योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-27

यथा सर्वगता सत्ता कालः सर्वगतो यथा ।
प्रभुशक्तिर्मही यस्य सर्वदेशगता यथा ॥ २७ ॥

yathā sarvagatā sattā kālaḥ sarvagato yathā ,
prabhuśaktirmahī yasya sarvadeśagatā yathā 27

27. yathā sarvagatā sattā kālaḥ sarvagataḥ yathā
prabhuśaktiḥ mahī yasya sarvadeśagatā yathā

27. yathā sattā sarvagatā; yathā kālaḥ sarvagataḥ; yathā yasya prabhuśaktiḥ mahī sarvadeśagatā.

27. Just as existence (sattā) is all-pervading, and just as time (kāla) is all-pervading, similarly, just as a lord's power (prabhuśakti) is spread throughout all his lands (mahī).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• सर्वगता (sarvagatā) - all-pervading (all-pervading, omnipresent, gone everywhere)

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence (existence, being, reality, truth)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, season, period)

• सर्वगतः (sarvagataḥ) - all-pervading (all-pervading, omnipresent)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• प्रभुशक्तिः (prabhuśaktiḥ) - a lord's power (śakti) (the power of a lord, lordly power (śakti))

• मही (mahī) - his lands (earth, land, territory, ground)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of which, of whom)

• सर्वदेशगता (sarvadeśagatā) - spread throughout all his lands (pervading all regions, spread over all countries)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of manner.

सर्वगता (sarvagatā) - all-pervading (all-pervading, omnipresent, gone everywhere)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvagata

sarvagata - all-pervading, omnipresent, gone everywhere, universal

Past Passive Participle (bahuvrīhi implied here)

Compound: sarva (all) + gata (gone, reached). Can also be seen as an adjective directly.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (sarva+gata)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam- (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sattā.

सत्ता (sattā) - existence (existence, being, reality, truth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, truth, entity

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, season, period)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period, proper time

Root: kal (class 10)

सर्वगतः (sarvagataḥ) - all-pervading (all-pervading, omnipresent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvagata

sarvagata - all-pervading, omnipresent, gone everywhere, universal

Past Passive Participle

Compound: sarva (all) + gata (gone, reached).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (sarva+gata)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam- (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of manner.

प्रभुशक्तिः (prabhuśaktiḥ) - a lord's power (śakti) (the power of a lord, lordly power (śakti))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prabhuśakti

prabhuśakti - the power of a lord, lordly power, sovereignty (śakti)

Compound: prabhu (lord, master) + śakti (power).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prabhu+śakti)

• prabhu – lord, master, powerful, capable
  noun (masculine)
  From pra- + root bhū- (to be)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• śakti – power, strength, energy, capability (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  From root śak- (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

मही (mahī) - his lands (earth, land, territory, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, ground, territory, a particular country or kingdom

Feminine derivative of mahant (great).

Note: Subject of sarvadeśagatā.

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of which, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Relative pronoun.

सर्वदेशगता (sarvadeśagatā) - spread throughout all his lands (pervading all regions, spread over all countries)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvadeśagata

sarvadeśagata - pervading all regions, spread over all countries, universal

Past Passive Participle (compound adjective)

Compound: sarvadeśa (all regions) + gata (gone, reached).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (sarvadeśa+gata)

• sarvadeśa – all regions, every place
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: sarva (all) + deśa (region)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained, extended
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam- (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mahī.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of manner.

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