योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-41, verse-28

आत्मोदन्तं बभूवासावुह्यमान इवार्णवे ।
उवाचात्मनि संसारे बत मायेयमातता ॥ २८ ॥

ātmodantaṃ babhūvāsāvuhyamāna ivārṇave ,
uvācātmani saṃsāre bata māyeyamātatā 28

28. ātma udantam babhūva asau uhyamānaḥ iva arṇave
uvāca ātmani saṃsāre bata māyā iyam ātatā

28. asau ātma udantam babhūva iva arṇave uhyamānaḥ
ātmani uvāca bata saṃsāre iyam māyā ātatā

28. He became absorbed in his own story (ātman), feeling as if he were being swept away in an ocean. He said to himself, 'Alas, this illusion (māyā) is indeed pervasive throughout the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra)!'

Words meanings summery:

• आत्म (ātma) - self

• उदन्तम् (udantam) - story, news, account

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, was

• असौ (asau) - he, that one

• उह्यमानः (uhyamānaḥ) - being carried, being swept away

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, to himself, in his mind

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration; in existence)

• बत (bata) - alas, oh, indeed

• माया (māyā) - cosmic illusion (māyā) (illusion, cosmic illusion, magic, deception)

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• आतता (ātatā) - spread, pervasive, extended

Words meanings and morphology

आत्म (ātma) - self

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self (ātman), soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit

Note: First part of the compound ātma-udantam.

उदन्तम् (udantam) - story, news, account

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udanta

udanta - story, news, account, incident

Note: Object of babhūva (became).

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

असौ (asau) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (far-off), he/she/it

Note: Subject of babhūva.

उह्यमानः (uhyamānaḥ) - being carried, being swept away

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uhyamāna

uhyamāna - being carried, being moved, being swept away

Present Passive Participle

Derived from √vah (to carry, flow) in passive voice, present tense, with suffix -māna

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies asau.

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

Note: Denotes location where he is being swept.

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit)

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, to himself, in his mind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self (ātman), soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit

Note: Denotes the location or recipient of speech.

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration; in existence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirths, mundane existence, world (saṃsāra)

Derived from √sṛ (to flow) with sam- prefix

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Denotes the sphere of māyā's pervasiveness.

बत (bata) - alas, oh, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamatory particle.

माया (māyā) - cosmic illusion (māyā) (illusion, cosmic illusion, magic, deception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion (māyā), magic, artifice, cosmic illusion

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is' or 'has become'.

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that (near)

Note: Qualifies māyā.

आतता (ātatā) - spread, pervasive, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātata

ātata - spread, extended, pervasive, stretched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √tan (to stretch, extend) with ā- prefix

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies māyā.

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