योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-1

प्रह्लाद उवाच ।
ओमित्येकोचिताकारो विकारपरिवर्जितः ।
आत्मैवायमिदं सर्वं यत्किंचिज्जगतीगतम् ॥ १ ॥

prahlāda uvāca ,
omityekocitākāro vikāraparivarjitaḥ ,
ātmaivāyamidaṃ sarvaṃ yatkiṃcijjagatīgatam 1

1. prahlādaḥ uvāca om iti eka-ucita-ākāraḥ vikāra-parivarjitaḥ
ātmā eva ayam idam sarvam yat kiṃcit jagatī-gatam

1. prahlādaḥ uvāca ayam ātmā om iti eka-ucita-ākāraḥ
vikāra-parivarjitaḥ eva idam sarvam yat kiṃcit jagatī-gatam

1. Prahlāda said: This (supreme) Self (ātman), whose unique form is expressed by the syllable Om and who is free from all modifications, is indeed all this – whatever exists in the world.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रह्लादः (prahlādaḥ) - Prahlāda

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ओम् (om) - the sacred syllable Om

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

• एक-उचित-आकारः (eka-ucita-ākāraḥ) - whose unique and appropriate form (is)

• विकार-परिवर्जितः (vikāra-parivarjitaḥ) - free from modifications, devoid of change

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the supreme Self (ātman) (the Self, soul, spirit)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• इदम् (idam) - this (neuter)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever (relative pronoun)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, whatever

• जगती-गतम् (jagatī-gatam) - existing in the world

Words meanings and morphology

प्रह्लादः (prahlādaḥ) - Prahlāda

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahlāda

prahlāda - Prahlāda (son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a devotee of Viṣṇu)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect active

Third person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

ओम् (om) - the sacred syllable Om

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

एक-उचित-आकारः (eka-ucita-ākāraḥ) - whose unique and appropriate form (is)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka-ucita-ākāra

eka-ucita-ākāra - whose unique and appropriate form (is), having a single fitting form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+ucita+ākāra)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/adjective
• ucita – suitable, proper, appropriate
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vac (to speak, but related to propriety)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• ākāra – form, shape, aspect, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies ātmā.

विकार-परिवर्जितः (vikāra-parivarjitaḥ) - free from modifications, devoid of change

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikāra-parivarjita

vikāra-parivarjita - free from modifications, devoid of change

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vikāra+parivarjita)

• vikāra – change, modification, transformation
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• parivarjita – abandoned, avoided, shunned, free from
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛj (to avoid, abandon) with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies ātmā.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the supreme Self (ātman) (the Self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Nominative singular masculine of idam.

Note: Refers to the ātmā.

इदम् (idam) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Predicate nominative for ātmā.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies idam.

यत् (yat) - which, whatever (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Introduces a relative clause modifying idam sarvam.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, whatever

(indeclinable)

Combination of kim (what) and the particle cit.

Note: Used with yat to mean "whatever".

जगती-गतम् (jagatī-gatam) - existing in the world

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagatī-gata

jagatī-gata - existing in the world, gone into the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagatī+gata)

• jagatī – the earth, the world
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, existing, situated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies yat kiṃcit.

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