योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-15

सप्तग्रन्थसहस्राणि विज्ञानप्रतिपादकम् ।
जागती द्रष्टृदृश्यश्रीरहंत्वमितिरूपिणी ॥ १५ ॥

saptagranthasahasrāṇi vijñānapratipādakam ,
jāgatī draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrīrahaṃtvamitirūpiṇī 15

15. saptagranthasahastrāṇi vijñānapratipādakam
jāgatī draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrīḥ ahaṃtvamitirūpiṇī

15. saptagranthasahastrāṇi vijñānapratipādakam (asti).
jāgatī draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrīḥ ahaṃtvamitirūpiṇī (asti).

15. This text consists of seven thousand treatises that expound upon true knowledge. The waking state (or the manifest world) manifests as the splendor of the seer and the seen, taking the form of the conception of 'I-ness' (ahaṅkāra).

Words meanings summery:

• सप्तग्रन्थसहस्त्राणि (saptagranthasahastrāṇi) - seven thousand books/treatises

• विज्ञानप्रतिपादकम् (vijñānapratipādakam) - explaining true knowledge, expounding higher knowledge

• जागती (jāgatī) - the waking state, pertaining to the waking world/state, the phenomenal world

• द्रष्टृदृश्यश्रीः (draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrīḥ) - the splendor/beauty of the seer and the seen

• अहंत्वमितिरूपिणी (ahaṁtvamitirūpiṇī) - having the form of the conception of ego (ahaṅkāra), characterized by the perception of 'I-ness'

Words meanings and morphology

सप्तग्रन्थसहस्त्राणि (saptagranthasahastrāṇi) - seven thousand books/treatises

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saptagranthasahastra

saptagranthasahastra - seven thousand books/treatises

compound of sapta (seven) + grantha (book) + sahasra (thousand)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sapta+grantha+sahasra)

• sapta – seven
  numeral
• grantha – book, treatise, composition, text
  noun (masculine)
  from granth (to tie, compose)
  Root: granth (class 9)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the count of the text described.

विज्ञानप्रतिपादकम् (vijñānapratipādakam) - explaining true knowledge, expounding higher knowledge

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñānapratipādaka

vijñānapratipādaka - explaining (true) knowledge, expounding (higher) knowledge

compound of vijñāna (true knowledge) + pratipādaka (explaining/proving)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vijñāna+pratipādaka)

• vijñāna – discriminative knowledge, true knowledge, higher knowledge, science
  noun (neuter)
  from vi + jñā (to know) + ana
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• pratipādaka – explaining, teaching, proving, expounding
  agent noun/adjective (masculine)
  from prati + pad (to go, to attain) + ṇvuk
  Prefix: prati
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'saptagranthasahastrāṇi' or implies 'that which is' vijñānapratipādakam.

जागती (jāgatī) - the waking state, pertaining to the waking world/state, the phenomenal world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāgatī

jāgatī - waking, pertaining to the waking state, the world (as an objective reality)

feminine form of jāgat (waking)

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

द्रष्टृदृश्यश्रीः (draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrīḥ) - the splendor/beauty of the seer and the seen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrī

draṣṭṛdṛśyaśrī - the splendor/beauty of the seer and the seen

compound of draṣṭṛ (seer) + dṛśya (seen) + śrī (splendor)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (draṣṭṛ+dṛśya+śrī)

• draṣṭṛ – seer, observer
  agent noun (masculine)
  from dṛś (to see) + tṛ
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• dṛśya – to be seen, visible, the object of sight, the seen
  gerundive/noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  from dṛś (to see) + ya
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• śrī – splendor, prosperity, beauty, grace, wealth
  noun (feminine)

अहंत्वमितिरूपिणी (ahaṁtvamitirūpiṇī) - having the form of the conception of ego (ahaṅkāra), characterized by the perception of 'I-ness'

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtvamitirūpiṇī

ahaṁtvamitirūpiṇī - having the form of the conception of ego (ahaṅkāra)

compound of ahaṃtva (I-ness, ego) + miti (conception, cognition) + rūpiṇī (having the form of)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṃtva+miti+rūpiṇī)

• ahaṃtva – I-ness, egoism, the state of being 'I'
  noun (neuter)
  from aham (I) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)
• miti – measure, knowledge, cognition, conception, perception
  noun (feminine)
  from mā (to measure, perceive) + ti
  Root: mā (class 2)
• rūpiṇī – having a form, possessing a shape, appearing as
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of rūpin (from rūpa + ini)

Note: Qualifies 'jāgatī'.

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