योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-89, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
पार्थिवीं धारणां बद्ध्वा जगन्ति समवेक्षितुम् ।
संपन्नस्त्वमसौ भूमिलोकः किमुत मानसः ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
pārthivīṃ dhāraṇāṃ baddhvā jaganti samavekṣitum ,
saṃpannastvamasau bhūmilokaḥ kimuta mānasaḥ 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca pārthivīm dhāraṇām baddhvā jaganti
samavekṣitum sampannaḥ tvam asau bhūmilokaḥ kim uta mānasaḥ

1. śrīrāma uvāca: tvam pārthivīm dhāraṇām baddhvā jaganti samavekṣitum sampannaḥ.
asau bhūmilokaḥ kim uta mānasaḥ?

1. Śrī Rāma said: "Having firmly established your earthly concentration (dhāraṇā) to observe the worlds, you have become proficient. Is this the terrestrial realm, or rather a mental (creation)?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पार्थिवीम् (pārthivīm) - earthly, terrestrial

• धारणाम् (dhāraṇām) - mental concentration (dhāraṇā) (concentration, mental focus, steady apprehension, holding)

• बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound, having fastened, having fixed

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, moving beings, living beings

• समवेक्षितुम् (samavekṣitum) - to behold, to observe, to perceive thoroughly

• सम्पन्नः (sampannaḥ) - accomplished, perfected, proficient, endowed

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असौ (asau) - that (one), this (one)

• भूमिलोकः (bhūmilokaḥ) - earthly realm, terrestrial world

• किम् (kim) - what, whether, is it

• उत (uta) - or, moreover, rather

• मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental, pertaining to the mind

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (an epithet for Lord Rāma)

From śrī (auspicious) + rāma (Rāma).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, auspicious, sacred
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a king/deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
  From root ram (to delight) + ghañ suffix.
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: The speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

पार्थिवीम् (pārthivīm) - earthly, terrestrial

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pārthivī

pārthivī - earthly, terrestrial, relating to the earth

Feminine form of pārthiva (from pṛthivī - earth + aṇ suffix).

धारणाम् (dhāraṇām) - mental concentration (dhāraṇā) (concentration, mental focus, steady apprehension, holding)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhāraṇā

dhāraṇā - act of holding, bearing, supporting, concentration, mental focus, retention, memory

From root dhṛ (to hold, support) + ṇic (causative) + lyuṭ suffix.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Direct object of baddhvā.

बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound, having fastened, having fixed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root bandh (to bind) + ktvā suffix.

Root: bandh (class 9)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, moving beings, living beings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

From root gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix, used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

समवेक्षितुम् (samavekṣitum) - to behold, to observe, to perceive thoroughly

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root īkṣ (to see, behold) + prefixes sam + ava + tumun suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सम्पन्नः (sampannaḥ) - accomplished, perfected, proficient, endowed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, perfected, proficient, endowed with, happened, fallen upon

Past Passive Participle

From root pad (to go, fall) + prefix sam + kta suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective with an implied verb 'to be'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Pronominal stem for 'you'.

Note: Subject of 'you are accomplished'.

असौ (asau) - that (one), this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, yonder

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.

भूमिलोकः (bhūmilokaḥ) - earthly realm, terrestrial world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūmiloka

bhūmiloka - earthly realm, terrestrial world

Compound of bhūmi (earth) + loka (world).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+loka)

• bhūmi – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  From root lok (to see) + ghañ suffix.
  Root: lok (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, whether, is it

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle.

Note: Used to form a question.

उत (uta) - or, moreover, rather

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle.

मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental, pertaining to the mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, pertaining to the mind, spiritual

From manas (mind) + aṇ suffix.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Completes the question 'or is it mental?'