योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-10

श्रीराम उवाच ।
येषु कल्पेषु ते जाताः क्षीयन्ते कल्पकल्पनाः ।
यदि तास्तत्कथं तेषां प्रबुद्धानामवस्थितिः ॥ १० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yeṣu kalpeṣu te jātāḥ kṣīyante kalpakalpanāḥ ,
yadi tāstatkathaṃ teṣāṃ prabuddhānāmavasthitiḥ 10

10. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yeṣu kalpeṣu te jātāḥ kṣīyante kalpakalpanāḥ
yadi tāḥ tat katham teṣām prabuddhānām avasthitiḥ

10. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yadi yeṣu kalpeṣu te jātāḥ tāḥ kalpakalpanāḥ
kṣīyante tat teṣām prabuddhānām avasthitiḥ katham

10. Śrī Rāma said: 'If the creations associated with the cosmic ages (kalpa-kalpanāḥ) in which those [beings] came into existence are annihilated, then how can the awakened ones (prabuddhānām) maintain their existence?'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rama, Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which

• कल्पेषु (kalpeṣu) - in the cosmic ages, in the kalpas

• ते (te) - they, those

• जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, arisen, produced

• क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - are destroyed, perish, waste away

• कल्पकल्पनाः (kalpakalpanāḥ) - creations of the kalpa, imaginations of the cosmic age

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• प्रबुद्धानाम् (prabuddhānām) - of the awakened ones, of those who are enlightened

• अवस्थितिः (avasthitiḥ) - existence, continuance, situation, state

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rama, Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama (an epithet of Vishnu, central figure of Ramayana)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, auspiciousness, revered
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama, pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Title and proper name.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of vac

Perfect Indicative

Par. 3rd P. Sg. from √vac (to speak), perfect tense (lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

येषु (yeṣu) - in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to 'kalpeṣu'

कल्पेषु (kalpeṣu) - in the cosmic ages, in the kalpas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kalpa

kalpa - cosmic age, aeon, sacred precept, rule

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'dream-persons' or beings in question.

जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, arisen, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

From √jan (to be born, produced)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'te'

क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - are destroyed, perish, waste away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (lat) of kṣī

Present Indicative

Atm. 3rd P. Pl. from √kṣi (to destroy, perish), class 5/9, often passive voice forms for intransitive meaning.

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Refers to 'kalpakalpanāḥ'

कल्पकल्पनाः (kalpakalpanāḥ) - creations of the kalpa, imaginations of the cosmic age

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalpakalpanā

kalpakalpanā - imaginings or creations belonging to a kalpa (cosmic age)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+kalpanā)

• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon
  noun (masculine)
• kalpanā – imagination, creation, formation, arrangement
  noun (feminine)
  From √kḷp (to form, imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'kalpakalpanāḥ'

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle, implies 'then what?'

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'prabuddhānām'.

प्रबुद्धानाम् (prabuddhānām) - of the awakened ones, of those who are enlightened

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prabuddha

prabuddha - awakened, enlightened, expanded, aware

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√budh (to awaken, perceive)

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as 'of the awakened ones'.

अवस्थितिः (avasthitiḥ) - existence, continuance, situation, state

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avasthiti

avasthiti - state, position, continuance, existence, duration

From ava-√sthā (to stand down, remain)

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)