योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-27

तथैव परमार्थात्सखात्मभूतः स्थितो द्विजः ।
यथा द्रवत्वं पयसि शून्यत्वं च यथाम्बरे ॥ २७ ॥

tathaiva paramārthātsakhātmabhūtaḥ sthito dvijaḥ ,
yathā dravatvaṃ payasi śūnyatvaṃ ca yathāmbare 27

27. tathā eva paramārthāt sakhā ātma-bhūtaḥ sthitaḥ dvijaḥ
yathā dravatvam payasi śūnyatvam ca yathā ambare

27. yathā dravatvam payasi ca yathā ambare śūnyatvam,
tathā eva paramārthāt sakhā ātma-bhūtaḥ dvijaḥ sthitaḥ.

27. Just as liquidity is present in water and emptiness in the sky, so too, from the perspective of ultimate reality, the enlightened one (dvija) exists as an intimate companion, having become the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• परमार्थात् (paramārthāt) - from the highest truth, from ultimate reality, essentially

• सखा (sakhā) - intimate companion (friend, companion)

• आत्म-भूतः (ātma-bhūtaḥ) - having become the Self (ātman) (become the Self, identical with the Self, being of the nature of the Self)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - exists (situated, established, existing)

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the enlightened one (dvija), referring to one who has attained spiritual birth (twice-born)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity

• पयसि (payasi) - in water (in water, in milk)

• शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness

• च (ca) - and

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

परमार्थात् (paramārthāt) - from the highest truth, from ultimate reality, essentially

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paramārtha

paramārtha - highest truth, ultimate reality, supreme meaning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+artha)

• parama – highest, supreme, most excellent
  adjective
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, reality, wealth
  noun (masculine)

सखा (sakhā) - intimate companion (friend, companion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion, comrade

आत्म-भूतः (ātma-bhūtaḥ) - having become the Self (ātman) (become the Self, identical with the Self, being of the nature of the Self)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātma-bhūta

ātma-bhūta - become the Self, originated from the Self, inherent in the Self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+bhūta)

• ātman – Self, soul, individual soul, essence
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, happened, existing, being
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū + kta suffix
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - exists (situated, established, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, staying, situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā + kta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the enlightened one (dvija), referring to one who has attained spiritual birth (twice-born)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya; a bird; a tooth)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity, fluidity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity, the state of being liquid

पयसि (payasi) - in water (in water, in milk)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyatva

śūnyatva - emptiness, voidness, the state of being empty

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing

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