योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-62, verse-32

कथमालक्ष्यते स्वप्न इति प्रष्टुः प्रकथ्यते ।
यथैवं पश्यसीत्येव हेतुरत्रास्ति नेतरः ॥ ३२ ॥

kathamālakṣyate svapna iti praṣṭuḥ prakathyate ,
yathaivaṃ paśyasītyeva heturatrāsti netaraḥ 32

32. katham ālakṣyate svapnaḥ iti praṣṭuḥ prakathyate
yathā evam paśyasi iti eva hetuḥ atra asti na itaraḥ

32. "katham svapnaḥ ālakṣyate?" iti praṣṭuḥ (janāya) prakathyate: "atra hetuḥ yathā evam paśyasi iti eva asti,
itaraḥ na.
"

32. To the one who asks, "How is a dream perceived?", it is explained: "The reason here is simply that you see it this way; there is no other explanation."

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• आलक्ष्यते (ālakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is seen

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream

• इति (iti) - marks a quotation or direct speech (thus, so)

• प्रष्टुः (praṣṭuḥ) - to the questioner, of the questioner

• प्रकथ्यते (prakathyate) - it is explained, it is stated

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you perceive

• इति (iti) - marks a quotation or direct speech (thus, so)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• हेतुः (hetuḥ) - cause, reason, motive

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this regard

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरः (itaraḥ) - other, another

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

आलक्ष्यते (ālakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of ālakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, dreaming

Root: svap (class 2)

इति (iti) - marks a quotation or direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रष्टुः (praṣṭuḥ) - to the questioner, of the questioner

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of praṣṭṛ

praṣṭṛ - questioner, inquirer

Agent Noun

Derived from root 'prach' (to ask).

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Can also be Dative singular based on context 'to the questioner'.

प्रकथ्यते (prakathyate) - it is explained, it is stated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of prakath

Prefix: pra

Root: kath (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

The root 'dṛś' takes the stem 'paśya' in the present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks a quotation or direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

हेतुः (hetuḥ) - cause, reason, motive

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Root: hi (class 5)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this regard

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतरः (itaraḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different