योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-28

ईश्वर उवाच ।
योऽसौ ब्रह्मादिशब्दार्थः संविदं विद्धि केवलम् ।
स्वच्छमाकाशमप्यस्य स्थूलं मेरुरणोरिव ॥ २८ ॥

īśvara uvāca ,
yo'sau brahmādiśabdārthaḥ saṃvidaṃ viddhi kevalam ,
svacchamākāśamapyasya sthūlaṃ meruraṇoriva 28

28. īśvaraḥ uvāca yaḥ asau brahma ādi śabda arthaḥ saṃvidam viddhi
kevalam svaccham ākāśam api asya sthūlam meruḥ aṇoḥ iva

28. īśvaraḥ uvāca yaḥ asau brahma ādi
śabda arthaḥ (tam) kevalam
saṃvidam viddhi asya svaccham ākāśam
api meruḥ aṇoḥ iva sthūlam (asti)

28. Īśvara said: Understand that what is denoted by terms like 'brahman' (brahman) and others is solely pure consciousness (saṃvid). Compared to this (consciousness), even pure space (ākāśa) is gross, like Mount Meru compared to an atom.

Words meanings summery:

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - The Lord Īśvara (Lord, master, controller, supreme being)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• यः (yaḥ) - that which (referring to the subject of discussion) (who, which, that)

• असौ (asau) - that (one, used with yaḥ to mean 'that which') (that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative))

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman), as a term (Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate truth)

• आदि (ādi) - and other (terms) (beginning, first, and so forth, etc.)

• शब्द (śabda) - word, term (word, sound)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning (of words like brahman) (meaning, sense, purpose, object)

• संविदम् (saṁvidam) - pure consciousness (saṃvid) (consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - understand, know (know!, understand! (imperative))

• केवलम् (kevalam) - solely, merely, purely (only, mere, pure, exclusive, undivided)

• स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - pure (space) (pure, clear, transparent, clean)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (ākāśa), referring to the subtle element (space, ether, sky, atmosphere)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, indeed)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (consciousness/Brahman) (of this, his, her, its)

• स्थूलम् (sthūlam) - gross (in comparison to consciousness) (gross, coarse, thick, bulky, large, material)

• मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru (as a symbol of immense size) (Mount Meru (mythical sacred mountain))

• अणोः (aṇoḥ) - of an atom (as a symbol of infinitesimal size) (of an atom, of a subtle particle)

• इव (iva) - like, as (for comparison) (like, as, as if, similar to)

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - The Lord Īśvara (Lord, master, controller, supreme being)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - Lord, master, controller, supreme being, powerful, wealthy

Root: īś (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - that which (referring to the subject of discussion) (who, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

असौ (asau) - that (one, used with yaḥ to mean 'that which') (that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one (remote demonstrative pronoun), he, she, it

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman), as a term (Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate truth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate truth, sacred utterance, prayer

आदि (ādi) - and other (terms) (beginning, first, and so forth, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, and so forth, etc., preceded by

शब्द (śabda) - word, term (word, sound)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - word, sound, utterance, speech, noise

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning (of words like brahman) (meaning, sense, purpose, object)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, sense, purpose, object, aim, wealth, thing

संविदम् (saṁvidam) - pure consciousness (saṃvid) (consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence, agreement

Derived from root vid (to know) with upasarga sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

विद्धि (viddhi) - understand, know (know!, understand! (imperative))

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

केवलम् (kevalam) - solely, merely, purely (only, mere, pure, exclusive, undivided)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially.

स्वच्छम् (svaccham) - pure (space) (pure, clear, transparent, clean)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svaccha

svaccha - pure, clear, transparent, clean, spotless

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space (ākāśa), referring to the subtle element (space, ether, sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, atmosphere, the subtle element of space

Root: kāś (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (consciousness/Brahman) (of this, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

स्थूलम् (sthūlam) - gross (in comparison to consciousness) (gross, coarse, thick, bulky, large, material)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthūla

sthūla - gross, coarse, thick, bulky, large, material, unrefined

मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru (as a symbol of immense size) (Mount Meru (mythical sacred mountain))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (the mythical golden mountain, center of the universe), a high peak, summit

अणोः (aṇoḥ) - of an atom (as a symbol of infinitesimal size) (of an atom, of a subtle particle)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, subtle particle, minute, atomic, small

इव (iva) - like, as (for comparison) (like, as, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)