योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-27

एनं तं विद्धि वेद्यानां सीमान्तं महतामपि ।
एतमात्मानमालोक्य जराशोकभयापहम् ।
संभृष्टबीजवज्जन्तुर्न भूयः परिरोहति ॥ २७ ॥

enaṃ taṃ viddhi vedyānāṃ sīmāntaṃ mahatāmapi ,
etamātmānamālokya jarāśokabhayāpaham ,
saṃbhṛṣṭabījavajjanturna bhūyaḥ parirohati 27

27. enam tam viddhi vedyānām sīmāntam
mahatām api etam ātmānam ālokya
jarā-śoka-bhaya-apaham saṃbhṛṣṭa-bīja-vat
jantuḥ na bhūyaḥ parirohati

27. enam tam vedyānām mahatām api sīmāntam
(ātmanam) viddhi etam jarā-śoka-bhaya-apaham
ātmānam ālokya saṃbhṛṣṭa-bīja-vat
jantuḥ bhūyaḥ na parirohati

27. Know this (ātman) to be the ultimate boundary of all knowable things, even the greatest. Having realized this self (ātman), which removes old age, sorrow, and fear, a living being, like a roasted seed, is not reborn.

Words meanings summery:

• एनम् (enam) - this

• तम् (tam) - that

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, perceive

• वेद्यानाम् (vedyānām) - of knowable things, of what is to be known

• सीमान्तम् (sīmāntam) - ultimate boundary, limit, frontier

• महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, of the great

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• एतम् (etam) - this

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the ātman

• आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, having perceived, having realized

• जरा-शोक-भय-अपहम् (jarā-śoka-bhaya-apaham) - removing old age, sorrow, and fear

• संभृष्ट-बीज-वत् (saṁbhṛṣṭa-bīja-vat) - like a well-roasted seed

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature

• न (na) - not, no

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, once more

• परिरोहति (parirohati) - grows again, sprouts again, is reborn

Words meanings and morphology

एनम् (enam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that

Note: Refers to the ātman.

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the ātman.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

वेद्यानाम् (vedyānām) - of knowable things, of what is to be known

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vedya

vedya - to be known, knowable

Gerundive

Derived from root 'vid' (to know) with the suffix '-ya'

Root: vid (class 2)

सीमान्तम् (sīmāntam) - ultimate boundary, limit, frontier

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sīmānta

sīmānta - boundary, limit, frontier, end

Compound type : tatpurusha (sīmā+anta)

• sīmā – boundary, limit, border
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

महताम् (mahatām) - of great ones, of the great

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to the ātman.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the ātman

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, universal soul

आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, having perceived, having realized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'lok' (to see) with prefix 'ā' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

जरा-शोक-भय-अपहम् (jarā-śoka-bhaya-apaham) - removing old age, sorrow, and fear

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jarā-śoka-bhaya-apaha

jarā-śoka-bhaya-apaha - removing old age, sorrow, and fear

Compound type : tatpurusha (jarā+śoka+bhaya+apaha)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• apaha – removing, taking away
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'hā' (to abandon, take away) with prefix 'apa' and agent noun suffix
  Prefix: apa
  Root: hā

संभृष्ट-बीज-वत् (saṁbhṛṣṭa-bīja-vat) - like a well-roasted seed

(indeclinable)

Suffix 'vat' indicates likeness

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃbhṛṣṭa+bīja)

• saṃbhṛṣṭa – well-roasted, thoroughly burnt
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhraśj' (to fry, roast) with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhraśj
• bīja – seed
  noun (neuter)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - living being, creature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man, animal

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, once more

(indeclinable)

परिरोहति (parirohati) - grows again, sprouts again, is reborn

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pariroh

Prefix: pari

Root: ruh (class 1)

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