योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-33

हस्तपादादिमान्देहो ममायमिति पश्यति ।
यदेव चेतति वपुस्तदेवेदं स पश्यति ॥ ३३ ॥

hastapādādimāndeho mamāyamiti paśyati ,
yadeva cetati vapustadevedaṃ sa paśyati 33

33. hastapādādimān dehaḥ mama ayam iti paśyati |
yat eva cetati vapuḥ tat eva idam sa paśyati

33. hastapādādimān dehaḥ mama ayam iti paśyati yat eva vapuḥ cetati,
tat eva idam sa paśyati

33. An embodied being, having hands, feet, and so forth, perceives, 'This [body] is mine.' Whatever form (vapus) it experiences, that very form it perceives as 'this' [itself].

Words meanings summery:

• हस्तपादादिमान् (hastapādādimān) - possessing hands, feet, and so forth; having hands, feet, etc.

• देहः (dehaḥ) - the embodied self or individual (body, physical form, embodied being)

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, denoting quotation

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• यत् (yat) - whatever (body) (which, whatever, that which)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

• चेतति (cetati) - experiences, becomes conscious of (perceives, becomes conscious of, experiences, appears)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

• तत् (tat) - that very (body/form) (that, that one)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

• इदम् (idam) - this (as 'myself') (this, this one)

• स (sa) - that (being/self) (he, that)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

Words meanings and morphology

हस्तपादादिमान् (hastapādādimān) - possessing hands, feet, and so forth; having hands, feet, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hastapādādimat

hastapādādimat - possessing hands, feet, etc.; having hands, feet and so forth

Possessive suffix -mat applied to hastapādādi.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (hasta+pāda+ādi+mat)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etcetera
  indeclinable
• mat – possessing, having (suffix)
  suffix
  Suffix -mat (or -vat) for forming possessive adjectives.

Note: Used as an adjective modifying 'dehaḥ'.

देहः (dehaḥ) - the embodied self or individual (body, physical form, embodied being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form, person, self

From root √dih 'to smear, to grow, to increase'.

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'paśyati' in the first clause, referring to the conscious entity.

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Personal pronoun (first person).

Note: Possessive 'mine'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the body, forming the phrase 'this is mine'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, denoting quotation

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding phrase as a thought or statement.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

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

Present tense form of √dṛś.

Pronominal root, class 1 (P.P. paśyati).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is `dehaḥ` (interpreted as embodied being).

यत् (yat) - whatever (body) (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `vapuḥ`.

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

चेतति (cetati) - experiences, becomes conscious of (perceives, becomes conscious of, experiences, appears)

(verb)

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

Present tense form of √cit.

Class 1 verb (P.P. cetati).

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject is `sa` (implied).

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, shape, figure, beauty

From root √vap 'to strew, scatter, sow'.

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Object of `cetati`.

तत् (tat) - that very (body/form) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Corresponds to `yat`.

एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

इदम् (idam) - this (as 'myself') (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Acts as the complement of `paśyati`, meaning 'this is (it/me)'.

स (sa) - that (being/self) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of `paśyati` in the second clause. Refers back to the embodied being.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

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

Present tense form of √dṛś.

Pronominal root, class 1 (P.P. paśyati).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is `sa`.