योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-45

चिदादित्यो भवानेव सर्वत्र जगति स्थितः ।
कः परस्ते क आत्मीयः परिस्खलसि किं मुधा ॥ ४५ ॥

cidādityo bhavāneva sarvatra jagati sthitaḥ ,
kaḥ paraste ka ātmīyaḥ pariskhalasi kiṃ mudhā 45

45. cidādityaḥ bhavān eva sarvatra jagati sthitaḥ
kaḥ paraḥ te kaḥ ātmīyaḥ pariskhalasi kim mudhā

45. bhavān eva cidādityaḥ sarvatra jagati sthitaḥ
te kaḥ paraḥ kaḥ ātmīyaḥ kim mudhā pariskhalasi

45. You yourself are the sun of consciousness, present everywhere in the universe. Who is alien to you? Who is your own? Why do you stumble in vain?

Words meanings summery:

• चिदादित्यः (cidādityaḥ) - sun of consciousness

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all places

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - Present, existing (situated, standing, abiding)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• परः (paraḥ) - other, alien, foreign, supreme

• ते (te) - Your (to you, of you, your)

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• आत्मीयः (ātmīyaḥ) - one's own, related to the self, intimate

• परिस्खलसि (pariskhalasi) - You err, you are confused (you stumble, you falter, you slip)

• किम् (kim) - Why (what? why?)

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

Words meanings and morphology

चिदादित्यः (cidādityaḥ) - sun of consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cidāditya

cidāditya - sun of consciousness, divine consciousness as the sun

Compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+āditya)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• āditya – sun, son of Aditi
  noun (masculine)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, being, existing (respectful pronoun)

Present Active Participle

From root bhū with śatṛ suffix, used as a respectful pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all places

(indeclinable)

From sarva (all) with suffix tra (locative sense)

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle (from gam)

From root gam (to go), used as a noun meaning 'world'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Locative singular

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - Present, existing (situated, standing, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, abiding, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with kta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular masculine, modifying bhavān

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Nominative singular masculine

परः (paraḥ) - other, alien, foreign, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, opposite, alien, supreme, highest

Note: Nominative singular masculine

ते (te) - Your (to you, of you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Genitive singular of yuṣmad

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Nominative singular masculine

आत्मीयः (ātmīyaḥ) - one's own, related to the self, intimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmīya

ātmīya - one's own, peculiar to oneself, intimate, related to the self (ātman)

From ātman with suffix īya

Note: Nominative singular masculine

परिस्खलसि (pariskhalasi) - You err, you are confused (you stumble, you falter, you slip)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pariskhalati

Present Indicative 2nd singular

From root skhal with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: skhal (class 1)

किम् (kim) - Why (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

Root: muh (class 4)

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