योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-82, verse-21

चिदात्मा भगवान्सर्वं साक्षित्वेन करोम्यहम् ।
हतेन्द्रियगणा यूयं किं निरर्थकमाकुलाः ॥ २१ ॥

cidātmā bhagavānsarvaṃ sākṣitvena karomyaham ,
hatendriyagaṇā yūyaṃ kiṃ nirarthakamākulāḥ 21

21. cidātmā bhagavān sarvam sākṣitvena karomi aham |
hata-indriya-gaṇāḥ yūyam kim nirarthakam ākulāḥ ||

21. aham cidātmā bhagavān sarvam sākṣitvena karomi.
hata-indriya-gaṇāḥ yūyam kim nirarthakam ākulāḥ?

21. I, the conscious self (cidātman) and the Lord (bhagavān), merely act as a witness to everything. Why are you, whose faculties (indriya) are rendered powerless, needlessly agitated?

21. אני הוא העצמי המודע, השכינה העליונה, העושה הכל בתור עד צופה בלבד. אסיפת חושים נפסדת, מדוע אתם נסערים לשווא?

Words meanings summery:

• चिदात्मा (cidātmā) - the conscious self, the self that is consciousness

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord, worshipful, divine

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole

• साक्षित्वेन (sākṣitvena) - by means of witnessing, as a witness

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हत-इन्द्रिय-गणाः (hata-indriya-gaṇāḥ) - whose groups of senses are destroyed/subdued

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you all

• किम् (kim) - why (what? why?)

• निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - uselessly, needlessly, without purpose

• आकुलाः (ākulāḥ) - agitated, distressed, confused

Words meanings and morphology

चिदात्मा (cidātmā) - the conscious self, the self that is consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cidātman

cidātman - the conscious self, the soul that is pure consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+ātman)

• cit – consciousness, thought, pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord, worshipful, divine

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable, Lord

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Present active participle of √bhaj, used as a noun.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

साक्षित्वेन (sākṣitvena) - by means of witnessing, as a witness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sākṣitva

sākṣitva - the state or function of a witness, witnessing

Derived from sākṣin + -tva (abstract suffix)

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

हत-इन्द्रिय-गणाः (hata-indriya-gaṇāḥ) - whose groups of senses are destroyed/subdued

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hatendriyagaṇa

hatendriyagaṇa - one whose groups of senses are destroyed/subdued

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+indriya+gaṇa)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, subdued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• indriya – sense-organ, faculty (of sense or action)
  noun (neuter)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, aggregate
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in addressing 'you all' (yūyam)

यूयम् (yūyam) - you all

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

किम् (kim) - why (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - uselessly, needlessly, without purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+artha)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative.

आकुलाः (ākulāḥ) - agitated, distressed, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ākula

ākula - agitated, confused, distressed, full of

Prefix: ā

Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'yūyam' (you all)

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