योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-213, verse-16

यथा स्वप्नपुरं शान्तं न जाने क्वाशु गच्छति ।
शान्तं तथा जगद्दृश्यं न जाने क्वाशु गच्छति ॥ १६ ॥

yathā svapnapuraṃ śāntaṃ na jāne kvāśu gacchati ,
śāntaṃ tathā jagaddṛśyaṃ na jāne kvāśu gacchati 16

16. yathā svapnapuram śāntam na jāne kva āśu gacchati
śāntam tathā jagaddṛśyam na jāne kva āśu gacchati

16. yathā svapnapuram śāntam kva āśu gacchati na jāne
tathā jagaddṛśyam śāntam kva āśu gacchati na jāne

16. Just as a city in a dream, when it has ceased, I do not know where it quickly goes, similarly, this visible world, when it has ceased, I do not know where it quickly goes.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• स्वप्नपुरम् (svapnapuram) - a city in a dream, a dream-city

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - ceased, tranquil, subsided

• न (na) - not

• जाने (jāne) - I know, I understand

• क्व (kva) - where, to where

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, soon

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - ceased, tranquil, subsided

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• जगद्दृश्यम् (jagaddṛśyam) - the visible world, the world that is seen

• न (na) - not

• जाने (jāne) - I know, I understand

• क्व (kva) - where, to where

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, soon

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

स्वप्नपुरम् (svapnapuram) - a city in a dream, a dream-city

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapnapura

svapnapura - a dream-city

Compound type : Tatpurusha (svapna+pura)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

शान्तम् (śāntam) - ceased, tranquil, subsided

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - ceased, tranquil, subsided, peaceful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam- ('to cease, be tranquil').

Root: śam (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्व (kva) - where, to where

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, soon

(indeclinable)

Note: Can also be an adjective meaning 'quick'.

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

शान्तम् (śāntam) - ceased, tranquil, subsided

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - ceased, tranquil, subsided, peaceful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam- ('to cease, be tranquil').

Root: śam (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

जगद्दृश्यम् (jagaddṛśyam) - the visible world, the world that is seen

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagaddṛśya

jagaddṛśya - the visible world, the world that is seen

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jagat+dṛśya)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  From root gam- ('to go') as a present participle, nominalized.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dṛśya – visible, perceivable, to be seen, an object of sight
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś- ('to see') with suffix -ya (kṛtya, expressing 'to be seen' or 'that which is seen').
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्व (kva) - where, to where

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, soon

(indeclinable)

Note: Can also be an adjective meaning 'quick'.

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)