedented, entirely new (unprecedented, new, not seen before)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

• भासते (bhāsate) - appears (shines, appears)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - venerable (prefix of respect) (auspicious, venerable, prosperity, goddess Lakṣmī, prefix of respect)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, auspiciousness, goddess Lakṣmī

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma (Rāma (name of a king/deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - pleasing, charming; name of a celebrated king, seventh incarnation of Viṣṇu

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class) in perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जाग्रत् (jāgrat) - the waking state / waking world (waking, awake)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgrat

jāgrat - waking, awake, watchful

present active participle

derived from root 'jāgṛ' (2nd class)

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

राजते (rājate) - appears, manifests (shines, appears, rules)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rāj

present middle

root 'rāj' (1st class) in middle voice

Root: rāj (class 1)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream (in a dream, in sleep)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (Brahman) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (the Absolute Reality, universal spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, universal spirit, the ultimate principle

अन्यत् (anyat) - distinct, different (other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Predicative adjective for 'brahman'.

तत् (tat) - that (reality) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

बुद्धम् (buddham) - (this world) having been known (known, understood, awakened)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of buddha

buddha - awakened, known, understood

past passive participle

derived from root 'budh' (1st/4th class)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'etat'.

एतत् (etat) - this (waking world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the waking world.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? why?)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - then, but (but, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - something else (other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - as if unprecedented, entirely new (unprecedented, new, not seen before)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, new, not seen before, unique

compound of 'a' (negation) and 'pūrva' (former/before)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pūrva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• pūrva – former, prior, before, eastern
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'thing' that appears in a dream.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

भासते (bhāsate) - appears (shines, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhās

present middle

root 'bhās' (1st class) in middle voice

Root: bhās (class 1)

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