योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-95, verse-2

सर्वसंकल्पनामुक्ते जीवा ब्रह्मणि निर्मले ।
स्फुरन्ति वितते व्योम्नि नीलिमेवाज्ञचक्षुषः ॥ २ ॥

sarvasaṃkalpanāmukte jīvā brahmaṇi nirmale ,
sphuranti vitate vyomni nīlimevājñacakṣuṣaḥ 2

2. sarvasaṅkalpanāmukte jīvāḥ brahmaṇi nirmale
sphuranti vitate vyomni nīlimā iva ajñacakṣuṣaḥ

2. nirmale sarvasaṅkalpanāmukte brahmaṇi jīvāḥ
sphuranti vitate vyomni ajñacakṣuṣaḥ nīlimā iva

2. Individual souls (jīva) appear in the pure (Brahman), free from all mental constructs, just as blueness appears in the vast sky to the ignorant eye.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वसङ्कल्पनामुक्ते (sarvasaṅkalpanāmukte) - in Brahman, which is free from all mental constructs (in (that which is) free from all mental constructs/volitions)

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, individual souls (jīva)

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman, in the ultimate reality

• निर्मले (nirmale) - in the pure Brahman (in the pure, in the stainless)

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they vibrate, they manifest, they appear

• वितते (vitate) - in the vast sky (in the vast, in the extensive)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• नीलिमा (nīlimā) - blueness, blue color

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अज्ञचक्षुषः (ajñacakṣuṣaḥ) - to the eye of the ignorant, for the ignorant eye

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वसङ्कल्पनामुक्ते (sarvasaṅkalpanāmukte) - in Brahman, which is free from all mental constructs (in (that which is) free from all mental constructs/volitions)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sarvasaṅkalpanāmukta

sarvasaṅkalpanāmukta - free from all resolves, free from all mental constructs

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed with `sarva` (all), `saṅkalpanā` (resolve/mental construct), and `mukta` (free).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sarva+saṅkalpanā+mukta)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• saṅkalpanā – mental construct, intention, resolve
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from `sam-kḷp`.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• mukta – freed, liberated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √muc (to free).
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `brahmaṇi`.

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, individual souls (jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living, existing; a living being, individual soul (jīva)

From `√jīv` (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman, in the ultimate reality

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, the universal spirit (brahman); sacred utterance, holy power

Root: bṛh (class 1)

निर्मले (nirmale) - in the pure Brahman (in the pure, in the stainless)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nirmala

nirmala - spotless, pure, clean, immaculate, stainless

Compound of `nir-` (without) and `mala` (impurity).

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (nir+mala)

• nir – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (neuter)

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they vibrate, they manifest, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Present Active Indicative

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: The subject is `jīvāḥ`.

वितते (vitate) - in the vast sky (in the vast, in the extensive)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vitata

vitata - spread out, extensive, vast, wide

Past Passive Participle

From `vi-` (prefix) + `√tan` (to stretch).

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

Note: Refers to the physical sky, used as an analogy.

नीलिमा (nīlimā) - blueness, blue color

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīliman

nīliman - blueness, the quality of being blue

Abstract noun from `nīla` (blue) with suffix `iman`.

Note: The blueness of the sky is an optical illusion, not an inherent quality.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अज्ञचक्षुषः (ajñacakṣuṣaḥ) - to the eye of the ignorant, for the ignorant eye

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ajñacakṣus

ajñacakṣus - the eye of the ignorant person, an ignorant eye

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ajña+cakṣus)

• ajña – ignorant, unknowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of `a-` (negation) and `jña` (knower).
  Prefix: a
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• cakṣus – eye, sight
  noun (neuter)
  From `√cakṣ` (to see).
  Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: The dative sense 'for the ignorant eye' is more appropriate here.

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