योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-38

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अवयवानवयवी नित्यं वेत्ति यथाखिलान् ।
तथा सर्वानहं वेद्मि ब्रह्मण्यात्मन्यवस्थितान् ॥ ३८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
avayavānavayavī nityaṃ vetti yathākhilān ,
tathā sarvānahaṃ vedmi brahmaṇyātmanyavasthitān 38

38. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca avayavān avayavī nityam vetti yathā
akhilān tathā sarvān aham vedmi brahmaṇi ātmani avasthitān

38. śrī vasiṣṭha uvāca yathā avayavī nityam akhilān avayavān
vetti tathā aham sarvān brahmaṇi ātmani avasthitān vedmi

38. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as a complete entity (avayavī) always knows all its components (avayavā), so also do I know all beings that are situated within the ultimate reality (brahman) and within the (universal) Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - auspicious, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

• वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasishtha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अवयवान् (avayavān) - parts, components, limbs

• अवयवी (avayavī) - the whole, the possessor of parts, the organic body

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अखिलान् (akhilān) - all, entire, complete

• तथा (tathā) - so also, similarly

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman) (in Brahman, in the ultimate reality)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the (universal) Self (ātman) (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

• अवस्थितान् (avasthitān) - situated, standing, existing, abiding

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - auspicious, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - auspicious, prosperity, glory, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

Note: Used as an honorific prefix for names.

वसिष्ठ (vasiṣṭha) - Vasishtha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasishtha (a revered Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

अवयवान् (avayavān) - parts, components, limbs

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avayava

avayava - part, component, limb, member

Note: Object of `vetti`.

अवयवी (avayavī) - the whole, the possessor of parts, the organic body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avayavin

avayavin - a whole (as opposed to its parts), a possessor of parts, an organic body

Note: Subject of `vetti`.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying `vetti`.

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (from root vid, class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.

अखिलान् (akhilān) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akhila

akhila - all, whole, entire, complete (lit. 'without gap')

Prefix: a

Root: khil

Note: Modifies `avayavān`.

तथा (tathā) - so also, similarly

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the consequence or similar case.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice (from root vid, class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman) (in Brahman, in the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, the universal spirit (brahman)

Note: Indicates location of the "all beings".

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the (universal) Self (ātman) (in the Self, in the soul, in oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, spirit, individual self, universal Self (ātman)

Note: Indicates location, referring to the universal Self (ātman) which Vasiṣṭha identifies with.

अवस्थितान् (avasthitān) - situated, standing, existing, abiding

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avasthita

avasthita - situated, placed, existing, abiding

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ava (down, off, away).

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `sarvān`.

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