योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-113, verse-15

आकाशादपि विस्तीर्णः शुद्धः सूक्ष्मः शिवः शुभः ।
य आत्मा स कथं केन गृह्यते रक्ष्यतेऽथवा ॥ १५ ॥

ākāśādapi vistīrṇaḥ śuddhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ śivaḥ śubhaḥ ,
ya ātmā sa kathaṃ kena gṛhyate rakṣyate'thavā 15

15. ākāśāt api vistīrṇaḥ śuddhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ śivaḥ śubhaḥ
yaḥ ātmā saḥ katham kena gṛhyate rakṣyate athavā

15. yaḥ ātmā ākāśāt api vistīrṇaḥ śuddhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ śivaḥ śubhaḥ [asti],
saḥ katham kena gṛhyate athavā rakṣyate?

15. How can that self (ātman), which is more expansive than space (ākāśa), pure, subtle, benevolent, and auspicious, be grasped or protected by anyone?

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशात् (ākāśāt) - from space, than space, from the sky

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

• विस्तीर्णः (vistīrṇaḥ) - expansive, vast, widespread, extended

• शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure, clean, clear, unblemished

• सूक्ष्मः (sūkṣmaḥ) - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, imperceptible

• शिवः (śivaḥ) - auspicious, benevolent, propitious, kind

• शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious, beautiful, bright, fortunate

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit, the individual soul or the universal soul (ātman)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• गृह्यते (gṛhyate) - is seized, is grasped, is accepted, is understood

• रक्ष्यते (rakṣyate) - is protected, is guarded, is preserved

• अथवा (athavā) - or, or else

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशात् (ākāśāt) - from space, than space, from the sky

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

विस्तीर्णः (vistīrṇaḥ) - expansive, vast, widespread, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - expansive, vast, widespread, extended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'stṛ' (to spread) with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure, clean, clear, unblemished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, unblemished, faultless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śudh' (to purify).

Root: śudh (class 4)

सूक्ष्मः (sūkṣmaḥ) - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, imperceptible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, imperceptible

शिवः (śivaḥ) - auspicious, benevolent, propitious, kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, propitious, kind

शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious, beautiful, bright, fortunate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, beautiful, bright, fortunate, good

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that (relative pronoun)

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit, the individual soul or the universal soul (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the individual soul or the universal soul (ātman)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which? (interrogative pronoun)

गृह्यते (gṛhyate) - is seized, is grasped, is accepted, is understood

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of grah

Present Passive, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'grah', Pāṇinian Class 9, passive voice form.

Root: grah (class 9)

रक्ष्यते (rakṣyate) - is protected, is guarded, is preserved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of rakṣ

Present Passive, 3rd Person Singular

Root 'rakṣ', Pāṇinian Class 1, passive voice form.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

अथवा (athavā) - or, or else

(indeclinable)