योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-55, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
आत्मज्ञानदिनैकार्क मत्संशयतृणानल ।
अज्ञानदाहशीतांशो सत्तासामान्यमीश किम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
ātmajñānadinaikārka matsaṃśayatṛṇānala ,
ajñānadāhaśītāṃśo sattāsāmānyamīśa kim 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca ātmajñānadinaikārka matsaṃśayatṛṇānala
ajñānadāhaśītāṃśuḥ sattāsāmānyam īśa kim

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca / ātmajñānadinaikārka matsaṃśayatṛṇānala
ajñānadāhaśītāṃśuḥ īśa / sattāsāmānyam kim

1. Śrī Rāma said: O you who are the unique sun of the day of knowledge of the self (ātman), the fire that consumes the grass of my doubts, and the moon that cools the burning heat of ignorance—O Lord, what is this general existence?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• आत्मज्ञानदिनैकार्क (ātmajñānadinaikārka) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha as the enlightener. (O sole sun of the day of self-knowledge)

• मत्संशयतृणानल (matsaṁśayatṛṇānala) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O fire consuming the grass of my doubts)

• अज्ञानदाहशीतांशुः (ajñānadāhaśītāṁśuḥ) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O moon cooling the burning of ignorance)

• सत्तासामान्यम् (sattāsāmānyam) - Refers to the fundamental, undifferentiated reality. (general existence, universal being)

• ईश (īśa) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O Lord, O master)

• किम् (kim) - Interrogative particle. (what, why, whether)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

Note: Subject of the verb 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of the root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Verb for Śrī Rāma.

आत्मज्ञानदिनैकार्क (ātmajñānadinaikārka) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha as the enlightener. (O sole sun of the day of self-knowledge)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ātmajñānadinaikārka

ātmajñānadinaikārka - (one who is) the unique sun of the day of self-knowledge

Compound type : Karmadhāraya/Tatpurusha (ātman+jñāna+dina+eka+arka)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the ultimate reality
  noun (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• dina – day
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, sole, unique
  adjective
• arka – sun, ray, praise
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

मत्संशयतृणानल (matsaṁśayatṛṇānala) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O fire consuming the grass of my doubts)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of matsaṃśayatṛṇānala

matsaṁśayatṛṇānala - (one who is) the fire for the grass of my doubts

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mad+saṃśaya+tṛṇa+anala)

• mad – my, of me (from aham)
  pronoun
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)
• tṛṇa – grass, straw
  noun (neuter)
• anala – fire, Agni
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

अज्ञानदाहशीतांशुः (ajñānadāhaśītāṁśuḥ) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O moon cooling the burning of ignorance)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ajñānadāhaśītāṃśu

ajñānadāhaśītāṁśu - (one who is) the cool-rayed moon for the burning of ignorance

Compound type : Tatpurusha (a+jñāna+dāha+śītāṃśu)

• a – not, un- (negation)
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• dāha – burning, combustion, heat
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dah (class 1)
• śītāṃśu – moon (cool-rayed)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

सत्तासामान्यम् (sattāsāmānyam) - Refers to the fundamental, undifferentiated reality. (general existence, universal being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattāsāmānya

sattāsāmānya - general existence, universal being, common principle of existence

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sattā+sāmānya)

• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
  Root: as (class 2)
• sāmānya – general, common, universal
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Subject of the question.

ईश (īśa) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O Lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, controller, ruler

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

किम् (kim) - Interrogative particle. (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)