योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-66, verse-2

कथं शिलोदरे बाले त्वद्विधानां भवेत्स्थितिः ।
कथं संचलनं तत्र किमर्थं तत्र चास्पदम् ॥ २ ॥

kathaṃ śilodare bāle tvadvidhānāṃ bhavetsthitiḥ ,
kathaṃ saṃcalanaṃ tatra kimarthaṃ tatra cāspadam 2

2. katham śila-udare bāle tvad-vidhānām bhavet sthitiḥ
katham sañcalanam tatra kim-artham tatra ca āspadam

2. bāle śila-udare tvad-vidhānām sthitiḥ katham bhavet
tatra sañcalanam katham ca tatra āspadam kim-artham

2. O young girl, how can beings like you exist within a rock? How is there movement there? And for what purpose is that place your abode?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what manner?)

• शिल-उदरे (śila-udare) - within a rock (in the belly of a rock, inside a stone)

• बाले (bāle) - O young girl (O young girl, O child)

• त्वद्-विधानाम् (tvad-vidhānām) - of beings like you (of those like you, of your kind)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - can exist (it may be, it should be, it can be)

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - existence (existence, state, situation)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what manner?)

• सञ्चलनम् (sañcalanam) - movement (movement, agitation)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• किम्-अर्थम् (kim-artham) - for what purpose (for what purpose? why?)

• तत्र (tatra) - that place (there, in that place)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode (abode, place)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

शिल-उदरे (śila-udare) - within a rock (in the belly of a rock, inside a stone)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śila-udara

śila-udara - inside a rock, rock-cavity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śila+udara)

• śila – rock, stone
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, interior, inside
  noun (neuter)

बाले (bāle) - O young girl (O young girl, O child)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, child, maiden

त्वद्-विधानाम् (tvad-vidhānām) - of beings like you (of those like you, of your kind)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of tvad-vidha

tvad-vidha - like you, of your kind/sort

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+vidha)

• tvad – you (stem form)
  pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, like
  suffix/noun

भवेत् (bhavet) - can exist (it may be, it should be, it can be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - existence (existence, state, situation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, abiding, existing, state, condition

कथम् (katham) - how (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

सञ्चलनम् (sañcalanam) - movement (movement, agitation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sañcalana

sañcalana - movement, stirring, agitation

Prefix: sam

Root: cal (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

किम्-अर्थम् (kim-artham) - for what purpose (for what purpose? why?)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

तत्र (tatra) - that place (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode (abode, place)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āspada

āspada - place, seat, abode, subject

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