योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-210, verse-18

राजोवाच ।
सर्गादौ भगवन्देहमिदं चिन्मात्रकल्पनम् ।
कथं भाति कथं कुड्यं विना दीपः प्रकाशते ॥ १८ ॥

rājovāca ,
sargādau bhagavandehamidaṃ cinmātrakalpanam ,
kathaṃ bhāti kathaṃ kuḍyaṃ vinā dīpaḥ prakāśate 18

18. rājā uvāca sargādau bhagavan deham idam cinmātrakalpanam
katham bhāti katham kuḍyam vinā dīpaḥ prakāśate

18. rājā uvāca.
bhagavan,
sargādau idam cinmātrakalpanam deham katham bhāti? kuḍyam vinā dīpaḥ katham prakāśate?

18. The King said: 'O Venerable One (Bhagavan), how does this body (deha), which is merely a conceptualization of pure consciousness (cinmātra), appear at the beginning of creation (sarga)? How can a lamp (dīpa) illuminate without a wall (kuḍya) to reflect its light?'

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - king

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One, O Illustrious One

• देहम् (deham) - body

• इदम् (idam) - this

• चिन्मात्रकल्पनम् (cinmātrakalpanam) - merely a conceptualization of pure consciousness, imagination consisting solely of consciousness

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• कुड्यम् (kuḍyam) - wall

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• दीपः (dīpaḥ) - lamp, light

• प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, illuminates, becomes visible

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्गादौ (sargādau) - at the beginning of creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sargādi

sargādi - beginning of creation, primordial creation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sarga+ādi)

• sarga – creation, emanation, discharge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj
• ādi – beginning, start, primeval
  noun (masculine)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One, O Illustrious One

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine; an epithet for gods or revered teachers

Root: bhaj

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

Root: dih

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

चिन्मात्रकल्पनम् (cinmātrakalpanam) - merely a conceptualization of pure consciousness, imagination consisting solely of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cinmātrakalpanā

cinmātrakalpanā - conceptualization of pure consciousness, imagination consisting solely of consciousness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cinmātra+kalpanā)

• cinmātra – merely consciousness, pure consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• kalpanā – imagination, conception, mental construction
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kḷp

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

कुड्यम् (kuḍyam) - wall

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuḍya

kuḍya - wall, screen

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

दीपः (dīpaḥ) - lamp, light

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, candle

Root: dīp

प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, illuminates, becomes visible

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)