योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-204, verse-8

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
ब्रूहि राघव तत्त्वेन स्वप्नदृष्टमहापुरे ।
संपन्ना भूः कथमिव संपन्नं कथमम्बरम् ॥ ८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
brūhi rāghava tattvena svapnadṛṣṭamahāpure ,
saṃpannā bhūḥ kathamiva saṃpannaṃ kathamambaram 8

8. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca brūhi rāghava tattvena svapnadṛṣṭamahāpure
sampannā bhūḥ katham iva sampannam katham ambaram

8. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāghava svapnadṛṣṭamahāpure bhūḥ katham
iva sampannā ambaram katham sampannam tattvena brūhi

8. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O Rāghava, tell me truly: in a great city seen in a dream, how did the earth manifest? And how did the sky manifest?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rāma))

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, in reality, in essence

• स्वप्नदृष्टमहापुरे (svapnadṛṣṭamahāpure) - in a great city seen in a dream

• सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - manifested, came into being, achieved

• भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, ground

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed (for emphasis)

• सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - manifested, came into being, achieved

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere, space

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha (a famous sage)

Compound type : karmadharaya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – beauty, prosperity, glory; venerable, sacred (honorific)
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit) form of the root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Lot) of brū

Imperative 2nd person singular form of the root 'brū'

Root: brū (class 2)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rāma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, in reality, in essence

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence, true state

स्वप्नदृष्टमहापुरे (svapnadṛṣṭamahāpure) - in a great city seen in a dream

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svapnadṛṣṭamahāpura

svapnadṛṣṭamahāpura - a great city seen in a dream

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svapna+dṛṣṭa+mahāpura)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'dṛś'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• mahāpura – great city
  noun (neuter)

सम्पन्ना (sampannā) - manifested, came into being, achieved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, happened, come to pass, brought about, prosperous

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'pad' with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

भूः (bhūḥ) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, place, world

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed (for emphasis)

(indeclinable)

सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - manifested, came into being, achieved

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, happened, come to pass, brought about, prosperous

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'pad' with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth, garment