योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-15

श्रीराम उवाच ।
किं स्यात्परिमितो जीवो राशिराहो अनन्तकः ।
आहोस्विदस्त्यनन्तात्मा जीवपिण्डोऽचलोपमः ॥ १५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kiṃ syātparimito jīvo rāśirāho anantakaḥ ,
āhosvidastyanantātmā jīvapiṇḍo'calopamaḥ 15

15. śrīrāma uvāca kim syāt parimitaḥ jīvaḥ rāśiḥ āho anantakaḥ
āho-svit asti ananta-ātmā jīva-piṇḍaḥ acala-upamaḥ

15. śrīrāma uvāca: jīvaḥ parimitaḥ syāt kim,
āho anantakaḥ rāśiḥ [syāt]? āho-svit ananta-ātmā acala-upamaḥ jīva-piṇḍaḥ asti?

15. Śrī Rāma asked: Is the individual soul (jīva) finite, or is it an infinite multitude? Or, is there an infinite self (ātman), a collective of individual souls (jīva) that is immovable like a mountain?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• किम् (kim) - what, whether (interrogative particle)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, is

• परिमितः (parimitaḥ) - limited, finite, measured

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), living being

• राशिः (rāśiḥ) - a heap, collection, multitude

• आहो (āho) - or

• अनन्तकः (anantakaḥ) - infinite, endless

• आहो-स्वित् (āho-svit) - or indeed, or else

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अनन्त-आत्मा (ananta-ātmā) - the infinite self (ātman), the endless soul

• जीव-पिण्डः (jīva-piṇḍaḥ) - a mass of individual souls (jīva), collective of living beings

• अचल-उपमः (acala-upamaḥ) - like an immovable mountain, comparable to something unmoving

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, divine grace; respectful prefix
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a king, avatara of Vishnu)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, whether (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative mood, 3rd person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

परिमितः (parimitaḥ) - limited, finite, measured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parimita

parimita - measured, limited, finite

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of pari-mā (to measure around)

Prefix: pari

Root: mā (class 3)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life principle

Root: jīv (class 1)

राशिः (rāśiḥ) - a heap, collection, multitude

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāśi

rāśi - heap, pile, quantity, multitude, collection

आहो (āho) - or

(indeclinable)

अनन्तकः (anantakaḥ) - infinite, endless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anantaka

anantaka - infinite, endless, limitless

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+anta+ka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)
• ka – suffix indicating 'belonging to' or diminutive
  suffix

आहो-स्वित् (āho-svit) - or indeed, or else

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

अनन्त-आत्मा (ananta-ātmā) - the infinite self (ātman), the endless soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ananta-ātman

ananta-ātman - infinite self, endless soul

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ananta+ātman)

• ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

जीव-पिण्डः (jīva-piṇḍaḥ) - a mass of individual souls (jīva), collective of living beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva-piṇḍa

jīva-piṇḍa - mass of living beings, collective of souls

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jīva+piṇḍa)

• jīva – individual soul, living being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• piṇḍa – lump, mass, body, collection
  noun (masculine)

अचल-उपमः (acala-upamaḥ) - like an immovable mountain, comparable to something unmoving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acala-upama

acala-upama - like a mountain, resembling something immovable

Compound type : tatpurusha (acala+upama)

• acala – immovable, mountain
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: cal (class 1)
• upama – like, resembling, comparable
  adjective (masculine)