योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-78, verse-32

श्रीराम उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन् जगति भूतानां हृदयं तत्किमुच्यते ।
इदं सर्वं महादर्शे यस्मिंस्तत्प्रतिबिम्बति ॥ ३२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
brahman jagati bhūtānāṃ hṛdayaṃ tatkimucyate ,
idaṃ sarvaṃ mahādarśe yasmiṃstatpratibimbati 32

32. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca brahman jagati bhūtānām hṛdayam tat kim
ucyate idam sarvam mahādarśe yasmin tat pratibimbati

32. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca brahman jagati bhūtānām hṛdayam tat kim
ucyate yasmin mahādarśe idam sarvam tat pratibimbati

32. Śrī Rāma said: O Brahman, what is that heart (hṛdaya) of beings in the world called, that great mirror in which all this is reflected?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - addressing the sage Vasiṣṭha (O Brahman, O divine one, O sage)

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, essence, core

• तत् (tat) - referring to the heart (that, it)

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what?)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• इदम् (idam) - all this (visible world) (this)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

• महादर्शे (mahādarśe) - in a great mirror

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which (great mirror) (in which)

• तत् (tat) - referring to 'all this' (that, it)

• प्रतिबिम्बति (pratibimbati) - reflects, is reflected, shines back

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, Śrī Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, divine, holy
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: speaker of the verse

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Indicative

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - addressing the sage Vasiṣṭha (O Brahman, O divine one, O sage)

(noun)

Vocative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality), a priest, the Veda

Note: used here for addressing a sage, typically Vasiṣṭha

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living being

from root gam (to go) with jaṅ

Root: gam (class 1)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, essence, core

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, essence, core, knowledge

तत् (tat) - referring to the heart (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what?)

(interrogative pronoun)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Indicative

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - all this (visible world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: used as a nominative, subject of pratibimbati implicitly

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: agrees with `idam`

महादर्शे (mahādarśe) - in a great mirror

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahādarśa

mahādarśa - great mirror

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+darśa)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• darśa – mirror, sight, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which (great mirror) (in which)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

Note: agrees with `mahādarśe`

तत् (tat) - referring to 'all this' (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: refers to `idam sarvam`

प्रतिबिम्बति (pratibimbati) - reflects, is reflected, shines back

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

from root bimb (to reflect) with prati

Prefix: prati

Root: bimb (class 1)