योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-27

मनो जीवः स्फुरत्युच्चैर्मानसं नगरं जगत् ।
भविष्यद्वर्तमानं च भूतं च परिवर्तयन् ॥ २७ ॥

mano jīvaḥ sphuratyuccairmānasaṃ nagaraṃ jagat ,
bhaviṣyadvartamānaṃ ca bhūtaṃ ca parivartayan 27

27. manaḥ jīvaḥ sphurati uccaiḥ mānasam nagaram jagat
| bhaviṣyat vartamānam ca bhūtam ca parivartayan ||

27. manaḥ jīvaḥ uccaiḥ mānasam nagaram jagat sphurati.
ca bhaviṣyat vartamānam ca bhūtam parivartayan.

27. The mind (manas), which is the individual soul (jīva), manifests intensely as the mental city of the world (jagat), continually transforming the future, the present, and the past.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life principle)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (flashes, throbs, manifests, trembles, appears)

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - intensely (loudly, highly, intensely)

• मानसम् (mānasam) - mental (mental, relating to the mind)

• नगरम् (nagaram) - city (city, town)

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

• भविष्यत् (bhaviṣyat) - the future (future, that which will be)

• वर्तमानम् (vartamānam) - the present (present, existing, being)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - the past (past, happened, existed; a being, an element)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• परिवर्तयन् (parivartayan) - transforming (causing to turn, changing, transforming)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness, internal organ

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Visarga is retained as per no-sandhi rule for this form.

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life principle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing; a living being, the individual soul, life

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Appositive to 'manaḥ'.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (flashes, throbs, manifests, trembles, appears)

(verb)

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

Present Active

From root 'sphur' (6th class, Parasmaipada), 3rd person singular.

Root: sphur (class 6)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - intensely (loudly, highly, intensely)

(indeclinable)

मानसम् (mānasam) - mental (mental, relating to the mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, spiritual, relating to the mind or soul; mind, intention, lake

Note: Agrees with 'nagaram'.

नगरम् (nagaram) - city (city, town)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

Note: Appositive to 'jagat'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, the universe, people

Present Active Participle (from gam)

From root 'gam' (to go) in reduplicated form, present active participle, neuter noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: This entire phrase ('mānasam nagaram jagat') seems to be in apposition to the subject 'manaḥ jīvaḥ'.

भविष्यत् (bhaviṣyat) - the future (future, that which will be)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaviṣyat

bhaviṣyat - future, what will be, about to be

Future Active Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become) with future suffix '-iṣya' and participle suffix '-t'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun 'the future'.

वर्तमानम् (vartamānam) - the present (present, existing, being)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, being, living, current

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, exist) with present middle participle suffix '-māna'.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun 'the present'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - the past (past, happened, existed; a being, an element)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - been, become, past, existed; a being, creature, element, ghost

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become) with past passive participle suffix '-ta'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun 'the past'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

परिवर्तयन् (parivartayan) - transforming (causing to turn, changing, transforming)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivartay

parivartay - to turn around, change, transform, cause to revolve

Present Active Participle (Causative)

Derived from causative of root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist) with prefix 'pari-'. Present active participle, masculine singular nominative.

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Active participle modifying 'manaḥ jīvaḥ'.