योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-84, verse-47

कदा स्वप्नपुरं सत्यं कदा स्वप्नपुरं मुधा ।
कदा स्वप्नपुरं भग्नं कदा स्वप्नपुरं स्थितम् ॥ ४७ ॥

kadā svapnapuraṃ satyaṃ kadā svapnapuraṃ mudhā ,
kadā svapnapuraṃ bhagnaṃ kadā svapnapuraṃ sthitam 47

47. kadā svapnapuram satyam kadā svapnapuram mudhā
kadā svapnapuram bhagnam kadā svapnapuram sthitam

47. kadā svapnapuram satyam (bhavati)?
kadā svapnapuram mudhā (bhavati)?
kadā svapnapuram bhagnam (bhavati)?
kadā svapnapuram sthitam (bhavati)?

47. When is a dream-city considered real? When is a dream-city considered false or futile? When is a dream-city shattered? When is a dream-city stable?

Words meanings summery:

• कदा (kadā) - when (when?)

• स्वप्नपुरम् (svapnapuram) - a dream-city (dream-city)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - real (real, true, existing)

• मुधा (mudhā) - futile, false (in vain, uselessly, falsely, mistakenly)

• भग्नम् (bhagnam) - shattered, broken (broken, shattered, defeated)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - stable, existing (standing, situated, existing, stable)

Words meanings and morphology

कदा (kadā) - when (when?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb of time.

स्वप्नपुरम् (svapnapuram) - a dream-city (dream-city)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svapnapura

svapnapura - city of dreams, dream-city

Compound of `svapna` and `pura`.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+pura)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `svap` (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the implied verb `bhavati` (is).

सत्यम् (satyam) - real (real, true, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, actual, existing

From `sat` (being) + `ya`.

Root: as (class 2)

मुधा (mudhā) - futile, false (in vain, uselessly, falsely, mistakenly)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial indeclinable.

भग्नम् (bhagnam) - shattered, broken (broken, shattered, defeated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, split, defeated, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `bhañj` (to break) + `kta` affix.

Root: bhañj (class 7)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - stable, existing (standing, situated, existing, stable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm, stable, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `sthā` (to stand) + `kta` affix.

Root: sthā (class 1)

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