योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-32

लयमस्याः स्वरूपं त्वं नय राम विचारणात् ।
यथा हिमशिलायास्तु तपनाद्दिवसाधिपः ॥ ३२ ॥

layamasyāḥ svarūpaṃ tvaṃ naya rāma vicāraṇāt ,
yathā himaśilāyāstu tapanāddivasādhipaḥ 32

32. layam asyāḥ svarūpam tvam naya rāma vicāraṇāt
yathā himaśilāyāḥ tu tapanāt divasādhipaḥ

32. rāma tvam asyāḥ svarūpam vicāraṇāt layam
naya yathā divasādhipaḥ tapanāt himaśilāyāḥ

32. Rama, lead her intrinsic nature (svarūpa) to dissolution through inquiry (vicāraṇā), just as the lord of the day (divasādhipa), the sun, melts an ice-slab (himaśilā) by its heat (tapana).

Words meanings summery:

• लयम् (layam) - dissolution (dissolution, merging, absorption, destruction)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, by her, from her)

• स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - intrinsic nature (svarūpa) (one's own form, intrinsic nature, essential reality)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you)

• नय (naya) - lead (to dissolution), bring about (lead, guide, conduct, bring)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - through inquiry (vicāraṇā) (from investigation, by means of inquiry, due to deliberation)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• हिमशिलायाः (himaśilāyāḥ) - of an ice-slab (himaśilā) (of an ice-slab, from an ice-slab)

• तु (tu) - just (for emphasis in comparison) (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

• तपनात् (tapanāt) - by its heat (tapana) (from heating, by means of heat, due to heating)

• दिवसाधिपः (divasādhipaḥ) - the lord of the day (divasādhipa), the sun (lord of the day, sun)

Words meanings and morphology

लयम् (layam) - dissolution (dissolution, merging, absorption, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of laya

laya - dissolution, merging, absorption, destruction

From root lī (to dissolve, melt)

Root: lī (class 4)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, by her, from her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that (pronoun)

स्वरूपम् (svarūpam) - intrinsic nature (svarūpa) (one's own form, intrinsic nature, essential reality)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, intrinsic nature, essential reality

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+rūpa)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, image
  noun (neuter)

Note: Direct object of naya.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

नय (naya) - lead (to dissolution), bring about (lead, guide, conduct, bring)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

Imperative mood, active voice

2nd person singular imperative from root nī

Root: nī (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name, son of Dasharatha, avatar of Vishnu)

Root: ram (class 1)

विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt) - through inquiry (vicāraṇā) (from investigation, by means of inquiry, due to deliberation)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - investigation, inquiry, deliberation, discrimination

Derived from vi + root car (to move) + ṇic + yuc.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates means or cause.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

हिमशिलायाः (himaśilāyāḥ) - of an ice-slab (himaśilā) (of an ice-slab, from an ice-slab)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of himaśilā

himaśilā - ice-slab, ice-rock

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hima+śilā)

• hima – frost, snow, ice
  noun (neuter)
• śilā – stone, rock, slab
  noun (feminine)

Note: Genitive indicating the object of melting or belonging.

तु (tu) - just (for emphasis in comparison) (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

तपनात् (tapanāt) - by its heat (tapana) (from heating, by means of heat, due to heating)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tapana

tapana - heating, burning, scorching; heat, sun

From root tap (to heat, burn)

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause or instrument.

दिवसाधिपः (divasādhipaḥ) - the lord of the day (divasādhipa), the sun (lord of the day, sun)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of divasādhipa

divasādhipa - lord of the day, sun

Compound type : tatpurusha (divasa+adhipa)

• divasa – day
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, master
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb (melts).

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