योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-22, verse-26

वालाग्रलक्षभागात्तु कोटिशः परिकल्पितात् ।
अहं सूक्ष्म इति व्यापी यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ २६ ॥

vālāgralakṣabhāgāttu koṭiśaḥ parikalpitāt ,
ahaṃ sūkṣma iti vyāpī yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati 26

26. vālāgralakṣabhāgāt tu koṭiśaḥ parikalpitāt
aham sūkṣma iti vyāpī yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati

26. yaḥ vālāgralakṣabhāgāt tu koṭiśaḥ parikalpitāt
aham sūkṣma iti vyāpī paśyati sa paśyati

26. One who sees, "I am the subtle (sūkṣma) and all-pervading (vyāpī) reality," understanding that this reality is far subtler than even a hundred-thousandth part of a hair's tip, or even a crore times smaller than such an imagined part, he truly sees.

Words meanings summery:

• वालाग्रलक्षभागात् (vālāgralakṣabhāgāt) - from a hundred-thousandth part of a hair's tip

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - by crores, millions of times, in countless ways

• परिकल्पितात् (parikalpitāt) - from what is imagined, conceived, or arranged

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सूक्ष्म (sūkṣma) - subtle, minute, fine, ethereal

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• व्यापी (vyāpī) - all-pervading, omnipresent, extensive

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who, which

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• स (sa) - he, that (person)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

Words meanings and morphology

वालाग्रलक्षभागात् (vālāgralakṣabhāgāt) - from a hundred-thousandth part of a hair's tip

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vālāgralakṣabhāga

vālāgralakṣabhāga - a hundred-thousandth part of a hair's tip

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vāla+agra+lakṣa+bhāga)

• vāla – hair
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front
  noun (neuter)
• lakṣa – a hundred thousand, target, mark
  noun (neuter)
• bhāga – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - by crores, millions of times, in countless ways

(indeclinable)

Derived from koṭi (a crore, ten million) with the suffix -śas, indicating 'by number of' or 'in portions of'.

परिकल्पितात् (parikalpitāt) - from what is imagined, conceived, or arranged

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parikalpita

parikalpita - imagined, conceived, arranged, determined, supposed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kḷp (to arrange, to imagine) with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Agrees with vālāgralakṣabhāgāt

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

सूक्ष्म (sūkṣma) - subtle, minute, fine, ethereal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, small, invisible, ethereal

Note: Predicate adjective for 'aham'

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

व्यापी (vyāpī) - all-pervading, omnipresent, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāpin

vyāpin - all-pervading, omnipresent, extensive, comprehensible

Agent Noun/Adjective

Derived from root āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'aham'

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Tense (Pashya-stem)

Root dṛś forms paśyati in present tense (Class 1 verb).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स (sa) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Tense (Pashya-stem)

Root dṛś forms paśyati in present tense (Class 1 verb).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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