योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-123, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
एवं स्थिते हि भगवञ्जीवन्मुक्तस्य सन्मतेः ।
अपूर्वोऽतिशयः कोऽसौ भवत्यात्मविदां वर ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
evaṃ sthite hi bhagavañjīvanmuktasya sanmateḥ ,
apūrvo'tiśayaḥ ko'sau bhavatyātmavidāṃ vara 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca evam sthite hi bhagavan jīvanmuktasya
sanmateḥ apūrvaḥ atiśayaḥ kaḥ asau bhavati ātmanvidām vara

1. śrīrāma uvāca bhagavan ātmanvidām vara evam sthite hi
jīvanmuktasya sanmateḥ asau apūrvaḥ atiśayaḥ kaḥ bhavati

1. Śrī Rāma said: O Lord, best among the knowers of the Self (ātman), if this is the situation, what indeed is that extraordinary or unprecedented excellence that belongs to a person who is liberated while living (jīvanmukta) and possesses true wisdom?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• स्थिते (sthite) - being the situation (being, existing, situated)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O divine one

• जीवन्मुक्तस्य (jīvanmuktasya) - of one liberated while living

• सन्मतेः (sanmateḥ) - of good understanding, of a pure mind, of right thought

• अपूर्वः (apūrvaḥ) - unprecedented, extraordinary, new

• अतिशयः (atiśayaḥ) - excellence, superiority, special quality

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• असौ (asau) - that (remote), he/she/it

• भवति (bhavati) - is, exists, becomes, happens

• आत्मन्विदाम् (ātmanvidām) - of the knowers of the Self (ātman)

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

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, an incarnation of Viṣṇu

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (class 2) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

स्थिते (sthite) - being the situation (being, existing, situated)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, being, remaining

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand, to be).

Root: sthā (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable; Lord (an epithet of deities)

जीवन्मुक्तस्य (jīvanmuktasya) - of one liberated while living

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvanmukta

jīvanmukta - one who is liberated while living (jīvanmukta)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvan+mukta)

• jīvan – living, alive
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root 'jīv' (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'muc' (to release, to liberate).
  Root: muc (class 6)

सन्मतेः (sanmateḥ) - of good understanding, of a pure mind, of right thought

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sanmati

sanmati - good thought, right understanding, pure mind

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+mati)

• sat – good, true, real, virtuous
  adjective
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence, understanding, wisdom
  noun (feminine)

अपूर्वः (apūrvaḥ) - unprecedented, extraordinary, new

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, not existing before, novel, extraordinary

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pūrva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pūrva – former, prior, previous, ancient
  adjective

अतिशयः (atiśayaḥ) - excellence, superiority, special quality

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atiśaya

atiśaya - excellence, superiority, pre-eminence, abundance, excess

Derived from root 'śī' (to lie, to rest) with prefix 'ati'.

Prefix: ati

Root: śī (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

असौ (asau) - that (remote), he/she/it

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun, referring to something remote or not immediately present)

भवति (bhavati) - is, exists, becomes, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present Active

Root 'bhū' (class 1) in present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

आत्मन्विदाम् (ātmanvidām) - of the knowers of the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ātmanvid

ātmanvid - knower of the Self (ātman)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ātman+vid)

• ātman – Self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, one who understands
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'vid' (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

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

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, distinguished; a boon, a wish