योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-93, verse-20

काश्चिद्विज्ञातविज्ञानाः परमेव पदं गताः ।
वातोद्भूताः पयोमध्यं सामुद्रा इव बिन्दवः ॥ २० ॥

kāścidvijñātavijñānāḥ parameva padaṃ gatāḥ ,
vātodbhūtāḥ payomadhyaṃ sāmudrā iva bindavaḥ 20

20. kāścit vijñāta-vijñānāḥ param eva padam gatāḥ |
vāta-udbhūtāḥ payas-madhyam sāmudrāḥ iva bindavaḥ ||

20. kāścit vijñāta-vijñānāḥ param padam eva gatāḥ
vāta-udbhūtāḥ sāmudrāḥ bindavaḥ iva payas-madhyam (gatāḥ)

20. Some beings, who have realized supreme knowledge, have indeed attained the highest state (param padam) of liberation (mokṣa). They are like oceanic drops, lifted by the wind, returning to the midst of the waters.

Words meanings summery:

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

• विज्ञात-विज्ञानाः (vijñāta-vijñānāḥ) - who have understood supreme knowledge, whose knowledge is realized

• परम् (param) - highest, supreme

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• पदम् (padam) - state, abode, goal

• गताः (gatāḥ) - attained, gone, reached

• वात-उद्भूताः (vāta-udbhūtāḥ) - wind-blown, arisen by the wind

• पयस्-मध्यम् (payas-madhyam) - to the midst of water/ocean

• सामुद्राः (sāmudrāḥ) - oceanic, belonging to the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops

Words meanings and morphology

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, which

विज्ञात-विज्ञानाः (vijñāta-vijñānāḥ) - who have understood supreme knowledge, whose knowledge is realized

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vijñāta-vijñāna

vijñāta-vijñāna - one for whom knowledge is realized; who has understood supreme knowledge

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vijñāta+vijñāna)

• vijñāta – known, understood
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vijñāna – knowledge, understanding, supreme knowledge
  noun (neuter)

परम् (param) - highest, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

पदम् (padam) - state, abode, goal

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, place, state, abode, goal

गताः (gatāḥ) - attained, gone, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

derived from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

वात-उद्भूताः (vāta-udbhūtāḥ) - wind-blown, arisen by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāta-udbhūta

vāta-udbhūta - sprung up by the wind

Compound type : Tṛtīyā Tatpuruṣa (vāta+udbhūta)

• vāta – wind
  noun (masculine)
• udbhūta – arisen, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)

पयस्-मध्यम् (payas-madhyam) - to the midst of water/ocean

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of payas-madhya

payas-madhya - middle of water/ocean

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (payas+madhya)

• payas – water, fluid, milk
  noun (neuter)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

सामुद्राः (sāmudrāḥ) - oceanic, belonging to the ocean

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāmudra

sāmudra - oceanic, marine, belonging to the sea

derived from samudra with aṇ suffix

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bindu

bindu - drop, point, dot

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