योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-40

आत्मज्ञानमिदं शास्त्रं प्रकाशयति दीपवत् ।
पितेव बोधयत्याशु कान्तेव रमयत्यलम् ॥ ४० ॥

ātmajñānamidaṃ śāstraṃ prakāśayati dīpavat ,
piteva bodhayatyāśu kānteva ramayatyalam 40

40. ātmajñānam idam śāstram prakāśayati dīpavat
pitā iva bodhayati āśu kāntā iva ramayati alam

40. idam ātmajñānam śāstram dīpavat prakāśayati
pitā iva āśu bodhayati kāntā iva alam ramayati

40. This scripture, which imparts self-knowledge (ātman), illuminates just like a lamp. It instructs swiftly like a father, and delights profoundly like a beloved woman.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मज्ञानम् (ātmajñānam) - self-knowledge (ātman-knowledge)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - treatise, scripture, doctrine

• प्रकाशयति (prakāśayati) - illuminates, reveals, causes to shine

• दीपवत् (dīpavat) - like a lamp, luminous

• पिता (pitā) - father

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बोधयति (bodhayati) - teaches, instructs, causes to know

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• कान्ता (kāntā) - beloved woman, wife, lovely lady

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• रमयति (ramayati) - delights, pleases, causes to rejoice

• अलम् (alam) - profoundly, greatly (sufficiently, greatly, enough, indeed)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मज्ञानम् (ātmajñānam) - self-knowledge (ātman-knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātmajñāna

ātmajñāna - self-knowledge (ātman-knowledge), knowledge of the soul or supreme spirit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+jñāna)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'jñā' (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - treatise, scripture, doctrine

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - treatise, scripture, sacred book, scientific text, rule, doctrine

Derived from root 'śās' (to teach, instruct).

Root: śās (class 2)

प्रकाशयति (prakāśayati) - illuminates, reveals, causes to shine

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prakāśaya

Causative Present Indicative (Laṭ), 3rd person singular

Derived from root 'kāś' with upasarga 'pra' in its causative form.

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

दीपवत् (dīpavat) - like a lamp, luminous

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'dīpa' (lamp) with the 'vat' suffix, meaning 'like' or 'having'.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बोधयति (bodhayati) - teaches, instructs, causes to know

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bodhaya

Causative Present Indicative (Laṭ), 3rd person singular

Derived from root 'budh' in its causative form.

Root: budh (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

कान्ता (kāntā) - beloved woman, wife, lovely lady

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāntā

kāntā - beloved, desired, lovely (woman), wife

Feminine form of 'kānta' (desired, beloved), past passive participle of root 'kam' (to love, desire).

Root: kam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

रमयति (ramayati) - delights, pleases, causes to rejoice

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ramaya

Causative Present Indicative (Laṭ), 3rd person singular

Derived from root 'ram' in its causative form.

Root: ram (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - profoundly, greatly (sufficiently, greatly, enough, indeed)

(indeclinable)

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