योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-18

श्रीराम उवाच ।
न दृश्यते विदेहत्वाद्भवान्व्योमवपुर्यदि ।
तत्कथं तेन सिद्धेन दृष्टोऽसि कनकावनौ ॥ १८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
na dṛśyate videhatvādbhavānvyomavapuryadi ,
tatkathaṃ tena siddhena dṛṣṭo'si kanakāvanau 18

18. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca na dṛśyate videhatvāt bhavān vyomavapuḥ
yadi tat katham tena siddhena dṛṣṭaḥ asi kanakāvanau

18. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca yadi bhavān videhatvāt vyomavapuḥ na
dṛśyate tat katham tena siddhena kanakāvanau dṛṣṭaḥ asi

18. Śrī Rāma said: If you, being bodiless due to your sky-like form, are not seen, then how were you seen by that perfected being on Kanaka Hill?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is visible

• विदेहत्वात् (videhatvāt) - due to being bodiless, because of bodilessness

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• व्योमवपुः (vyomavapuḥ) - sky-bodied, having a sky-like form

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• सिद्धेन (siddhena) - by the perfected being, by the accomplished one

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, perceived

• असि (asi) - you are

• कनकावनौ (kanakāvanau) - on Kanaka Hill (or 'golden forest')

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is visible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛśya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विदेहत्वात् (videhatvāt) - due to being bodiless, because of bodilessness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of videhatva

videhatva - bodilessness, incorporeality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vi+deha+tva)

• vi – without, dis- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  noun (neuter)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), sir, respected person

present participle of √bhū

present participle used as a pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

व्योमवपुः (vyomavapuḥ) - sky-bodied, having a sky-like form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyomavapus

vyomavapus - sky-bodied, ethereal, having the sky as its body

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyoman+vapus)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• vapus – body, form, figure, nature
  noun (neuter)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सिद्धेन (siddhena) - by the perfected being, by the accomplished one

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of siddha

siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful; a perfected being

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sidh (to accomplish, to succeed)

Root: sidh (class 4)

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कनकावनौ (kanakāvanau) - on Kanaka Hill (or 'golden forest')

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kanakāvana

kanakāvana - golden forest, golden grove, (proper noun for a mountain or region)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanaka+avana)

• kanaka – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• avana – forest, grove, protection, land, hill
  noun (neuter)