योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-200, verse-37

दशरथ उवाच ।
कियन्मात्रं तु राज्यं स्यादिति लज्जामहे मुने ।
प्रकर्षेणात्र तेनेश यथा जानासि तत्कुरु ॥ ३७ ॥

daśaratha uvāca ,
kiyanmātraṃ tu rājyaṃ syāditi lajjāmahe mune ,
prakarṣeṇātra teneśa yathā jānāsi tatkuru 37

37. daśarathaḥ uvāca kiyanmātram tu rājyam syāt iti lajjāmahe
mune prakarṣeṇa atra tena īśa yathā jānāsi tat kuru

37. daśarathaḥ uvāca mune kiyanmātram tu rājyam syāt
iti lajjāmahe tena atra īśa yathā jānāsi tat kuru

37. Daśaratha said: "O sage, we feel ashamed (to even suggest) how limited this kingdom would be (for your supervision). Therefore, O master, please do as you know best in this matter."

Words meanings summery:

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (name of a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कियन्मात्रम् (kiyanmātram) - how little, how much only

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, rule

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• लज्जामहे (lajjāmahe) - we are ashamed, we feel embarrassed

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• प्रकर्षेण (prakarṣeṇa) - excellently, with superiority, with great effort

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, on this point

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, on that account

• ईश (īśa) - O lord, O master, O ruler

• यथा (yathā) - as, in what manner

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

• तत् (tat) - that

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

Words meanings and morphology

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Daśaratha (father of Rāma)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कियन्मात्रम् (kiyanmātram) - how little, how much only

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiyanmātra

kiyanmātra - how much, how great, how little (often disparagingly)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kiyat+mātra)

• kiyat – how much, how many
  adjective
• mātra – mere, only, measure
  indeclinable

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, rule

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

लज्जामहे (lajjāmahe) - we are ashamed, we feel embarrassed

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of lajj

Root: lajj (class 1)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

प्रकर्षेण (prakarṣeṇa) - excellently, with superiority, with great effort

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prakarṣa

prakarṣa - excellence, superiority, high degree, effort

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, on this point

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, on that account

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ईश (īśa) - O lord, O master, O ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler, capable

यथा (yathā) - as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)