योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-3

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
शरीरिणो यथा हस्ते हस्ततायां यथाग्रहः ।
सर्वात्मनस्तथा देहे देहतायां तथाग्रहः ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
śarīriṇo yathā haste hastatāyāṃ yathāgrahaḥ ,
sarvātmanastathā dehe dehatāyāṃ tathāgrahaḥ 3

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca śarīriṇaḥ yathā haste hastatāyām yathā
grahaḥ sarvātmanaḥ tathā dehe dehatāyām tathā grahaḥ

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca śarīriṇaḥ yathā haste hastatāyām grahaḥ,
tathā sarvātmanaḥ dehe dehatāyām grahaḥ

3. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as an embodied being has an apprehension (graha) of "hand-ness" in a hand, similarly, the universal Self (ātman) has an apprehension of "body-ness" in a body.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - of an embodied being, of a possessor of a body

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• हस्ते (haste) - in the hand

• हस्ततायाम् (hastatāyām) - in (the state of) hand-ness, in the quality of being a hand

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

• सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - of the universal Self (ātman), of the Self of all

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• देहतायाम् (dehatāyām) - in (the state of) body-ness, in the quality of being a body

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - of an embodied being, of a possessor of a body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body; an embodied being

derived from śarīra (body) with -in suffix

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

हस्ते (haste) - in the hand

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand

हस्ततायाम् (hastatāyām) - in (the state of) hand-ness, in the quality of being a hand

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of hastatā

hastatā - hand-ness, the state or quality of being a hand

derived from hasta (hand) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (hasta+tā)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns ('-ness', '-ity')
  indeclinable (feminine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizing, taking, apprehension, perception, planet

Root: grah (class 9)

सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - of the universal Self (ātman), of the Self of all

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvātman

sarvātman - the universal Self (ātman), the Self of all, the omnipresent soul

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• ātman – Self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

देहतायाम् (dehatāyām) - in (the state of) body-ness, in the quality of being a body

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dehatā

dehatā - body-ness, the state or quality of being a body

derived from deha (body) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+tā)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns ('-ness', '-ity')
  indeclinable (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - apprehension, perception, grasp

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizing, taking, apprehension, perception, planet

Root: grah (class 9)

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