योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-1

ईश्वर उवाच ।
मुने श्रृणु कथं कार्यकारिणी स्पन्दशालिनी ।
चरन्ती च तनुं पुंसामुपैति परमाभिधाम् ॥ १ ॥

īśvara uvāca ,
mune śrṛṇu kathaṃ kāryakāriṇī spandaśālinī ,
carantī ca tanuṃ puṃsāmupaiti paramābhidhām 1

1. īśvara uvāca mune śṛṇu katham kāryakāriṇī spandaśālinī
carantī ca tanum puṃsām upaiti paramābhidhām

1. īśvara uvāca mune śṛṇu katham kāryakāriṇī spandaśālinī
ca puṃsām tanum carantī paramābhidhām upaiti

1. Īśvara said: O sage, listen! How does the effective and pulsating (spandaśālinī) [principle], operating within the bodies of beings, attain the supreme designation?

Words meanings summery:

• ईश्वर (īśvara) - Īśvara (proper name/designation for a divine speaker) (lord, ruler, supreme being)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मुने (mune) - O sage! (O sage, O ascetic)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (listen!, hear!)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

• कार्यकारिणी (kāryakāriṇī) - effective, active (active, performing, executive, efficient)

• स्पन्दशालिनी (spandaśālinī) - pulsating, vibrating (endowed with vibration, pulsating, throbbing)

• चरन्ती (carantī) - operating, moving (moving, roaming, operating)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तनुम् (tanum) - the body (body, form, person)

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of beings, of individual persons (of men, of persons, of beings)

• उपैति (upaiti) - attains, reaches (approaches, obtains, attains, reaches)

• परमाभिधाम् (paramābhidhām) - the supreme designation, highest state (highest designation, supreme name, ultimate state)

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वर (īśvara) - Īśvara (proper name/designation for a divine speaker) (lord, ruler, supreme being)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, the Supreme Being

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

Perfect form of root 'vac' (vac + a + ca + a = uvāca)

Root: vac (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage! (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Addressed by Īśvara.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (listen!, hear!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative form of root 'śru' (Class 5).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Directed to Muni.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

कार्यकारिणी (kāryakāriṇī) - effective, active (active, performing, executive, efficient)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāryakāriṇ

kāryakāriṇ - active, performing, efficient, executive

Agent Noun derivative

From 'kārya' (duty, work) + 'kārin' (doer)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kārya+kārin)

• kārya – work, action, duty, to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root 'kṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kārin – doer, maker, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun suffix -in
  from root 'kṛ'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the question.

स्पन्दशालिनी (spandaśālinī) - pulsating, vibrating (endowed with vibration, pulsating, throbbing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of spandaśālin

spandaśālin - endowed with vibration, pulsating, throbbing, active

Possessive suffix -in

From 'spanda' (vibration) + 'śālin' (possessing)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (spanda+śālin)

• spanda – vibration, throb, pulsation, movement
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'spand'
  Root: spand (class 1)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)
  Possessive suffix -in

Note: Agrees with 'kāryakāriṇī'.

चरन्ती (carantī) - operating, moving (moving, roaming, operating)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of carat

carat - moving, wandering, going, operating

Present Active Participle (feminine form)

From root 'car' + 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kāryakāriṇī'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तनुम् (tanum) - the body (body, form, person)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, person, self

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of 'carantī' (operating through/in).

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of beings, of individual persons (of men, of persons, of beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, person, male, being

Note: Genitive plural, describing whose bodies.

उपैति (upaiti) - attains, reaches (approaches, obtains, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of upe

From root 'i' with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the question.

परमाभिधाम् (paramābhidhām) - the supreme designation, highest state (highest designation, supreme name, ultimate state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramābhidhā

paramābhidhā - highest designation, supreme name, ultimate state, highest definition

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (parama+abhidhā)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective
• abhidhā – name, appellation, designation, expression
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'dhā' with prefix 'abhi'
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'upaiti'.