योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-26, verse-7

आमहाप्रलयाद्ब्रह्मन्नुन्मज्जननिमज्जनम् ।
अहमद्यापि भूतानां पश्यञ्जीवामि धीरधीः ॥ ७ ॥

āmahāpralayādbrahmannunmajjananimajjanam ,
ahamadyāpi bhūtānāṃ paśyañjīvāmi dhīradhīḥ 7

7. āmahāpralayāt brahman unmajjana-nimajjanam
aham adyāpi bhūtānām paśyan jīvāmi dhīradhīḥ

7. brahman aham adyāpi āmahāpralayāt bhūtānām
unmajjana-nimajjanam paśyan dhīradhīḥ jīvāmi

7. O Brahmin (brahman)! Even today, with a steady mind (dhīradhīḥ), I live, continuously observing the emergence and dissolution of all beings, even up to the great cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya).

Words meanings summery:

• आमहाप्रलयात् (āmahāpralayāt) - up to the great cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya) (up to the great dissolution, until the final destruction of the universe)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin! (addressing someone who knows the brahman) (O Brahmin!, O knower of brahman!)

• उन्मज्जन-निमज्जनम् (unmajjana-nimajjanam) - the emergence and dissolution (rising and sinking, emergence and dissolution, appearing and disappearing)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अद्यापि (adyāpi) - even today, still

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of all beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - observing, witnessing (seeing, looking, observing)

• जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live (I live, I exist)

• धीरधीः (dhīradhīḥ) - with a steady mind (dhīradhīḥ) (steady-minded, resolute, firm in intellect)

Words meanings and morphology

आमहाप्रलयात् (āmahāpralayāt) - up to the great cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya) (up to the great dissolution, until the final destruction of the universe)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āmahāpralaya

āmahāpralaya - up to the great dissolution

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+mahāpralaya)

• ā – up to, until, towards, completely
  indeclinable
• mahāpralaya – great dissolution, cosmic dissolution, final destruction of the universe
  noun (masculine)

Note: Ablative case marker for 'up to'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin! (addressing someone who knows the brahman) (O Brahmin!, O knower of brahman!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, one who knows the Veda, one who knows Brahman

उन्मज्जन-निमज्जनम् (unmajjana-nimajjanam) - the emergence and dissolution (rising and sinking, emergence and dissolution, appearing and disappearing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of unmajjana-nimajjana

unmajjana-nimajjana - rising and sinking, emergence and dissolution

Compound type : dvandva (unmajjana+nimajjana)

• unmajjana – rising, emerging, appearing
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root 'majj' with prefix 'ud'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: majj (class 1)
• nimajjana – sinking, submerging, disappearing
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root 'majj' with prefix 'ni'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: majj (class 1)

Note: Compound word, acting as the object of paśyan.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, ego

अद्यापि (adyāpi) - even today, still

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (adya+api)

• adya – today
  indeclinable
• api – even, also
  indeclinable

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of all beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)

पश्यन् (paśyan) - observing, witnessing (seeing, looking, observing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking, observing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (which uses 'paśya' stem in present tense); active voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with aham.

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live (I live, I exist)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'jīv' (class 1); 1st person singular, present tense, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: jīv (class 1)

धीरधीः (dhīradhīḥ) - with a steady mind (dhīradhīḥ) (steady-minded, resolute, firm in intellect)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīradhī

dhīradhī - steady-minded, resolute, firm in intellect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhīra+dhī)

• dhīra – steady, firm, calm, wise, grave
  adjective (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, understanding, mind, thought
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with aham.

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