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).

7. בְּרַהְמָן, מאז החורבן הקוסמי הגדול ועד היום, אני חי ביציבות רוחנית צלולה, בעודי צופה בעלייתם ובשקיעתם של היצורים.

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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