योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-28

रूपालोकमनस्कारयुक्तं सत्त्वं तथात्मनः ।
नित्यः सोऽयं महादेवो देवानामेव बोधकः ॥ २८ ॥

rūpālokamanaskārayuktaṃ sattvaṃ tathātmanaḥ ,
nityaḥ so'yaṃ mahādevo devānāmeva bodhakaḥ 28

28. rūpālokamanaskārayuktam sattvam tathā ātmanaḥ
nityaḥ saḥ ayam mahādevaḥ devānām eva bodhakaḥ

28. ātmanaḥ sattvam rūpālokamanaskārayuktam tathā,
saḥ ayam nityaḥ mahādevaḥ devānām eva bodhakaḥ

28. The essential nature (sattva) of the self (ātman) is endowed with the perception of forms and mental activity. Similarly, this eternal Mahādeva is indeed the enlightener of the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• रूपालोकमनस्कारयुक्तम् (rūpālokamanaskārayuktam) - endowed with the perception of forms and mental activity

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - essential nature, reality, pure being, existence, goodness

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul, of oneself

• नित्यः (nityaḥ) - eternal, permanent, constant

• सः (saḥ) - that (one)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - great god, Lord Shiva

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• बोधकः (bodhakaḥ) - enlightener, one who awakens

Words meanings and morphology

रूपालोकमनस्कारयुक्तम् (rūpālokamanaskārayuktam) - endowed with the perception of forms and mental activity

(adjective)

neuter, singular of rūpālokamanaskārayukta

rūpālokamanaskārayukta - endowed with the perception of forms and mental activity

Compound of rūpāloka-manaskāra and yukta

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rūpāloka+manaskāra+yukta)

• rūpāloka – perception of form, sight of forms
  noun (masculine)
• manaskāra – mental activity, attention, thought
  noun (masculine)
  From manas + kṛ
  Prefix: manas
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, united
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yuj, pp.
  Root: yuj (class 7)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - essential nature, reality, pure being, existence, goodness

(noun)

neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - essential nature, reality, pure being, existence, goodness, the quality of goodness (sattva)

From root as (to be) + tva suffix

Root: as (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul, of oneself

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, Supreme Soul (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

नित्यः (nityaḥ) - eternal, permanent, constant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nitya

nitya - eternal, constant, perpetual, always existing

From ni + i + ya

Prefix: ni

Root: i (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

महादेवः (mahādevaḥ) - great god, Lord Shiva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādeva

mahādeva - great god, Lord Shiva, an epithet for Shiva

Compound of mahā and deva

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+deva)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• deva – god, deity, divine being
  noun (masculine)
  From root div 'to shine'
  Root: div (class 4)

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

From root div 'to shine'

Root: div (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

बोधकः (bodhakaḥ) - enlightener, one who awakens

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodhaka

bodhaka - enlightener, instructor, one who causes to awaken or perceive

agent noun

From root budh + ṇvul (aka aka)

Root: budh (class 1)

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