योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-62, verse-21

श्रीराम उवाच ।
शरीरस्थानकरणप्रयत्नप्राणसंभवैः ।
यदुदेति वचो वर्णैस्तत्कुतस्तादृशाकृतेः ॥ २१ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṃbhavaiḥ ,
yadudeti vaco varṇaistatkutastādṛśākṛteḥ 21

21. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṃbhavaiḥ
yat udeti vacaḥ varṇaiḥ tat kutaḥ tādṛśākṛteḥ

21. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yat vacaḥ varṇaiḥ śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṃbhavaiḥ udeti,
tat tādṛśākṛteḥ kutaḥ?

21. Śrī Rāma said: That speech which arises through words, produced by the body, its specific location, instruments, effort, and vital breaths (prāṇa) – how can it belong to something of such a (subtle, formless) nature?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शरीरस्थानकरणप्रयत्नप्राणसंभवैः (śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṁbhavaiḥ) - Describes the means by which speech is produced. (by means of those originating from (or produced by) the body, location, instruments, effort, and vital breaths (prāṇa))

• यत् (yat) - that which, which

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, manifests

• वचः (vacaḥ) - speech, word

• वर्णैः (varṇaiḥ) - Refers to the articulated sounds or syllables that constitute speech. (by letters, by sounds, by words)

• तत् (tat) - Refers back to the speech ('vacaḥ') that arises. (that)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - Implies a question about the origin or possibility for the ātman. (from where, how, why)

• तादृशाकृतेः (tādṛśākṛteḥ) - Refers to the subtle, formless, or non-material nature of the ātman. (of such a form, of such a nature)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu, son of Daśaratha

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

From √vac (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

शरीरस्थानकरणप्रयत्नप्राणसंभवैः (śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṁbhavaiḥ) - Describes the means by which speech is produced. (by means of those originating from (or produced by) the body, location, instruments, effort, and vital breaths (prāṇa))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṃbhava

śarīrasthānakaraṇaprayatnaprāṇasaṁbhava - originating from/produced by body, location, instruments, effort, and vital breaths

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śarīra+sthāna+karaṇa+prayatna+prāṇa+saṃbhava)

• śarīra – body, physical frame
  noun (neuter)
• sthāna – place, location, position, organ of speech
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• karaṇa – instrument, tool, organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• prayatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)
  From pra- √yat (to strive).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yat (class 1)
• prāṇa – vital breath, life-force, exhalation
  noun (masculine)
  From pra- √an (to breathe).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• saṃbhava – origin, production, arising from, possibility
  noun (masculine)
  From sam- √bhū (to be, to arise).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The compound itself functions as an adjective in instrumental plural, describing the origin of speech.

यत् (yat) - that which, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - that which, which, what

Note: Refers to 'vacaḥ'.

उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ud-i

Present Active

From √i (to go) with prefix ud (up, forth). Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

वचः (vacaḥ) - speech, word

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - speech, word, utterance

वर्णैः (varṇaiḥ) - Refers to the articulated sounds or syllables that constitute speech. (by letters, by sounds, by words)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - letter, sound, syllable, color, caste

तत् (tat) - Refers back to the speech ('vacaḥ') that arises. (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Used here as a demonstrative pronoun, picking up 'yat vacaḥ'.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - Implies a question about the origin or possibility for the ātman. (from where, how, why)

(indeclinable)

तादृशाकृतेः (tādṛśākṛteḥ) - Refers to the subtle, formless, or non-material nature of the ātman. (of such a form, of such a nature)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tādṛśākṛti

tādṛśākṛti - having such a form, of such a nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tādṛśa+ākṛti)

• tādṛśa – such, of that kind
  adjective
• ākṛti – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From ā-√kṛ (to make, form).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Genitive singular, agreeing with an implied word like 'ātmanaḥ' or 'vastunaḥ' (of that being/thing).