योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-18

ईश्वर उवाच ।
शिवस्यानन्तरूपस्य सैषा चिन्मात्रतात्मनः ।
एषा हि शक्तिरित्युक्ता तस्माद्भिन्ना मनागपि ॥ १८ ॥

īśvara uvāca ,
śivasyānantarūpasya saiṣā cinmātratātmanaḥ ,
eṣā hi śaktirityuktā tasmādbhinnā manāgapi 18

18. īśvara uvāca śivasya anantarūpasya sā eṣā cinmātratā
ātmanaḥ eṣā hi śaktiḥ iti uktā tasmāt bhinnā manāk api

18. īśvaraḥ uvāca anantarūpasya śivasya ātmanaḥ sā eṣā
cinmātratā eṣā hi śaktiḥ iti uktā tasmāt manāk api bhinnā

18. The Lord said: "This very pure consciousness (cinmātratā) of the infinite-formed Śiva (śiva), which is also the self (ātman), is indeed called 'power' (śakti). It is not even slightly different from that (self)."

Words meanings summery:

• ईश्वर (īśvara) - Lord, Controller

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शिवस्य (śivasya) - of Śiva

• अनन्तरूपस्य (anantarūpasya) - of infinite form

• सा (sā) - that

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• चिन्मात्रता (cinmātratā) - mere consciousness, pure consciousness

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power

• इति (iti) - thus, so, which means

• उक्ता (uktā) - said, called, spoken

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• भिन्ना (bhinnā) - different, separated, divided

• मनाक् (manāk) - slightly, a little

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वर (īśvara) - Lord, Controller

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god

Root: īś (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: vac (class 2)

शिवस्य (śivasya) - of Śiva

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent; (as noun) Śiva (a deity)

अनन्तरूपस्य (anantarūpasya) - of infinite form

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anantarūpa

anantarūpa - of infinite form, boundless in form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+rūpa)

• ananta – endless, infinite, boundless
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from an- (negation) + anta (end)
  Prefix: a
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

सा (sā) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, she, it

चिन्मात्रता (cinmātratā) - mere consciousness, pure consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cinmātratā

cinmātratā - mere consciousness, pure consciousness, the state of being only consciousness

Derived from cit-mātra (mere consciousness) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+mātratā)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mātratā – mere state, only state, the condition of being merely
  noun (feminine)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul, essence

Root: an (class 2)

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, she, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, strength, capacity

Root: śak (class 5)

इति (iti) - thus, so, which means

(indeclinable)

उक्ता (uktā) - said, called, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vac

vac - to speak, to say

Past Passive Participle

Root vac, suffix kta. Feminine nominative singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, therefore, from that

भिन्ना (bhinnā) - different, separated, divided

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhid

bhid - to break, split, divide

Past Passive Participle

Root bhid, suffix kta. Feminine nominative singular.

Root: bhid (class 7)

मनाक् (manāk) - slightly, a little

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

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