योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-6, verse-48

शुभक्षेत्रगतं चाहमात्मानमपकल्मषम् ।
चन्द्रबिम्ब इवोन्मग्नं वेदवेद्यविदांवर ॥ ४८ ॥

śubhakṣetragataṃ cāhamātmānamapakalmaṣam ,
candrabimba ivonmagnaṃ vedavedyavidāṃvara 48

48. śubhakṣetragatam ca aham ātmānam apakalmaṣam
candrabimbam iva unmagnam vedavedyavidāmvara

48. And I perceive my own self (ātman), having arrived in this auspicious place, to be spotless, having emerged like the orb of the moon, O best among those who understand the knowable through the Vedas.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभक्षेत्रगतम् (śubhakṣetragatam) - having gone to an auspicious place, having reached a holy field

• च (ca) - and, also

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - my own self (ātman) (self, soul (ātman))

• अपकल्मषम् (apakalmaṣam) - spotless, sinless, free from impurity

• चन्द्रबिम्बम् (candrabimbam) - the orb of the moon, moon disc

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उन्मग्नम् (unmagnam) - emerged, risen, surfaced

• वेदवेद्यविदाम्वर (vedavedyavidāmvara) - O best among those who know what is to be known through the Vedas

Words meanings and morphology

शुभक्षेत्रगतम् (śubhakṣetragatam) - having gone to an auspicious place, having reached a holy field

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śubhakṣetragata

śubhakṣetragata - gone to an auspicious place

Compound type : tatpurusha (śubha+kṣetra+gata)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective
• kṣetra – field, place, sacred ground
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From gam (1P)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ātmānam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - my own self (ātman) (self, soul (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of an implied verb 'I see/perceive'.

अपकल्मषम् (apakalmaṣam) - spotless, sinless, free from impurity

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apakalmaṣa

apakalmaṣa - free from sin or impurity

Compound type : bahuvrihi (apa+kalmaṣa)

• apa – away, off, without
  indeclinable
• kalmaṣa – stain, spot, sin, impurity
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'ātmānam'.

चन्द्रबिम्बम् (candrabimbam) - the orb of the moon, moon disc

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of candrabimba

candrabimba - moon-orb, moon-disc

Compound type : tatpurusha (candra+bimba)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• bimba – disc, orb, image
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as the object of comparison with 'ātmānam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

उन्मग्नम् (unmagnam) - emerged, risen, surfaced

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of unmagna

unmagna - emerged, risen (from water), surfaced

Past Passive Participle

From ud- + majj (6P) 'to sink'. Ud-majj means 'to emerge'.

Prefix: ud

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'ātmānam'.

वेदवेद्यविदाम्वर (vedavedyavidāmvara) - O best among those who know what is to be known through the Vedas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vedavedyavidāmvara

vedavedyavidāmvara - best among the knowers of what is to be known by the Vedas

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+vedya+vidām+vara)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedya – knowable, to be known
  adjective
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From vid (2P), 'to know'
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vid – knower, learned
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vara – best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

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