योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-187, verse-3

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
काकतालीयवद्भानं यत्परे नियतं स्वतः ।
यथास्थितं यथारूपं स्थिते तज्जगदुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
kākatālīyavadbhānaṃ yatpare niyataṃ svataḥ ,
yathāsthitaṃ yathārūpaṃ sthite tajjagaducyate 3

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca kākatālīyavat bhānam yat pare niyatam
svataḥ yathāsthitam yathārūpam sthite tat jagat ucyate

3. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yat bhānam kākatālīyavat pare svataḥ
niyatam yathāsthitam yathārūpam sthite tat jagat ucyate

3. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: That manifestation (bhāna) which, like the 'crow and the palm fruit' (kākatālīyavat), is spontaneously (svataḥ) fixed in the supreme (brahman), and which, when it is established (sthita), appears exactly as it is (yathāsthitaṃ) and in its own form (yathārūpaṃ)—that is called the world (jagat).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - indicating a spontaneous and uncaused occurrence, as in the idiom of a crow landing on a palm tree causing a fruit to fall (like the crow and the palm fruit (i.e., spontaneously, accidentally))

• भानम् (bhānam) - manifestation, appearance, perception

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• परे (pare) - in brahman, the absolute reality (in the Supreme)

• नियतम् (niyatam) - fixed, determined, regulated

• स्वतः (svataḥ) - by itself, spontaneously, naturally

• यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, in its true state

• यथारूपम् (yathārūpam) - in its own form, as it appears

• स्थिते (sthite) - when the manifestation is thus manifest or established (when it is established, upon its existence)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha, adorned with glory

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, divine grace, beauty
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular, active voice (Lit lakara)

Root: vac (class 2)

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - indicating a spontaneous and uncaused occurrence, as in the idiom of a crow landing on a palm tree causing a fruit to fall (like the crow and the palm fruit (i.e., spontaneously, accidentally))

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -vat (like, similar to) from the compound 'kākatālīya'.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kāka+tāla)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tāla – palm tree, palm fruit
  noun (masculine)

भानम् (bhānam) - manifestation, appearance, perception

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāna

bhāna - appearance, manifestation, shining, perception, light

Derived from root 'bhā' (to shine, appear).

Root: bhā (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, whoever, whatever

Note: Agrees with 'bhānam'.

परे (pare) - in brahman, the absolute reality (in the Supreme)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, greatest, beyond, other

नियतम् (niyatam) - fixed, determined, regulated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niyata

niyata - fixed, determined, regulated, restrained, disciplined

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'yam' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhānam'.

स्वतः (svataḥ) - by itself, spontaneously, naturally

(indeclinable)

यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, in its true state

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathāsthita

yathāsthita - as it is, in its natural state, as it exists, precisely as it stands

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (yathā+sthita)

• yathā – as, just as, in which manner
  indeclinable
• sthita – standing, situated, existing, stable
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'sthā'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhānam'.

यथारूपम् (yathārūpam) - in its own form, as it appears

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathārūpa

yathārūpa - as it appears, according to its form, in its own form, true to its appearance

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (yathā+rūpa)

• yathā – as, just as, in which manner
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'bhānam'.

स्थिते (sthite) - when the manifestation is thus manifest or established (when it is established, upon its existence)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, established, existing, stable

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used here adverbially or as a locative absolute referring to the state of 'bhānam'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves, moving

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with 'ja' prefix, meaning 'that which moves'.

Root: gam (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (Laṭ) of vac

Present tense, third person singular, passive voice (Laṭ lakara).

Root: vac (class 2)