योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-80, verse-55

श्रीराम उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्माण्डखण्डे ते तिष्ठतः कथमुच्यताम् ।
किमाकृती धृते केन कथं वा परिनश्यतः ॥ ५५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
brahmanbrahmāṇḍakhaṇḍe te tiṣṭhataḥ kathamucyatām ,
kimākṛtī dhṛte kena kathaṃ vā parinaśyataḥ 55

55. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca brahman brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍe te tiṣṭhataḥ
katham ucyatām kimākṛtī dhṛte kena katham vā parinaśyataḥ

55. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca brahman,
te brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍe katham tiṣṭhataḥ ucyatām kimākṛtī,
kena dhṛte,
vā katham parinaśyataḥ?

55. Śrī Rāma said: O Brahmin (brahman), please explain how those two (entities) exist within the fragment of the universe (brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍa). What are their forms? By whom are they sustained? Or how do they perish?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Address to the sage Vasiṣṭha (O Brahmin, O Vasiṣṭha)

• ब्रह्माण्डखण्डे (brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍe) - in the fragment of the universe, in the cosmic egg fragment

• ते (te) - refers to two implicit entities or phenomena within the universe (those two)

• तिष्ठतः (tiṣṭhataḥ) - they two stand, they two exist

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

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, please tell

• किमाकृती (kimākṛtī) - of what form (are they)?

• धृते (dhṛte) - held, supported, sustained (those two)

• केन (kena) - by whom?

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

• वा (vā) - or

• परिनश्यतः (parinaśyataḥ) - they two perish, they two are destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, wealth, beauty, holy
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative (Lit)

Irregular perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Address to the sage Vasiṣṭha (O Brahmin, O Vasiṣṭha)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman)

Vocative singular of brahman (masculine, meaning 'Brahmin')

ब्रह्माण्डखण्डे (brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍe) - in the fragment of the universe, in the cosmic egg fragment

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍa

brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍa - a fragment or portion of a cosmic egg/universe

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahmāṇḍa+khaṇḍa)

• brahmāṇḍa – the cosmic egg, the universe, the world (brahmāṇḍa)
  noun (neuter)
• khaṇḍa – a piece, fragment, portion, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Location for te tiṣṭhataḥ

ते (te) - refers to two implicit entities or phenomena within the universe (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Nominative/accusative dual of tad (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Subject of tiṣṭhataḥ and parinaśyataḥ, and implicitly subject of kimākṛtī and dhṛte

तिष्ठतः (tiṣṭhataḥ) - they two stand, they two exist

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present Active Indicative

From √sthā, reduplicated present stem

Root: sthā (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, please tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Imperative Passive

From √vac, passive stem ucya + imperative ending tām

Root: vac (class 2)

किमाकृती (kimākṛtī) - of what form (are they)?

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of kimākṛti

kimākṛti - of what form, having what shape

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+ākṛti)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies te

धृते (dhṛte) - held, supported, sustained (those two)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, borne, sustained, supported

Past Passive Participle

From √dhṛ (to hold, support) + kta

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies te

केन (kena) - by whom?

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Instrumental singular of kim (masculine/neuter)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

परिनश्यतः (parinaśyataḥ) - they two perish, they two are destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of parinaś

Present Active Indicative

From pari + √naś (to perish)

Prefix: pari

Root: naś (class 4)