योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-11

श्रीराम उवाच ।
यावत्किंचिदिदं दृश्यं साविद्या क्षीयते च सा ।
आत्मभावनया ब्रह्मन्नात्मासौ कीदृशः स्मृतः ॥ ११ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yāvatkiṃcididaṃ dṛśyaṃ sāvidyā kṣīyate ca sā ,
ātmabhāvanayā brahmannātmāsau kīdṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ 11

11. śrīrāma uvāca yāvat kiñcit idam dṛśyam sā avidyā kṣīyate
ca sā ātmbhāvanayā brahman ātmā asau kīdṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ

11. śrīrāma uvāca he brahman yāvat kiñcit idam dṛśyam sā avidyā
ca sā ātmbhāvanayā kṣīyate tadā asau ātmā kīdṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ

11. Śrī Rāma said: "O Brahman (brahman), when this entire visible world (dṛśya) and that ignorance (avidyā) are destroyed through the contemplation of the self (ātman), what kind of self (ātman) is that which is thus remembered or known?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, as far as, whatever

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - whatever, anything, something, a little

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceptible, the visible world, phenomenon

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, non-knowledge

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is destroyed, wastes away, diminishes, perishes

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सा (sā) - that (ignorance) also (that (feminine))

• आत्म्भावनया (ātmbhāvanayā) - by the contemplation of the self (ātman), through self-realization

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O wise one, O master (vocative form of a Brahmin or a sage) (O Brahman (the Absolute reality))

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), the soul, the spirit

• असौ (asau) - that (yonder), he, she, it

• कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, of what sort, how

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, declared, known, considered

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, a Hindu deity, an incarnation of Vishnu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, auspiciousness; respectful prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the deity), pleasing, charming
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as, as far as, whatever

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - whatever, anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - whatever, anything, something, a little

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible, perceptible, the visible world, phenomenon

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, phenomenon, the object of sight

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, non-knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, non-knowledge, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is destroyed, wastes away, diminishes, perishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṣi

Passive voice of root 'kṣi'

Root: kṣi (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (ignorance) also (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

आत्म्भावनया (ātmbhāvanayā) - by the contemplation of the self (ātman), through self-realization

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ātmbhāvanā

ātmbhāvanā - contemplation of the self, self-realization

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+bhāvanā)

• ātman – self, soul, supreme spirit
  noun (masculine)
• bhāvanā – contemplation, reflection, imagination, realization, cultivation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O wise one, O master (vocative form of a Brahmin or a sage) (O Brahman (the Absolute reality))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute), the supreme being, a priest

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), the soul, the spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, supreme spirit, essence

असौ (asau) - that (yonder), he, she, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (yonder), that one

कीदृशः (kīdṛśaḥ) - of what kind, of what sort, how

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what sort, how

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, declared, known, considered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, declared, known, considered, taught

Past Passive Participle

From root 'smṛ'

Root: smṛ (class 1)