योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-27, verse-27

न शक्ता मां परिच्छेत्तुं भावाभावा जगद्गताः ।
अथ चैते जगद्भावाः परिच्छिन्दन्तु मामिमम् ॥ २७ ॥

na śaktā māṃ paricchettuṃ bhāvābhāvā jagadgatāḥ ,
atha caite jagadbhāvāḥ paricchindantu māmimam 27

27. na śaktāḥ mām paricchettum bhāvābhāvāḥ jagadgatāḥ
atha ca ete jagadbhāvāḥ paricchindantu mām imam

27. jagatgatāḥ bhāvābhāvāḥ mām paricchettum na śaktāḥ.
atha ca ete jagadbhāvāḥ imam mām paricchindantu

27. The existences and non-existences present in the world are not capable of defining or comprehending me. And yet, let these worldly phenomena define this very 'me'!

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - capable, able

• माम् (mām) - me

• परिच्छेत्तुम् (paricchettum) - to delimit, to comprehend, to define

• भावाभावाः (bhāvābhāvāḥ) - existences and non-existences

• जगद्गताः (jagadgatāḥ) - residing in the world, worldly

• अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover, now

• च (ca) - and

• एते (ete) - these (masculine plural)

• जगद्भावाः (jagadbhāvāḥ) - worldly phenomena, entities of the world

• परिच्छिन्दन्तु (paricchindantu) - let them delimit, let them define

• माम् (mām) - me

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine singular)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakta

śakta - capable, able, strong

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śak' (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject complement.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Object of 'paricchettum'.

परिच्छेत्तुम् (paricchettum) - to delimit, to comprehend, to define

(verb)

active, infinitive of paricchid

Infinitive

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, divide) with prefix 'pari-'. Formed with suffix '-tum'.

Prefix: pari

Root: chid (class 7)

भावाभावाः (bhāvābhāvāḥ) - existences and non-existences

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - being and non-being, existence and non-existence, positive and negative entities

Compound type : Dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – existence, being, state, nature, entity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, non-being, absence
  noun (masculine)
  'a' (negation) + 'bhāva'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'śaktāḥ'.

जगद्गताः (jagadgatāḥ) - residing in the world, worldly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jagadgata

jagadgata - gone into the world, abiding in the world, worldly

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jagat+gata)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• gata – gone, arrived, present in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvābhāvāḥ'.

अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover, now

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this

Note: Agrees with 'jagadbhāvāḥ'.

जगद्भावाः (jagadbhāvāḥ) - worldly phenomena, entities of the world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jagadbhāva

jagadbhāva - worldly existence, entities of the world, phenomena of the universe

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jagat+bhāva)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• bhāva – existence, being, state, entity, phenomenon
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'paricchindantu'.

परिच्छिन्दन्तु (paricchindantu) - let them delimit, let them define

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of paricchid

Imperative Active

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, divide) with prefix 'pari-'. 3rd person plural imperative form.

Prefix: pari

Root: chid (class 7)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Object of 'paricchindantu'.

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.