योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-216, verse-2

राजोवाच ।
भगवन्भवतो दृष्टिर्भवबन्धविनाशनी ।
आलोकितो यया चाहमुत्तीर्णोऽस्मि भवाम्बुधेः ॥ २ ॥

rājovāca ,
bhagavanbhavato dṛṣṭirbhavabandhavināśanī ,
ālokito yayā cāhamuttīrṇo'smi bhavāmbudheḥ 2

2. rājā uvāca bhagavan bhavataḥ dṛṣṭiḥ bhavabandhavināśanī
ālokitaḥ yayā ca aham uttīrṇaḥ asmi bhavāmbudheḥ

2. rājā uvāca bhagavan bhavataḥ dṛṣṭiḥ bhavabandhavināśanī
ca yayā [tvayā] ālokitaḥ aham bhavāmbudheḥ uttīrṇaḥ asmi

2. The King said: O Venerable One, your gaze (dṛṣṭi) is the destroyer of the bonds of worldly existence (saṃsāra). By that very gaze, I have been perceived and am now liberated from the ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - The King (king, ruler)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O Venerable One, O Lord)

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - your (of you, your)

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - gaze (dṛṣṭi) (sight, gaze, vision, view)

• भवबन्धविनाशनी (bhavabandhavināśanī) - destroyer of the bonds of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (destroyer of the bonds of worldly existence)

• आलोकितः (ālokitaḥ) - been perceived (by your gaze) (seen, observed, perceived)

• यया (yayā) - by which (gaze) (by which, with which (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• उत्तीर्णः (uttīrṇaḥ) - liberated (crossed over, liberated, passed)

• अस्मि (asmi) - am (I am)

• भवाम्बुधेः (bhavāmbudheḥ) - from the ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (from the ocean of worldly existence)

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - The King (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

N-stem declension

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative

Third person singular perfect active of root `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O Venerable One, O Lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, divine, fortunate, prosperous; Lord

Root form ending in `-vat`, but functions as a noun here.

Note: Address to the sage.

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - your (of you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your (polite form); being, becoming

Present Active Participle

Formally a participle of `bhū` (to be), used as a polite second-person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Possessive adjective for `dṛṣṭiḥ`.

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - gaze (dṛṣṭi) (sight, gaze, vision, view)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, sight, gaze, view, vision, insight

Derived from root `dṛś` (to see) with suffix `-ti`

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भवबन्धविनाशनी (bhavabandhavināśanī) - destroyer of the bonds of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (destroyer of the bonds of worldly existence)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhavabandhavināśanī

bhavabandhavināśanī - destroyer of the bonds of existence/saṃsāra

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhavabandha+vināśanī)

• bhavabandha – bonds of worldly existence, fetters of saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
• vināśanī – destroyer, annihilator, causing ruin
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from root `naś` (to perish) with prefix `vi-` and suffix `-anī` (feminine agent noun/adjective)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for `dṛṣṭiḥ`.

आलोकितः (ālokitaḥ) - been perceived (by your gaze) (seen, observed, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ālokita

ālokita - seen, observed, perceived, illuminated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `lok` (to see) with prefix `ā-` and suffix `-ita`

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Implies the agent `dṛṣṭyā` (by the gaze).

यया (yayā) - by which (gaze) (by which, with which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Relative pronoun (feminine instrumental singular)

Note: Agent of `ālokitaḥ`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person singular pronoun

Note: Subject of `uttīrṇaḥ asmi`.

उत्तीर्णः (uttīrṇaḥ) - liberated (crossed over, liberated, passed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttīrṇa

uttīrṇa - crossed over, passed over, liberated, saved, emerged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `tṛ` (to cross) with prefix `ud-`

Prefix: ud

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound predicate with `asmi`.

अस्मि (asmi) - am (I am)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indicative

First person singular present active of root `as`

Root: as (class 2)

भवाम्बुधेः (bhavāmbudheḥ) - from the ocean of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (from the ocean of worldly existence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhavāmbudhi

bhavāmbudhi - ocean of worldly existence, sea of saṃsāra

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+ambudhi)

• bhava – existence, birth, being, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ambudhi – ocean, sea, reservoir of water
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: am
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Indicates separation from.

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