योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
भगवन्सर्वधर्मज्ञ संशयो यो महानयम् ।
हृदि व्यावर्तते लोलः कल्लोल इव सागरे ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
bhagavansarvadharmajña saṃśayo yo mahānayam ,
hṛdi vyāvartate lolaḥ kallola iva sāgare 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca | bhagavan sarvadharmajña saṃśayaḥ yaḥ mahān
ayam | hṛdi vyāvartate lolaḥ kallolaḥ iva sāgare || 1 ||

1. śrīrāma uvāca bhagavan sarvadharmajña,
ayam yaḥ mahān lolaḥ saṃśayaḥ,
sāgare kallolaḥ iva,
hṛdi vyāvartate.

1. Śrī Rāma said: O venerable one, knower of all natural law (dharma)! This great doubt, which is restless and fickle, churns within my heart like a mighty wave in the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper noun) (Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (addressing Sage Vasiṣṭha) (O worshipful one, O blessed one)

• सर्वधर्मज्ञ (sarvadharmajña) - knower of all natural law (dharma) (vocative) (knower of all dharma, omniscient in law)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty, suspicion)

• यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to the doubt) (who, which, what)

• महान् (mahān) - great, profound (great, large, mighty)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (specific doubt) (this)

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in my heart (in the heart, in the mind)

• व्यावर्तते (vyāvartate) - churns, revolves (like a wave) (revolves, turns round, wanders, wavers, churns)

• लोलः (lolaḥ) - restless, fickle (describing the doubt) (moving, restless, fickle, trembling, greedy)

• कल्लोलः (kallolaḥ) - a mighty wave (large wave, billow, surge)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean (in the ocean, in the sea)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper noun) (Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Vishnu

Compound of 'śrī' (auspicious, glorious) and 'rāma' (pleasing, name of a deity).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, auspiciousness, revered
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – pleasing, charming, name of a celebrated hero
  proper noun (masculine)
  From verbal root √ram (to delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active. From reduplicated perfect root.

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (addressing Sage Vasiṣṭha) (O worshipful one, O blessed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable; Lord, God

From 'bhaga' (fortune) with possessive suffix '-vat'.

Note: Addressing Vasiṣṭha, his guru.

सर्वधर्मज्ञ (sarvadharmajña) - knower of all natural law (dharma) (vocative) (knower of all dharma, omniscient in law)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sarvadharmajña

sarvadharmajña - knower of all laws/duties/truths

Compound of 'sarva' (all), 'dharma' (law, duty), and 'jña' (knower).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (sarva+dharma+jña)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• dharma – law, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  From verbal root √dhṛ (to support, maintain)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective/noun
  From verbal root √jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Addresses Vasiṣṭha.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty, suspicion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

From verbal root √śī (to lie) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'vyāvartate'.

यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to the doubt) (who, which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Relative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.

Note: Agrees with 'saṃśayaḥ'.

महान् (mahān) - great, profound (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

Nominative singular masculine of 'mahat'.

Note: Agrees with 'saṃśayaḥ'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (specific doubt) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.

Note: Agrees with 'saṃśayaḥ'.

हृदि (hṛdi) - in my heart (in the heart, in the mind)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, soul

Locative singular.

Note: Location where the doubt revolves.

व्यावर्तते (vyāvartate) - churns, revolves (like a wave) (revolves, turns round, wanders, wavers, churns)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vi-ā-vṛt

present tense

3rd person singular present middle indicative. From root vṛt with prefixes vi-ā-.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'saṃśayaḥ'.

लोलः (lolaḥ) - restless, fickle (describing the doubt) (moving, restless, fickle, trembling, greedy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lola

lola - moving, trembling, restless, fickle, greedy

From verbal root √lul (to move to and fro).

Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃśayaḥ' and 'kallolaḥ'.

कल्लोलः (kallolaḥ) - a mighty wave (large wave, billow, surge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kallola

kallola - large wave, billow, surge

Note: Subject of comparison with 'saṃśayaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean (in the ocean, in the sea)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Locative singular.

Note: Location of the comparison object (wave).