योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-19, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
मुने जीवस्य यद्रूपमाकृतिग्रहणं तथा ।
यथा च परमात्मत्वं स्थानं यच्चास्य तद्वद ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
mune jīvasya yadrūpamākṛtigrahaṇaṃ tathā ,
yathā ca paramātmatvaṃ sthānaṃ yaccāsya tadvada 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca mune jīvasya yat rūpam ākṛtigrahaṇam tathā
yathā ca paramātmatvam sthānam yat ca asya tat vada

1. śrīrāma uvāca mune jīvasya yat rūpam tathā ākṛtigrahaṇam
ca yathā paramātmatvam ca asya yat sthānam tat vada

1. Śrī Rāma said: "O Sage, please explain the true nature (rūpa) of the individual soul (jīva), how it assumes various forms, how it relates to the state of the Supreme Self (paramātman), and what its abode is."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul, of the living being

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• रूपम् (rūpam) - true nature (form, nature, appearance, shape)

• आकृतिग्रहणम् (ākṛtigrahaṇam) - assumption of a form, taking a shape

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

• च (ca) - and, also

• परमात्मत्वम् (paramātmatvam) - the state of being the Supreme Self

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, abode, state, position

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - of this, its

• तत् (tat) - that, this

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Root 'vac' (2nd class) in the perfect tense, third person singular active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of the individual soul, of the living being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul (jīva), life, soul

Derived from root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

रूपम् (rūpam) - true nature (form, nature, appearance, shape)

(noun)

neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, nature, appearance, shape, beauty

आकृतिग्रहणम् (ākṛtigrahaṇam) - assumption of a form, taking a shape

(noun)

neuter, singular of ākṛtigrahaṇa

ākṛtigrahaṇa - the assumption of a form or shape

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākṛti+grahaṇa)

• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to make) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• grahaṇa – taking, grasping, seizing, assumption
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'grah' (to seize, take).
  Root: grah (class 9)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परमात्मत्वम् (paramātmatvam) - the state of being the Supreme Self

(noun)

neuter, singular of paramātmatva

paramātmatva - the state or condition of being the Supreme Self (paramātman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+ātman+tva)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, individual soul, Supreme Self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, meaning -ness, -hood
  indeclinable
  Suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns.

स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, abode, state, position

(noun)

neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, abode, stand, state, position

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that, this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood (Loṭ)

Root 'vad' (1st class) in the imperative mood, second person singular active voice.

Root: vad (class 1)

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