योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-8

कर्मैव पुरुषो राम पुरुषस्यैव कर्मता ।
एते ह्यभिन्ने विद्धि त्वं यथा तुहिनशीतते ॥ ८ ॥

karmaiva puruṣo rāma puruṣasyaiva karmatā ,
ete hyabhinne viddhi tvaṃ yathā tuhinaśītate 8

8. karma eva puruṣaḥ rāma puruṣasya eva karmatā
ete hi abhinne viddhi tvam yathā tuhina-śītatate

8. rāma karma eva puruṣaḥ,
puruṣasya eva karmatā.
tvam hi ete abhinne viddhi,
yathā tuhina-śītatate

8. O Rāma, action (karma) itself is the individual (puruṣa), and the individual's (puruṣa's) nature is indeed action (karma). Know that these two are indeed non-different, just as snow and coldness are.

8. הַקַרְמַה עצמה היא האדם, אוֹ רָאמָה, ומהות האדם אינה אלא הַקַרְמַה. דע כי אלה אינם נפרדים, כשם שהכפור והקור שבו אינם נפרדים.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

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

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - individual, person

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the individual, of the person

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

• कर्मता (karmatā) - the state of being action, the nature of action

• एते (ete) - these two

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• अभिन्ने (abhinne) - non-different, inseparable

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, realize

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तुहिन-शीततते (tuhina-śītatate) - snow and coldness

Words meanings and morphology

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, the effects of action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, itself

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - individual, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, individual, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the individual, of the person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, individual, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, itself

(indeclinable)

कर्मता (karmatā) - the state of being action, the nature of action

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karmatā

karmatā - the state or quality of being action, actionness

Derived from 'karma' (action) with the 'tā' suffix (abstract noun).

एते (ete) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of etas

etas - this, these

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अभिन्ने (abhinne) - non-different, inseparable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of abhinna

abhinna - non-different, undivided, inseparable, identical

Negative particle 'a' + 'bhinna' (divided, separated).

Prefix: a

Root: bhid (class 7)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, realize

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तुहिन-शीततते (tuhina-śītatate) - snow and coldness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of tuhina-śītatā

tuhina-śītatā - snow and coldness

Compound type : dvandva (tuhina+śītatā)

• tuhina – snow, frost, ice
  noun (neuter)
• śītatā – coldness, coolness, frigidity
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'śīta' (cold) with the 'tā' suffix (abstract noun).

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