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?

2. ילדה יקרה, כיצד ישויות כמוכם יכולות להתקיים בתוך סלע? כיצד אפשר לנוע שם, ולשם מה קבעתם שם את משכנכם?

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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