योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-59, verse-18

चित्रमेषोऽस्मि लब्धात्मा जातः कालेन कार्यवान् ।
एष सोऽहमनन्तात्मा नान्तोऽस्य परमात्मनः ॥ १८ ॥

citrameṣo'smi labdhātmā jātaḥ kālena kāryavān ,
eṣa so'hamanantātmā nānto'sya paramātmanaḥ 18

18. citram eṣaḥ asmi labdha ātmā jātaḥ kālena kāryavān |
eṣaḥ saḥ aham ananta ātmā na antaḥ asya parama ātmanaḥ

18. citram eṣaḥ aham labdha ātmā kālena kāryavān jātaḥ asmi
eṣaḥ saḥ aham ananta ātmā asya parama ātmanaḥ antaḥ na

18. How wonderful it is that I, having realized the true Self (ātman), have by time become one who is engaged in action. This very 'I' is that infinite Self (anantātmā); indeed, there is no end to this Supreme Self (paramātman).

Words meanings summery:

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, amazing, strange, variegated

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• लब्ध (labdha) - obtained, gained, received, realized

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

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, become, arisen

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in course of time

• कार्यवान् (kāryavān) - having a task, possessing a purpose, engaged in action, active

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• सः (saḥ) - that (one)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अनन्त (ananta) - endless, infinite, boundless

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

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, limit, boundary

• अस्य (asya) - of this, its

• परम (parama) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Supreme Self (paramātman) (of the self, of the soul (ātman))

Words meanings and morphology

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, amazing, strange, variegated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - bright, clear, variegated, wonderful, strange

Note: Used here as an exclamatory predicate.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

लब्ध (labdha) - obtained, gained, received, realized

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of labdha

labdha - obtained, gained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

from root labh (to obtain)

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'labdhātmā'.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self, the true self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, breath, essence

Note: Forms 'labdhātmā' (one whose Self is obtained) and 'anantātmā' (infinite Self).

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced, become, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in course of time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

कार्यवान् (kāryavān) - having a task, possessing a purpose, engaged in action, active

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāryavat

kāryavat - having work, having a duty, active

derived from kārya (work, duty) with the matup suffix

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

सः (saḥ) - that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अनन्त (ananta) - endless, infinite, boundless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless, eternal

negative prefix 'an' + anta (end)

Note: First part of the compound 'anantātmā'.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the infinite Self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, breath, essence

Note: Forms 'labdhātmā' (one whose Self is obtained) and 'anantātmā' (infinite Self).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - end, limit, boundary

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary, conclusion

अस्य (asya) - of this, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'paramātmanah'.

परम (parama) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, most excellent

Note: First part of the compound 'paramātmanaḥ'.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Supreme Self (paramātman) (of the self, of the soul (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, breath, essence

Note: Second part of the compound 'paramātmanaḥ'.