योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-63, verse-5

तदास्ति शक्तिर्नानारूपिणी सा
स्वभावत इमाः शक्तयोऽयमात्मेति ॥ ५ ॥

tadāsti śaktirnānārūpiṇī sā
svabhāvata imāḥ śaktayo'yamātmeti 5

5. tadā asti śaktiḥ nānārūpiṇī sā
svabhāvataḥ imāḥ śaktayaḥ ayam ātman iti

5. tadā sā śaktiḥ nānārūpiṇī svabhāvataḥ
asti imāḥ śaktayaḥ ayam ātman iti

5. Then, that power (śakti) is inherently (svabhāvataḥ) multifaceted. These powers (śakti) are indeed this very self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time, in that case

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti), energy, faculty

• नानारूपिणी (nānārūpiṇī) - multifaceted, having various forms

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, inherently, naturally

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these (feminine)

• शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers (śakti), energies

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• आत्मन् (ātman) - self (ātman), soul, essence

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a statement or quote

Words meanings and morphology

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time, in that case

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti), energy, faculty

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, faculty

Root: śak

नानारूपिणी (nānārūpiṇī) - multifaceted, having various forms

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nānārūpiṇī

nānārūpiṇī - having various forms

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nānā+rūpa)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, inherently, naturally

(indeclinable)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers (śakti), energies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakti

śakti - power, energy, faculty

Root: śak

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

आत्मन् (ātman) - self (ātman), soul, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a statement or quote

(indeclinable)

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