योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-28

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
असदेव सदा भाति जगत्सर्वात्मकं यथा ।
श्रृण्वहं कथया राम दीर्घया कथयामि ते ॥ २८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
asadeva sadā bhāti jagatsarvātmakaṃ yathā ,
śrṛṇvahaṃ kathayā rāma dīrghayā kathayāmi te 28

28. śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca asat eva sadā bhāti jagat sarvātmakam
yathā śṛṇu aham kathayā rāma dīrghayā kathayāmi te

28. śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca rāma śṛṇu aham te yathā asat jagat
sadā sarvātmakam bhāti dīrghayā kathayā kathayāmi

28. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O Rāma, listen! I will tell you a long narrative, just as the non-existent world (jagat) always appears as if it is the all-pervading Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठः (śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually

• भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• सर्वात्मकम् (sarvātmakam) - as if it is the all-pervading Self (ātman) (of the nature of all, all-pervading Self)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कथया (kathayā) - by a story, by a narrative

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• दीर्घया (dīrghayā) - by a long (feminine)

• कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I tell, I narrate

• ते (te) - to you, your

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठः (śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-vasiṣṭha

śrī-vasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, prosperous, beautiful
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

असत् (asat) - non-existent, unreal, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad

Present Active Participle (negative)

From 'a' (not) + 'sat' (being, existing - participle of 'as')

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - appears, shines, seems

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle (from 'gam', to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वात्मकम् (sarvātmakam) - as if it is the all-pervading Self (ātman) (of the nature of all, all-pervading Self)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvātmakam

sarvātmakam - of the nature of all, all-pervading Self, universal

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – Self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

कथया (kathayā) - by a story, by a narrative

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name)

दीर्घया (dīrghayā) - by a long (feminine)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, deep

Note: Agrees with 'kathayā'.

कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I tell, I narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kath

Causal/Denominative root, Class 10

Root: kath (class 10)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you