योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-42, verse-2

ईश्वर उवाच ।
परस्मात्परमे व्योम्नि पूर्वोक्तक्रमतो वपुः ।
जीवः पश्यति संपन्नं स च स्वप्ननरो यथा ॥ २ ॥

īśvara uvāca ,
parasmātparame vyomni pūrvoktakramato vapuḥ ,
jīvaḥ paśyati saṃpannaṃ sa ca svapnanaro yathā 2

2. īśvaraḥ uvāca parasmāt parame vyomni pūrvoktakramataḥ
vapuḥ jīvaḥ paśyati sampannaṃ saḥ ca svapnanaraḥ yathā

2. jīvaḥ parasmāt parame vyomni pūrvoktakramataḥ
sampannaṃ vapuḥ paśyati saḥ ca yathā svapnanaraḥ

2. The Lord (Īśvara) said: The individual soul (jīva) perceives its body, fully formed, in the supreme space (vyomni), following the sequence previously described, just as a person in a dream perceives their own body.

Words meanings summery:

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - The Lord (Īśvara) (the lord, the master)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• परस्मात् (parasmāt) - beyond (all) (from the higher, from the supreme, beyond)

• परमे (parame) - in the highest, in the supreme

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the supreme space (vyomni) (in the sky, in space, in the ether)

• पूर्वोक्तक्रमतः (pūrvoktakramataḥ) - according to the previously mentioned sequence/order

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - The individual soul (jīva) (individual soul, living being)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• सम्पन्नं (sampannaṁ) - fully formed (complete, accomplished, endowed with, fully formed)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्वप्ननरः (svapnanaraḥ) - dream-person, a person in a dream

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - The Lord (Īśvara) (the lord, the master)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god

Root: īś (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root 'vac' with reduplication and strong stem form 'uvāca'

Root: vac (class 2)

परस्मात् (parasmāt) - beyond (all) (from the higher, from the supreme, beyond)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, further, beyond

परमे (parame) - in the highest, in the supreme

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best

Note: Agrees with 'vyomni'

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the supreme space (vyomni) (in the sky, in space, in the ether)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space, ether

पूर्वोक्तक्रमतः (pūrvoktakramataḥ) - according to the previously mentioned sequence/order

(indeclinable)

Derived with adverbial suffix -tas

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pūrva+ukta+krama)

• pūrva – previous, former, prior
  adjective (masculine)
• ukta – said, spoken, mentioned
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• krama – step, sequence, order, method
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: The -tas suffix forms an indeclinable adverb from the noun.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, appearance

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - The individual soul (jīva) (individual soul, living being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing, alive; the principle of life, individual soul

From root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

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

Present Active

root 'dṛś' in class 4 conjugation, taking the form 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 4)

सम्पन्नं (sampannaṁ) - fully formed (complete, accomplished, endowed with, fully formed)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, complete, perfect, endowed with, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from root pad (to go, fall) with upasarga sam

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'vapuḥ'

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ननरः (svapnanaraḥ) - dream-person, a person in a dream

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapnanara

svapnanara - dream-man, dream-person

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (svapna+nara)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)