योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-38

अथ उत्फुल्लकमलकोशवक्रोन्नतासनः ।
ब्रह्माहं जगतां स्रष्टा कर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः ॥ ३८ ॥

atha utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsanaḥ ,
brahmāhaṃ jagatāṃ sraṣṭā kartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ 38

38. atha utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsanaḥ brahmā
aham jagatām sraṣṭā kartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ

38. atha utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsanaḥ brahmā
aham jagatām sraṣṭā kartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ

38. Then, seated on an elevated and curved seat like an open lotus bud, Brahmā declared: 'I am the creator of the worlds, the doer, the experiencer, the great lord.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon, moreover)

• उत्फुल्लकमलकोशवक्रोन्नतासनः (utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsanaḥ) - whose seat was curved and elevated like an open lotus bud (whose seat is curved and elevated like an open lotus bud)

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator deity))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds (of the worlds, of the moving ones)

• स्रष्टा (sraṣṭā) - creator

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer (doer, agent)

• भोक्ता (bhoktā) - experiencer (enjoyer, experiencer, consumer)

• महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - great lord (great lord, Lord Shiva)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon, moreover)

(indeclinable)

उत्फुल्लकमलकोशवक्रोन्नतासनः (utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsanaḥ) - whose seat was curved and elevated like an open lotus bud (whose seat is curved and elevated like an open lotus bud)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsana

utphullakamalakośavakronnatāsana - having a seat curved and elevated like an open lotus bud

Compound type : bahuvrihi (utphulla+kamala+kośa+vakra+unnata+āsana)

• utphulla – blooming, open, expanded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ud + root phull (to blossom)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: phull (class 1)
• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• kośa – bud, sheath, treasury
  noun (masculine)
• vakra – curved, bent, crooked
  adjective
• unnata – elevated, high, raised
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ud + root nam (to bend)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: nam (class 1)
• āsana – seat, sitting, posture
  noun (neuter)
  From root ās (to sit)
  Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Compound adjective qualifying Brahmā.

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (masculine noun, creator deity), brahman (neuter noun, ultimate reality), sacred word, prayer, Veda

From root bṛh (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: The speaker is Brahmā here.

जगताम् (jagatām) - of the worlds (of the worlds, of the moving ones)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Possessive relationship with sraṣṭā, kartā, bhoktā.

स्रष्टा (sraṣṭā) - creator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sraṣṭṛ

sraṣṭṛ - creator, fashioner, author

Agent noun

From root sṛj (to create, emit) with suffix tṛ

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Predicate nominative for aham.

कर्ता (kartā) - doer (doer, agent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, creator

Agent noun

From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix tṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भोक्ता (bhoktā) - experiencer (enjoyer, experiencer, consumer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhoktṛ

bhoktṛ - enjoyer, experiencer, consumer, feeder

Agent noun

From root bhuj (to enjoy, eat, experience) with suffix tṛ

Root: bhuj (class 7)

महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - great lord (great lord, Lord Shiva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheśvara

maheśvara - great lord, supreme lord (an epithet of Shiva or sometimes Vishnu)

From mahā (great) + īśvara (lord)

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+īśvara)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• īśvara – lord, master, controller, God
  noun (masculine)
  From root īś (to be master)
  Root: īś (class 2)