योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-176, verse-13

आकाशरूपमजहदेव जीवस्ततः स्वयम् ।
अपश्यदहमित्येव रूपमाकाशरूपकम् ॥ १३ ॥

ākāśarūpamajahadeva jīvastataḥ svayam ,
apaśyadahamityeva rūpamākāśarūpakam 13

13. ākāśarūpam ajahat eva jīvaḥ tataḥ svayam
apaśyat aham iti eva rūpam ākāśarūpakam

13. tataḥ jīvaḥ ākāśarūpam ajahat eva svayam
aham iti eva ākāśarūpakam rūpam apaśyat

13. Then, the individual soul (jīva), without abandoning its own subtle nature (ākāśarūpam) as space, spontaneously perceived itself as 'I', a form resembling space.

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशरूपम् (ākāśarūpam) - its own subtle, ether-like nature (form of space, etheric form, subtle form)

• अजहत् (ajahat) - without abandoning (not abandoning, not giving up)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life principle)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, therefore, from there)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - perceived (he/she/it saw, perceived)

• अहम् (aham) - 'I' (referring to the self) (I (first person pronoun))

• इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, so, indicates direct speech or thought)

• एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - a form (form, shape, nature)

• आकाशरूपकम् (ākāśarūpakam) - resembling space (resembling the form of space, spatial form)

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशरूपम् (ākāśarūpam) - its own subtle, ether-like nature (form of space, etheric form, subtle form)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśarūpa

ākāśarūpa - form of space, etheric form, subtle form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+rūpa)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)

अजहत् (ajahat) - without abandoning (not abandoning, not giving up)

(participle)

singular of ajahat

ajahat - not abandoning, not giving up

Present Active Participle

Formed from the root √hā (to abandon, to leave) with the negative prefix 'a-' and the present active participle suffix.

Prefix: a

Root: hā (class 3)

एव (eva) - indeed, just (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life principle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life principle

From √jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, therefore, from there)

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (by oneself, spontaneously, naturally)

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - perceived (he/she/it saw, perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √dṛś

Imperfect third person singular active

Augment 'a' + root 'dṛś' (changed to 'paśya' in present/imperfect stems) + imperfect ending 't'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - 'I' (referring to the self) (I (first person pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Nominative singular of 'asmad' (I).

इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, so, indicates direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

रूपम् (rūpam) - a form (form, shape, nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature

आकाशरूपकम् (ākāśarūpakam) - resembling space (resembling the form of space, spatial form)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśarūpaka

ākāśarūpaka - resembling the form of space, spatial form, ether-like form

Formed from ākāśarūpa (form of space) with the suffix -ka (diminutive/resembling).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+rūpaka)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• rūpaka – resemblance, figure of speech, resembling a form
  adjective (neuter)
  From rūpa + -ka suffix.

Note: Agrees with `rūpam`.