योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-39, verse-21

सूक्ष्मे बीजेऽस्त्यगः स्थूलो दृष्टमित्युपपद्यते ।
शिवे मूर्ते जगन्मूर्तमस्तीत्युत्तमसंकथा ॥ २१ ॥

sūkṣme bīje'styagaḥ sthūlo dṛṣṭamityupapadyate ,
śive mūrte jaganmūrtamastītyuttamasaṃkathā 21

21. sūkṣme bīje asti agaḥ sthūlaḥ dṛṣṭam iti upapadyate
śive mūrte jagat mūrtam asti iti uttama saṃkathā

21. sūkṣme bīje sthūlaḥ agaḥ asti dṛṣṭam iti upapadyate
śive mūrte jagat mūrtam asti iti uttama saṃkathā

21. Just as a large, immovable tree is observed to exist in a subtle seed, and this is well-established, so too, the embodied universe (jagat) exists in the embodied Śiva. This is a supreme teaching.

Words meanings summery:

• सूक्ष्मे (sūkṣme) - in the subtle (in the subtle, in the minute)

• बीजे (bīje) - in the seed (in the seed, in the origin)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• अगः (agaḥ) - tree (referring to a large tree that does not move) (mountain, tree (that does not move))

• स्थूलः (sthūlaḥ) - large (large, bulky, thick, gross)

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - observed (seen, observed, perceived)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is well-established (is established, becomes fit, occurs, is appropriate)

• शिवे (śive) - in Śiva (in Śiva, in the auspicious one)

• मूर्ते (mūrte) - in the embodied (Śiva) (in the embodied, in the formed, in the manifested)

• जगत् (jagat) - universe (jagat) (universe, world, what moves)

• मूर्तम् (mūrtam) - embodied (embodied, formed, manifested)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• उत्तम (uttama) - supreme (supreme, best, excellent, highest)

• संकथा (saṁkathā) - teaching (conversation, discourse, narrative, teaching)

Words meanings and morphology

सूक्ष्मे (sūkṣme) - in the subtle (in the subtle, in the minute)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate, imperceptible

Note: Agrees with bīje.

बीजे (bīje) - in the seed (in the seed, in the origin)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, semen

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अगः (agaḥ) - tree (referring to a large tree that does not move) (mountain, tree (that does not move))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aga

aga - mountain, tree, immovable

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'ga' (moving) - that which does not move.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ga)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  From √gam (to go) + ḍa
  Root: gam (class 1)

स्थूलः (sthūlaḥ) - large (large, bulky, thick, gross)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthūla

sthūla - large, bulky, thick, gross, coarse, massive

Note: Agrees with agaḥ.

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - observed (seen, observed, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived, known, appeared

past passive participle

Past Passive Participle of √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate here for the implied 'this' or 'fact'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is well-established (is established, becomes fit, occurs, is appropriate)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upapad

From prefix upa + √pad (to go, fall, obtain)

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

शिवे (śive) - in Śiva (in Śiva, in the auspicious one)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, propitious, benevolent; (as noun) Śiva (deity)

मूर्ते (mūrte) - in the embodied (Śiva) (in the embodied, in the formed, in the manifested)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrta

mūrta - embodied, formed, manifested, solid, concrete

past passive participle

Past Passive Participle of √mūrch (to become solid, coagulate, take form)

Root: mūrch (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śive.

जगत् (jagat) - universe (jagat) (universe, world, what moves)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - universe, world, all that moves, moving, living

present active participle

Present active participle of √gam (to go), used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Declined as a noun in neuter nominative singular.

मूर्तम् (mūrtam) - embodied (embodied, formed, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūrta

mūrta - embodied, formed, manifested, solid, concrete

past passive participle

Past Passive Participle of √mūrch (to become solid, coagulate, take form)

Root: mūrch (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jagat.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

उत्तम (uttama) - supreme (supreme, best, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - supreme, best, excellent, highest, principal

Note: Declined as a feminine adjective agreeing with saṃkathā.

संकथा (saṁkathā) - teaching (conversation, discourse, narrative, teaching)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃkathā

saṁkathā - conversation, discourse, narrative, talk, teaching

From prefix sam + √kath (to tell, speak) + a (feminine suffix)

Prefix: sam

Root: kath (class 10)

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