योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-83, verse-28

येनैव पश्यसि श्रेयस्तमेवाङ्गीकुरु क्षणम् ।
स्वात्मभावस्तव सुखं मन्ये मानवतां वर ॥ २८ ॥

yenaiva paśyasi śreyastamevāṅgīkuru kṣaṇam ,
svātmabhāvastava sukhaṃ manye mānavatāṃ vara 28

28. yena eva paśyasi śreyaḥ tam eva aṅgīkuru kṣaṇam
svātmabhāvaḥ tava sukham manye mānavatām vara

28. vara yena eva paśyasi śreyaḥ tam eva aṅgīkuru
kṣaṇam tava svātmabhāvaḥ sukham mānavatām manye

28. Whatever you truly perceive as the highest good (śreyas), adopt that immediately. O excellent one, I believe that your own intrinsic nature (ātman) is happiness, and this is [the essence of] true humanity (mānavatā).

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you perceive

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - the good, welfare, supreme good, excellence

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अङ्गीकुरु (aṅgīkuru) - accept, adopt, take up

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, instantly, immediately

• स्वात्मभावः (svātmabhāvaḥ) - one's own intrinsic nature (ātman), state of one's self

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, ease

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• मानवताम् (mānavatām) - humanity, human nature, human condition

• वर (vara) - O excellent one, O best one

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - the good, welfare, supreme good, excellence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, supreme good, excellence, bliss

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अङ्गीकुरु (aṅgīkuru) - accept, adopt, take up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of aṅgīkṛ

secondary conjugation

Derived from aṅga (a part, limb) + kṛ (to do, make), signifying 'to make one's own part' or 'to accept'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, instantly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

स्वात्मभावः (svātmabhāvaḥ) - one's own intrinsic nature (ātman), state of one's self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svātmabhāva

svātmabhāva - state of one's own self (ātman), one's intrinsic nature (ātman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ātman+bhāva)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, existence, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, ease

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure, well-being

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

मानवताम् (mānavatām) - humanity, human nature, human condition

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mānavatā

mānavatā - humanity, human nature, human condition, human-ness

Derived from 'mānuṣa' (human) + '-tā' (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Note: Functions as a predicate accusative, specifying the nature of the happiness.

वर (vara) - O excellent one, O best one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - excellent, best, noble, a boon, a suitor

Root: vṛ (class 9)