योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-43, verse-6

यो हि विष्णुः स एवात्मा यो ह्यात्मासौ जनार्दनः ।
विष्ण्वात्मशब्दौ पर्यायौ यथा विटपिपादपौ ॥ ६ ॥

yo hi viṣṇuḥ sa evātmā yo hyātmāsau janārdanaḥ ,
viṣṇvātmaśabdau paryāyau yathā viṭapipādapau 6

6. yaḥ hi viṣṇuḥ saḥ eva ātmā yaḥ hi ātmā asau janārdanaḥ
| viṣṇu-ātma-śabdau paryāyau yathā viṭapi-pādapau ||

6. hi yaḥ viṣṇuḥ,
saḥ eva ātmā; hi yaḥ ātmā,
asau janārdanaḥ yathā viṭapi-pādapau (paryāyau),
(tathā) viṣṇu-ātma-śabdau paryāyau

6. Indeed, whoever is Viṣṇu, He alone is the self (ātman); and whoever is the self (ātman), He is Janārdana. The words 'Viṣṇu' and 'ātman' are synonyms, just like 'tree' (viṭapin) and 'plant' (pādapa).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - "whoever" (referring to Viṣṇu) (who, whoever, which)

• हि (hi) - "indeed" (emphatic) (indeed, surely, because)

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu (the deity) (Viṣṇu)

• सः (saḥ) - "He" (correlative to 'yaḥ', referring to Viṣṇu) (he, that)

• एव (eva) - "alone" (emphatic) (only, just, indeed)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• यः (yaḥ) - "whoever" (referring to the self) (who, whoever, which)

• हि (hi) - "indeed" (emphatic) (indeed, surely, because)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• असौ (asau) - "He" (demonstrative pronoun, correlative to 'yaḥ') (that (person), he)

• जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana (the deity, Viṣṇu) (Janārdana (a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

• विष्णु-आत्म-शब्दौ (viṣṇu-ātma-śabdau) - The words 'Viṣṇu' and 'ātman' (the words Viṣṇu and ātman)

• पर्यायौ (paryāyau) - "are synonyms" (synonyms, interchangeable)

• यथा (yathā) - "just like" (as, just as, in what manner)

• विटपि-पादपौ (viṭapi-pādapau) - "tree (viṭapin) and plant (pādapa)" (tree and plant)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - "whoever" (referring to Viṣṇu) (who, whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Note: Relative pronoun introducing the first clause.

हि (hi) - "indeed" (emphatic) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu (the deity) (Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (one of the principal deities of Hinduism)

Note: Predicate noun to 'yaḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - "He" (correlative to 'yaḥ', referring to Viṣṇu) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun.

एव (eva) - "alone" (emphatic) (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul, essence, principle of life

Note: Predicate noun to 'saḥ'.

यः (yaḥ) - "whoever" (referring to the self) (who, whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Note: Relative pronoun introducing the second clause.

हि (hi) - "indeed" (emphatic) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul, essence, principle of life

Note: Predicate noun to 'yaḥ'.

असौ (asau) - "He" (demonstrative pronoun, correlative to 'yaḥ') (that (person), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, this, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yaḥ'.

जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana (the deity, Viṣṇu) (Janārdana (a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - Janārdana, 'agitator of men' or 'one who is worshipped by men', an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa

Root: ard (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun to 'asau'.

विष्णु-आत्म-शब्दौ (viṣṇu-ātma-śabdau) - The words 'Viṣṇu' and 'ātman' (the words Viṣṇu and ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of viṣṇu-ātma-śabda

viṣṇu-ātma-śabda - the words Viṣṇu and ātman

Compound type : dvandva (viṣṇu+ātman+śabda)

• viṣṇu – Viṣṇu
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• śabda – word, sound
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the clause, referring to 'Viṣṇu-śabda' and 'ātma-śabda'.

पर्यायौ (paryāyau) - "are synonyms" (synonyms, interchangeable)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of paryāya

paryāya - synonym, interchange, turn, succession

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Predicate to 'viṣṇu-ātma-śabdau'.

यथा (yathā) - "just like" (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

विटपि-पादपौ (viṭapi-pādapau) - "tree (viṭapin) and plant (pādapa)" (tree and plant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of viṭapi-pādapa

viṭapi-pādapa - tree and plant; synonyms for tree

Compound type : dvandva (viṭapin+pādapa)

• viṭapin – tree, plant
  noun (masculine)
• pādapa – tree, plant (literally 'foot-drinker')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Example of synonyms.