योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-82

श्रीराम उवाच ।
एवं स्वप्नात्मकं भाति जगदित्येव बुद्धवान् ।
ग्रहवत्स्वप्नयक्षोऽयं कथं ब्रह्मंश्चिकित्स्यते ॥ ८२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
evaṃ svapnātmakaṃ bhāti jagadityeva buddhavān ,
grahavatsvapnayakṣo'yaṃ kathaṃ brahmaṃścikitsyate 82

82. śrī rāmaḥ uvāca evam svapna ātmakam bhāti jagat iti eva
buddhvān grahavat svapna yakṣaḥ ayam katham brahman cikitsyate

82. śrī rāmaḥ uvāca: evam jagat svapna-ātmakam bhāti iti eva buddhvān,
(tarhi) he brahman! ayam grahavat svapna-yakṣaḥ katham cikitsyate?

82. Śrī Rāma said: Having thus understood that the world (jagat) appears to be dream-like, how, O Brahmin (brahman), can this dream-spirit (svapna-yakṣa), like an afflicting planet (graha), be remedied?

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)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this way, so)

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream-like (dream, sleep)

• आत्मकम् (ātmakam) - -like, consisting of, having the nature of (self, nature, essence, consisting of)

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, seems (shines, appears, seems)

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

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner)

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

• बुद्धवान् (buddhavān) - having understood (having understood, having awakened)

• ग्रहवत् (grahavat) - like an afflicting planet (graha) or seizing spirit (like a planet, like a seizing spirit)

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream-spirit (dream, sleep)

• यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - spirit, demon (here, a dream-spirit or hallucination) (yaksha (a class of nature-spirit), demon)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (dream-spirit) (this, this one)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? why?)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (Vasiṣṭha) (O Brahmin, O Lord (vocative for a male person))

• चिकित्स्यते (cikitsyate) - can be remedied (is treated, is cured, is remedied)

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)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of manner.

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream-like (dream, sleep)

(noun)

masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

आत्मकम् (ātmakam) - -like, consisting of, having the nature of (self, nature, essence, consisting of)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātmaka

ātmaka - consisting of, having the nature of, self-related

suffix '-ka' added to 'ātman'

Note: Forms the compound 'svapnātmakam'.

भाति (bhāti) - appears, seems (shines, appears, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

present active

root 'bhā' (2nd class) in active voice

Root: bhā (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

present active participle (from gam)

root 'gam' (1st class) with reduplication, used as a substantive

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhāti'.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

बुद्धवान् (buddhavān) - having understood (having understood, having awakened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budh

budh - to know, to understand, to awaken

perfect active participle

from root 'budh' (1st/4th class), perfect active participle

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Implies the speaker (Rāma) or the listener (Vasiṣṭha) has this understanding.

ग्रहवत् (grahavat) - like an afflicting planet (graha) or seizing spirit (like a planet, like a seizing spirit)

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like, similar to) to 'graha'

Note: Adverbial usage.

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream-spirit (dream, sleep)

(noun)

masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - spirit, demon (here, a dream-spirit or hallucination) (yaksha (a class of nature-spirit), demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of supernatural beings, spirit, demon, ghost

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Combined with 'svapna' to mean 'dream-spirit'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (dream-spirit) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'svapna-yakṣaḥ'.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? why?)

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (Vasiṣṭha) (O Brahmin, O Lord (vocative for a male person))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, religious person; the ultimate reality (neuter)

Note: Direct address to Vasiṣṭha.

चिकित्स्यते (cikitsyate) - can be remedied (is treated, is cured, is remedied)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of cikits

desiderative root, present passive

desiderative of 'kit' (or 'cit'), used in passive voice

Root: kit/cit (class 10)

Note: Expresses ability (can be remedied).

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