योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-62, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
यदेतद्भवता दृष्टं चिद्व्योमवपुषा तदा ।
तदेकदेशसंस्थेन किमुत भ्रमताम्बरे ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yadetadbhavatā dṛṣṭaṃ cidvyomavapuṣā tadā ,
tadekadeśasaṃsthena kimuta bhramatāmbare 1

1. yat etat bhavatā dṛṣṭam cit-vyoma-vapuṣā tadā
tat-eka-deśa-saṃsthena kim uta bhramatā ambare

1. bhavatā cidvyomavapuṣā tadā yat etat dṛṣṭam
tat ekadeśasaṃsthena ambare bhramatā uta kim

1. Śrī Rāma said: If that was seen by you, whose form was the expanse of consciousness (cid-vyoma) at that time, then how could it possibly be (seen) by one who wanders in the physical sky, being situated in only a small part of that (consciousness-expanse)?

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (Vasiṣṭha) (by your honor, by you)

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - was seen (seen, observed)

• चित्-व्योम-वपुषा (cit-vyoma-vapuṣā) - by you, whose form was the expanse of consciousness (cid-vyoma) (by one whose body is consciousness-space)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

• तत्-एक-देश-संस्थेन (tat-eka-deśa-saṁsthena) - by one situated in only a small part of that (consciousness-expanse) (by one situated in a part of that)

• किम् (kim) - how could it possibly be (seen) (what, how)

• उत (uta) - then how (or, and, moreover, how much more, what then)

• भ्रमता (bhramatā) - by one who wanders (by one wandering)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the physical sky (in the sky, in space)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (Vasiṣṭha) (by your honor, by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - was seen (seen, observed)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Accords with 'yat etat'.

चित्-व्योम-वपुषा (cit-vyoma-vapuṣā) - by you, whose form was the expanse of consciousness (cid-vyoma) (by one whose body is consciousness-space)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cit-vyoma-vapus

cit-vyoma-vapus - one whose body is consciousness-space

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cit+vyoman+vapus)

• cit – consciousness, knowledge
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, space, ether, expanse
  noun (neuter)
• vapus – body, form
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective to 'bhavatā' implicitly.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

तत्-एक-देश-संस्थेन (tat-eka-deśa-saṁsthena) - by one situated in only a small part of that (consciousness-expanse) (by one situated in a part of that)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tat-eka-deśa-saṃstha

tat-eka-deśa-saṁstha - situated in a part of that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+eka+deśa+saṃstha)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• deśa – place, region, part
  noun (masculine)
• saṃstha – situated, abiding, standing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implied agent.

किम् (kim) - how could it possibly be (seen) (what, how)

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - then how (or, and, moreover, how much more, what then)

(indeclinable)

भ्रमता (bhramatā) - by one who wanders (by one wandering)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhramat

bhramat - wandering, moving about

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhram (to wander)

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implied agent.

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the physical sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, space