योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-3

श्रीराम उवाच ।
स्वानुभूतिप्रमाणेऽस्मिन्ब्रह्मणि ब्रह्मबृंहिते ।
कथं सत्तामवाप्नोति जीवको द्वैतवर्जिते ॥ ३ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
svānubhūtipramāṇe'sminbrahmaṇi brahmabṛṃhite ,
kathaṃ sattāmavāpnoti jīvako dvaitavarjite 3

3. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca svānubhūtipramāṇe asmin brahmaṇi
brahma-bṛṃhite katham sattām avāpnoti jīvakaḥ dvaita-varjite

3. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca katham asmin brahmaṇi svānubhūtipramāṇe
brahma-bṛṃhite dvaita-varjite jīvakaḥ sattām avāpnoti

3. Śrī Rāma said: How does the individual soul (jīva), a small fragment (jīvaka), acquire existence (sattā) in this Brahman (brahman) — which is augmented by Brahman, where self-experience (svānubhūti) is the only proof, and which is utterly devoid of duality?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - The venerable Rāma (Śrī Rāma (a revered prince/deity))

• उवाच (uvāca) - (He) said (said, spoke)

• स्वानुभूतिप्रमाणे (svānubhūtipramāṇe) - where self-experience (svānubhūti) is the only proof (where self-experience is the proof/measure, in self-experience as proof)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (Brahman) (in this)

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman (brahman) (in Brahman, in the sacred word)

• ब्रह्म-बृंहिते (brahma-bṛṁhite) - augmented by Brahman (brahman) (strengthened/augmented by Brahman)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence (sattā) (existence, being, reality)

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - acquires, attains (obtains, attains, reaches)

• जीवकः (jīvakaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), a small fragment (a small living being, individual soul, a particular jīva)

• द्वैत-वर्जिते (dvaita-varjite) - utterly devoid of duality (devoid of duality)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - The venerable Rāma (Śrī Rāma (a revered prince/deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Venerable Rāma; Lord Rāma (a proper noun)

Compound of śrī (venerable) and rāma (Rāma).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, auspicious
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a king/deity)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - (He) said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative 3rd singular

From root √vac. Reduplicated perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वानुभूतिप्रमाणे (svānubhūtipramāṇe) - where self-experience (svānubhūti) is the only proof (where self-experience is the proof/measure, in self-experience as proof)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of svānubhūtipramāṇa

svānubhūtipramāṇa - that which has self-experience as its proof or measure; in which self-experience is the evidence

Compound: sva (own) + anubhūti (experience) + pramāṇa (proof/measure).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+anubhūti+pramāṇa)

• sva – own, self, personal
  pronoun
• anubhūti – experience, perception, realization (svānubhūti)
  noun (feminine)
  From anu (after) + √bhū (to be, to perceive).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• pramāṇa – proof, evidence, authority, measure, standard
  noun (neuter)
  From pra (forth) + √mā (to measure).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with brahmaṇi.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (Brahman) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to brahmaṇi.

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman (brahman) (in Brahman, in the sacred word)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the creative principle (brahman)

From √bṛh 'to grow, expand'.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

ब्रह्म-बृंहिते (brahma-bṛṁhite) - augmented by Brahman (brahman) (strengthened/augmented by Brahman)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahma-bṛṃhita

brahma-bṛṁhita - strengthened by Brahman, augmented by Brahman, made vast by Brahman, permeated by Brahman

Past Passive Participle

Compound: brahman (Brahman) + bṛṃhita (strengthened, amplified).

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (brahman+bṛṃhita)

• brahman – Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
  From √bṛh 'to grow, expand'.
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• bṛṃhita – strengthened, amplified, augmented, made vast
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From causative of √bṛh 'to grow, strengthen'.
  Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brahmaṇi.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

सत्ताम् (sattām) - existence (sattā) (existence, being, reality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence (sattā)

From sat (being, existing), derived from √as 'to be'.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of avāpnoti.

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - acquires, attains (obtains, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ava√āp

present active indicative 3rd singular

From root √āp 'to obtain' with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

जीवकः (jīvakaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva), a small fragment (a small living being, individual soul, a particular jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvaka

jīvaka - a small living being, individual soul, jīva (often used in a diminutive sense)

Diminutive of jīva (living being) with -ka suffix.

Note: Subject of avāpnoti.

द्वैत-वर्जिते (dvaita-varjite) - utterly devoid of duality (devoid of duality)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dvaitavarjita

dvaitavarjita - devoid of duality, free from dualism

Compound: dvaita (duality) + varjita (devoid of).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvaita+varjita)

• dvaita – duality, dualism, the state of being two
  noun (neuter)
  From dvi (two).
• varjita – devoid of, free from, excluded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vṛj 'to avoid, shun'.
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brahmaṇi.

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