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.

48. ואני חש את העצמי הפנימי שלי כטהור, כאילו הגיע למקום קדוש, עולה כגלגל הירח, הו המצטיין בקרב יודעי הנסתר של ה-וֵדוֹת.

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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