योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-125, verse-16

जगदात्मा जगद्रूपं द्रष्टृदृश्यतयोदितम् ।
विश्वात्मदृग्वपुर्यत्स्यात्तत्किं केन कथं कदा ॥ १६ ॥

jagadātmā jagadrūpaṃ draṣṭṛdṛśyatayoditam ,
viśvātmadṛgvapuryatsyāttatkiṃ kena kathaṃ kadā 16

16. jagat ātmā jagat rūpam draṣṭṛ dṛśyatayā uditam |
viśvātmadṛk vapuḥ yat syāt tat kim kena katham kadā

16. jagat ātmā jagat rūpam draṣṭṛ dṛśyatayā uditam yat
viśvātmadṛk vapuḥ syāt tat kim kena katham kadā

16. The world is the (universal) Self (ātman), the world is the form, manifested as both the seer and the seen. If something were to be the body of the universal Self's vision, then what is it, by what means, how, and when (does it exist)?

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• आत्मा (ātmā) - Self, soul, essence

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

• द्रष्टृ (draṣṭṛ) - the seer, observer

• दृश्यतया (dṛśyatayā) - by the nature of being seen, as the seen

• उदितम् (uditam) - manifested, arisen, appeared

• विश्वात्मदृक् (viśvātmadṛk) - universal Self-vision, the vision of the universal Self

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, if it were

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore

• किम् (kim) - what?

• केन (kena) - by what, by whom

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• कदा (kadā) - when?

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, moving, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)

आत्मा (ātmā) - Self, soul, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, moving, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, beauty, image

द्रष्टृ (draṣṭṛ) - the seer, observer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दृश्यतया (dṛśyatayā) - by the nature of being seen, as the seen

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dṛśyatā

dṛśyatā - visibility, the state of being seen

Root: dṛś (class 1)

उदितम् (uditam) - manifested, arisen, appeared

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ud

Root: vad (class 1)

विश्वात्मदृक् (viśvātmadṛk) - universal Self-vision, the vision of the universal Self

(noun)

Nominative, singular of viśvātmadṛś

viśvātmadṛś - universal Self-vision

Compound type : tatpurusha (viśva+ātman+dṛś)

• viśva – all, universal
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – Self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• dṛś – sight, vision, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, if it were

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, therefore

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

किम् (kim) - what?

(indeclinable)

केन (kena) - by what, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)