योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-29

अहमेवास्मि मे नास्ति कलनापि किलेतरा ।
रेणुनेवाणुना व्योम्नि पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥ २९ ॥

ahamevāsmi me nāsti kalanāpi kiletarā ,
reṇunevāṇunā vyomni padmapatramivāmbhasā 29

29. aham eva asmi me na asti kalanā api kila itarā
reṇunā iva aṇunā vyomni padmapatram iva ambhasā

29. aham eva asmi; me itarā kalanā api kila na asti.
padmapatram ambhasā iva,
reṇunā aṇunā iva vyomni

29. I alone am; for me, there is indeed no other conception (kalanā) or measurement. [I am] like a lotus leaf untouched by water, or like an atom (aṇu) or a particle of dust (reṇu) in the sky (vyoman).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

• मे (me) - for me (for me, to me, my)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कलना (kalanā) - conception or measurement (calculation, conception, imagination, measurement, consideration)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• किल (kila) - indeed (indeed, certainly, as if)

• इतरा (itarā) - other, different

• रेणुना (reṇunā) - by a particle of dust, by a mote

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अणुना (aṇunā) - by an atom, by a speck

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• पद्मपत्रम् (padmapatram) - lotus leaf

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indicative

First person singular, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - for me (for me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indicative

Third person singular, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

कलना (kalanā) - conception or measurement (calculation, conception, imagination, measurement, consideration)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalanā

kalanā - calculation, measurement, conception, imagination, reckoning

From root kal

Root: kal (class 10)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle

किल (kila) - indeed (indeed, certainly, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle

इतरा (itarā) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different

रेणुना (reṇunā) - by a particle of dust, by a mote

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of reṇu

reṇu - dust, particle, mote

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

अणुना (aṇunā) - by an atom, by a speck

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, minute particle, speck

From root aṇ 'to sound, to breathe'

Root: aṇ (class 1)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, heaven

From vi + root av 'to protect'

Prefix: vi

Root: av (class 1)

पद्मपत्रम् (padmapatram) - lotus leaf

(noun)

neuter, singular of padmapatra

padmapatra - lotus leaf

Compound of padma and patra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padma+patra)

• padma – lotus flower, lotus
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid

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