योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-133

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
चेतनाकाशमात्रात्म यथा जगदिदं प्रभो ।
यथा तच्चेतनस्यैव जीवादित्वं तदुच्यताम् ॥ १३३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
cetanākāśamātrātma yathā jagadidaṃ prabho ,
yathā taccetanasyaiva jīvāditvaṃ taducyatām 133

133. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca cetanākāśamātrātman yathā jagat idam
prabho yathā tat cetanasya eva jīvāditvam tat ucyatām

133. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca,
prabho cetanākāśamātrātman,
yathā idam jagat (jātam),
yathā tat cetanasya eva jīvāditvam (abhūta),
tat ucyatām

133. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O Lord (prabho), O (ātman) who are merely the space of consciousness, please explain how this world (jagat) came to be, and how that very consciousness attained the state of being the primal living being (jīva).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चेतनाकाशमात्रात्मन् (cetanākāśamātrātman) - Addressed to Rama as the supreme reality. (O Soul (ātman) who are merely the space of consciousness)

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in what manner

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• इदम् (idam) - this

• प्रभो (prabho) - Addressed to Rama. (O Lord, O Master)

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in what manner

• तत् (tat) - that

• चेतनस्य (cetanasya) - of consciousness, of the conscious being

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, very

• जीवादित्वम् (jīvāditvam) - the state of being the primal living being (jīva)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the explanation requested. (that)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be explained

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated perfect form of the root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

चेतनाकाशमात्रात्मन् (cetanākāśamātrātman) - Addressed to Rama as the supreme reality. (O Soul (ātman) who are merely the space of consciousness)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of cetanākāśamātrātman

cetanākāśamātrātman - The (ātman) which is merely the space of consciousness

Compound noun.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cetanā+ākāśa+mātra+ātman)

• cetanā – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)
• ākāśa – space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, simply
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound of cetanā + ākāśa + mātra + ātman.

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, alive

present active participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with reduplication and participial suffix -at.

Root: gam (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'jagat'.

प्रभो (prabho) - Addressed to Rama. (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty

Root: bhū (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Adjectival use with 'cetanasya'.

चेतनस्य (cetanasya) - of consciousness, of the conscious being

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, consciousness

Derived from root 'cit'.

Root: cit (class 10)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

जीवादित्वम् (jīvāditvam) - the state of being the primal living being (jīva)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvāditva

jīvāditva - the state of being the primal living entity (jīva)

Compound noun with suffix -tva.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+ādi+tva)

• jīva – living being, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, primal, first
  adjective (masculine)
• tva – suffix denoting 'state of being', 'nature of'
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun forming suffix.

Note: The object of 'ucyatām'.

तत् (tat) - Refers to the explanation requested. (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'ucyatām'.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be explained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of vac

imperative, passive voice, 3rd person singular

Passive imperative form of the root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)