योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-180, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
इमं मे संशयं छिन्धि भगवन्भास्करं तमः ।
भुवनस्येव भावानां सम्यग्रूपानुभूतये ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
imaṃ me saṃśayaṃ chindhi bhagavanbhāskaraṃ tamaḥ ,
bhuvanasyeva bhāvānāṃ samyagrūpānubhūtaye 1

1. imam me saṃśayam chindhi bhagavan bhāskaram
tamaḥ bhuvanasya iva bhāvānām samyagrūpānubhūtaye

1. bhagavan bhuvanasya iva bhāvānām samyagrūpānubhūtaye
bhāskaram tamaḥ me imam saṃśayam chindhi

1. Śrī Rāma said: O venerable one (Bhagavan), dispel this doubt of mine, just as the sun dispels darkness, so that I may realize the true nature of all phenomena, similar to how it illuminates the world.

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

• छिन्धि (chindhi) - dispel (cut, dispel, destroy)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (Bhagavan) (O venerable one, O divine one)

• भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - the sun (the sun, causing light)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, ignorance)

• भुवनस्य (bhuvanasya) - of the world (of the world, of beings)

• इव (iva) - similar to how it illuminates (like, as, as if)

• भावानाम् (bhāvānām) - of all phenomena (of beings, of states, of entities)

• सम्यग्रूपानुभूतये (samyagrūpānubhūtaye) - for the realization of the true nature (for the experience of the true nature, for the proper realization of form)

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: modifies saṃśayam

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

from sam-śī

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

छिन्धि (chindhi) - dispel (cut, dispel, destroy)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (Bhagavan) (O venerable one, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - lord, revered, divine, venerable

भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - the sun (the sun, causing light)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, sun-maker, radiant

bhās (light) + kara (maker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• kara – maker, doing, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  root kṛ + a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Often taken as an adjective modifying a suppressed 'iva' (like)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (darkness, ignorance)

(noun)

neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, gloom

भुवनस्य (bhuvanasya) - of the world (of the world, of beings)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhuvana

bhuvana - world, earth, being, creature

Root: bhū (class 1)

इव (iva) - similar to how it illuminates (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

भावानाम् (bhāvānām) - of all phenomena (of beings, of states, of entities)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, entity, sentiment

from root bhū + a

Root: bhū (class 1)

सम्यग्रूपानुभूतये (samyagrūpānubhūtaye) - for the realization of the true nature (for the experience of the true nature, for the proper realization of form)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of samyagrūpānubhūti

samyagrūpānubhūti - realization of true form/nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (samyak+rūpa+anubhūti)

• samyak – right, proper, true, complete
  indeclinable/adjective
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)
• anubhūti – experience, perception, realization
  noun (feminine)
  from anu-bhū + kti
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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