योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
शिवः किमुच्यते देव परंब्रह्म किमुच्यते ।
आत्मा किमुच्यते नाथ परमात्मा किमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
śivaḥ kimucyate deva paraṃbrahma kimucyate ,
ātmā kimucyate nātha paramātmā kimucyate 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca śivaḥ kim ucyate deva param brahma
kim ucyate ātmā kim ucyate nātha paramātmā kim ucyate

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca deva śivaḥ kim ucyate param brahma
kim ucyate nātha ātmā kim ucyate paramātmā kim ucyate

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: O Lord, what is Śiva called? What is the supreme (brahman) called? O Master, what is the individual self (ātman) called? And what is the supreme self (paramātman) called?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - The venerable sage Vasiṣṭha (Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Śrī Vasiṣṭha) said (said, spoke)

• शिवः (śivaḥ) - The deity Śiva (Śiva, auspicious, benevolent)

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, which, why)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is spoken)

• देव (deva) - O Lord (vocative) (god, deity, divine being, lord)

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, best)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme (brahman) (the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence)

• नाथ (nātha) - O Master (vocative) (lord, master, protector)

• परमात्मा (paramātmā) - the supreme self (paramātman) (supreme self, supreme soul)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - The venerable sage Vasiṣṭha (Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable sage Vasiṣṭha

Note: Subject of the verb 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - (Śrī Vasiṣṭha) said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root vac (class 2) conjugated in the Perfect (Liṭ) tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. The initial 'v' often changes to 'u' in perfect forms.

Root: vac (class 2)

शिवः (śivaḥ) - The deity Śiva (Śiva, auspicious, benevolent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, happy, prosperous; a name of the deity Śiva

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, which, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

Note: The interrogative 'what'.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is spoken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (Laṭ) of vac

Present tense, Passive voice, 3rd person singular

Root vac (class 2) conjugated in the Present (Laṭ) tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice. The root 'vac' often changes to 'uc' in passive forms.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The passive form of 'to say'.

देव (deva) - O Lord (vocative) (god, deity, divine being, lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being; a lord, a king

Note: Used as an address to the listener.

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, distant, supreme, highest, ultimate

Note: Modifies 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme (brahman) (the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, universal spirit (neuter); sacred word, prayer, Vedic text (neuter); a priest, a brahmin (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, individual soul, the Supreme Soul

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.

नाथ (nātha) - O Master (vocative) (lord, master, protector)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector, refuge

Note: Used as an address to the listener.

परमात्मा (paramātmā) - the supreme self (paramātman) (supreme self, supreme soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramātman

paramātman - the supreme self, the supreme soul, the Universal Soul

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (para+ātman)

• para – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.