योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-17, verse-3

तृणवद्दृष्टसकलः प्रमेयीकृतसंसृतिः ।
लोकाजवं जवीभावे दृष्टज्ञानपरावरः ॥ ३ ॥

tṛṇavaddṛṣṭasakalaḥ prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛtiḥ ,
lokājavaṃ javībhāve dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ 3

3. tṛṇavat dṛṣṭasakalaḥ prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛtiḥ
lokājavam javībhāve dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ

3. tṛṇavat dṛṣṭasakalaḥ prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛtiḥ
lokājavam javībhāve dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ

3. He who sees all things as insignificant as a blade of grass, who has made the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) an object of knowledge, who, in his swift perception, understands the inertness of the world, and who has discerned the higher and lower aspects of knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• तृणवत् (tṛṇavat) - like grass, as if a blade of grass; insignificantly

• दृष्टसकलः (dṛṣṭasakalaḥ) - who sees everything; by whom everything is seen

• प्रमेयीकृतसंसृतिः (prameyīkṛtasaṁsṛtiḥ) - who has made the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) an object of knowledge/comprehension; who has comprehended saṃsāra

• लोकाजवम् (lokājavam) - the world's slowness/inertness; that which is not swift in the world

• जवीभावे (javībhāve) - in swiftness; in a state of swiftness; in a swift manner

• दृष्टज्ञानपरावरः (dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ) - who has seen the higher and lower aspects of knowledge; by whom the higher and lower knowledge is seen

Words meanings and morphology

तृणवत् (tṛṇavat) - like grass, as if a blade of grass; insignificantly

(indeclinable)

Note: The suffix -vat (वत्) means 'like' or 'having'. Here, it functions adverbially.

दृष्टसकलः (dṛṣṭasakalaḥ) - who sees everything; by whom everything is seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭasakala

dṛṣṭasakala - one by whom everything is seen

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dṛṣṭa+sakala)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• sakala – all, whole, entire
  adjective

प्रमेयीकृतसंसृतिः (prameyīkṛtasaṁsṛtiḥ) - who has made the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) an object of knowledge/comprehension; who has comprehended saṃsāra

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛti

prameyīkṛtasaṁsṛti - one by whom saṃsāra has been made an object of knowledge

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prameyīkṛta+saṃsṛti)

• prameyīkṛta – made an object of knowledge, understood
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
• saṃsṛti – wandering, flowing together, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

लोकाजवम् (lokājavam) - the world's slowness/inertness; that which is not swift in the world

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lokājava

lokājava - the inertness of the world; that which is not swift in the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+ajava)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
• ajava – slow, not swift, inert
  adjective

जवीभावे (javībhāve) - in swiftness; in a state of swiftness; in a swift manner

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of javībhāva

javībhāva - state of swiftness, becoming swift

Compound type : karmadhāraya (javī+bhāva)

• javī – swift
  adjective
  Adverbial stem derived from java
• bhāva – state, condition, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

दृष्टज्ञानपरावरः (dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ) - who has seen the higher and lower aspects of knowledge; by whom the higher and lower knowledge is seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭajñānaparāvara

dṛṣṭajñānaparāvara - one by whom the higher and lower aspects of knowledge are seen

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dṛṣṭa+jñāna+parāvara)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, understood
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• jñāna – knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• parāvara – higher and lower, supreme and inferior
  adjective

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