योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-24

श्रीराम उवाच ।
जगत्पूर्वं लतेवापि विश्रान्ता वितते पदे ।
पूर्वापरविचारेण के पराभावदर्शिनः ॥ २४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
jagatpūrvaṃ latevāpi viśrāntā vitate pade ,
pūrvāparavicāreṇa ke parābhāvadarśinaḥ 24

24. śrīrāma uvāca | jagat pūrvam latā iva api viśrāntā
vitate pade | pūrvāparavicāreṇa ke parābhāvadarśinaḥ ||

24. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca.
jagat pūrvam api latā iva vitate pade viśrāntā.
pūrvāparavicāreṇa ke parābhāvadarśinaḥ?

24. Śrī Rāma said: "Even before (its manifestation), the world rested like a creeper in an expansive state. Considering the past and the future, who are those that truly perceive utter destruction?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previously

• लता (latā) - creeper, vine

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• विश्रान्ता (viśrāntā) - rested, reposed, ceased

• वितते (vitate) - expansive, extensive, spread out

• पदे (pade) - in a state, in a place, in a position

• पूर्वापरविचारेण (pūrvāparavicāreṇa) - by considering the past and future, by deliberation on what precedes and follows

• के (ke) - who (plural)

• पराभावदर्शिनः (parābhāvadarśinaḥ) - perceivers of utter destruction, those who see ultimate defeat

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Root: √vac (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, the universe, moving, living

Present active participle of √gam, used as a noun.

Root: √gam (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

लता (latā) - creeper, vine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine, tendril

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

विश्रान्ता (viśrāntā) - rested, reposed, ceased

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśrānta

viśrānta - rested, reposed, ceased, tranquil

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √śram (to be weary, to rest) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: √śram (class 4)

वितते (vitate) - expansive, extensive, spread out

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vitata

vitata - spread out, expanded, extensive, wide

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √tan (to stretch, to extend) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: √tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'pade'.

पदे (pade) - in a state, in a place, in a position

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, position, station

पूर्वापरविचारेण (pūrvāparavicāreṇa) - by considering the past and future, by deliberation on what precedes and follows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pūrvāparavicāra

pūrvāparavicāra - consideration of past and future, deliberation on what precedes and follows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+apara+vicāra)

• pūrva – former, earlier, past
  adjective (masculine)
• apara – latter, subsequent, future, other
  adjective (masculine)
• vicāra – consideration, deliberation, thought, inquiry
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √car (class 1)

Note: Indicates means or cause.

के (ke) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

पराभावदर्शिनः (parābhāvadarśinaḥ) - perceivers of utter destruction, those who see ultimate defeat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parābhāvadarśin

parābhāvadarśin - one who sees defeat/destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parābhāva+darśin)

• parābhāva – defeat, ruin, destruction, contempt
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: parā
  Root: √bhū (class 1)
• darśin – one who sees, seeing, perceiver, observer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from √dṛś
  Derived from root √dṛś (to see) with suffix -in.
  Root: √dṛś (class 1)