योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-17

मनो राम शरीरं हि जगतः सकलस्य च ।
आद्या शक्तिश्चिदध्यात्मा न नश्यति कदाचन ॥ १७ ॥

mano rāma śarīraṃ hi jagataḥ sakalasya ca ,
ādyā śaktiścidadhyātmā na naśyati kadācana 17

17. manaḥ rāma śarīram hi jagataḥ sakalasya ca
ādyā śaktiḥ cidadhyātmā na naśyati kadācana

17. rāma hi ādyā cidadhyātmā śaktiḥ jagataḥ
sakalasya ca manaḥ śarīram na kadācana naśyati

17. O Rama, indeed, the primal power (śakti), the consciousness-self (cidadhyātmā), is the mind and body of the entire world, and it never perishes at any time.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - the universal mind (mind, intellect)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - the universal body (body, physical form)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world, of the universe

• सकलस्य (sakalasya) - of the entire, of all, of the whole

• च (ca) - and, also

• आद्या (ādyā) - primal, first, original

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, faculty (śakti)

• चिदध्यात्मा (cidadhyātmā) - the self of consciousness, spiritual consciousness

• न (na) - not, no

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time (with 'na', means never)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - the universal mind (mind, intellect)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, charming

शरीरम् (śarīram) - the universal body (body, physical form)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world, of the universe

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

सकलस्य (sakalasya) - of the entire, of all, of the whole

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sakala

sakala - all, entire, whole, complete

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आद्या (ādyā) - primal, first, original

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ādya

ādya - first, primal, original, principal

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, faculty (śakti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, faculty, capability, divine female energy (śakti)

चिदध्यात्मा (cidadhyātmā) - the self of consciousness, spiritual consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cidadhyātman

cidadhyātman - the spiritual self of consciousness, the higher self identified with consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+adhyātman)

• cit – consciousness, pure thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• adhyātman – the spiritual self, the supreme spirit, the higher self
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time (with 'na', means never)

(indeclinable)

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