योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-27

परमात्मनि विद्यन्ते पयसीवेह पांसवः ।
भावनाशब्दशब्दार्थरञ्जनेयं जगद्गता ॥ २७ ॥

paramātmani vidyante payasīveha pāṃsavaḥ ,
bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjaneyaṃ jagadgatā 27

27. paramātmani vidyante payasi iva iha pāṃsavaḥ
bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjanā iyam jagat gatā

27. iha payasi iva pāṃsavaḥ paramātmani vidyante
iyam bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjanā jagat gatā

27. Just as dust particles are found here in water (but do not constitute its essence), [similarly defects are not inherent] in the Supreme Self (paramātman). This coloring of the meaning of words by mental conceptions (bhāvanā) pervades the world.

Words meanings summery:

• परमात्मनि (paramātmani) - in the Supreme Self (paramātman) (in the Supreme Self, in the highest soul)

• विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - are found (implying apparent or superimposed existence, not inherent) (they exist, they are found, they are present)

• पयसि (payasi) - in water (in water, in milk)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• इह (iha) - here (in this world) (here, in this world)

• पांसवः (pāṁsavaḥ) - dust particles (dust particles, atoms)

• भावनाशब्दशब्दार्थरञ्जना (bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjanā) - this coloring or affecting of the meaning of words by mental conceptions (bhāvanā) (the coloring of the meaning of words by mental conceptions/feelings)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (coloring) (this (feminine))

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe)

• गता (gatā) - pervades (the world) (gone, reached, resorted to, pervaded)

Words meanings and morphology

परमात्मनि (paramātmani) - in the Supreme Self (paramātman) (in the Supreme Self, in the highest soul)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - Supreme Soul, Supreme Spirit, the Absolute (ātman)

compound of 'parama' (supreme) and 'ātman' (self)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, best
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality.

विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - are found (implying apparent or superimposed existence, not inherent) (they exist, they are found, they are present)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Middle

Root vid (2nd class, Ātmanepada)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Plural verb for 'pāṃsavaḥ' and implicitly for 'doṣāḥ' from the previous verse.

पयसि (payasi) - in water (in water, in milk)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid, vital power

Note: Part of the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (in this world) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

पांसवः (pāṁsavaḥ) - dust particles (dust particles, atoms)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṃsu

pāṁsu - dust, sand, a particle of dust

भावनाशब्दशब्दार्थरञ्जना (bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjanā) - this coloring or affecting of the meaning of words by mental conceptions (bhāvanā) (the coloring of the meaning of words by mental conceptions/feelings)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjanā

bhāvanāśabdaśabdārtharañjanā - the coloring of the meaning of words by mental conceptions/feelings

large compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāvanā+śabda+śabdārtha+rañjanā)

• bhāvanā – mental conception, ideation, imagination, feeling, cultivation, development
  noun (feminine)
  from root bhū (to be) + ṇic (causative) + yu (suffix) then feminine tāp
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• śabda – word, sound, voice
  noun (masculine)
• śabdārtha – meaning of a word, import of a sound
  noun (masculine)
  compound of śabda (word) + artha (meaning)
• rañjanā – coloring, dyeing, pleasing, affecting, enchanting
  noun (feminine)
  from root rañj (to color, please)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second sentence.

इयम् (iyam) - this (coloring) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'rañjanā'.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, what moves

Present Active Participle

from root 'gam' (to go) + śatṛ (present active participle)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The 't' becomes 'd' in sandhi with voiced consonant ('g') that follows.

गता (gatā) - pervades (the world) (gone, reached, resorted to, pervaded)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, obtained, reached, understood, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) + kta (past passive participle suffix)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Acts like an adjective to 'rañjanā', meaning 'that which has gone into the world' or 'pervades the world'.

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