योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-39, verse-22

रूपालोकमनस्कारबुद्धयहन्तादयः परे ।
स्वरूपभूताः सलिले द्रवत्वमिव खात्मकाः ॥ २२ ॥

rūpālokamanaskārabuddhayahantādayaḥ pare ,
svarūpabhūtāḥ salile dravatvamiva khātmakāḥ 22

22. rūpālokamanaskārabuddhyahaṅkārādayaḥ pare
svarūpabhūtāḥ salile dravatvam iva khaātmakāḥ

22. rūpālokamanaskārabuddhyahaṅkārādayaḥ pare
khaātmakāḥ svarūpabhūtāḥ salile dravatvam iva

22. Forms (rūpa), perceptions, mental impressions (manas), intellect (buddhi), ego (ahaṅkāra), and other supreme principles are inherent in one's true nature (svarūpa), just like liquidity in water, their essence being space-like consciousness (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• रूपालोकमनस्कारबुद्ध्यहङ्कारादयः (rūpālokamanaskārabuddhyahaṅkārādayaḥ) - forms (rūpa), perceptions, mental impressions (manas), intellect (buddhi), ego (ahaṅkāra), and others (forms, perceptions, mental impressions, intellect, ego, etc.)

• परे (pare) - supreme (principles) (supreme, ultimate, higher, others)

• स्वरूपभूताः (svarūpabhūtāḥ) - inherent in one's true nature (svarūpa) (inherent in one's true nature, become one's own form)

• सलिले (salile) - in water (in water, in liquid)

• द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity (liquidity, fluidity)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

• खआत्मकाः (khaātmakāḥ) - whose essence is space-like consciousness (whose essence is space, rooted in the self/consciousness)

Words meanings and morphology

रूपालोकमनस्कारबुद्ध्यहङ्कारादयः (rūpālokamanaskārabuddhyahaṅkārādayaḥ) - forms (rūpa), perceptions, mental impressions (manas), intellect (buddhi), ego (ahaṅkāra), and others (forms, perceptions, mental impressions, intellect, ego, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rūpālokamanaskārabuddhyahaṅkārādi

rūpālokamanaskārabuddhyahaṅkārādi - forms, perceptions, mental impressions, intellect, ego and others

A dvandva compound of rūpa, āloka, manaskāra, buddhi, ahaṅkāra, followed by ādi (etc.).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (rūpa+āloka+manaskāra+buddhi+ahaṅkāra+ādi)

• rūpa – form, appearance, shape, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• āloka – perception, seeing, light, view
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix ā + √lok (to see)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)
• manaskāra – attention, mental impression, reflection
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of manas (mind) and kāra (making, acting)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, discernment, reason
  noun (feminine)
  From √budh (to know, perceive)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, self-sense
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of aham (I) and kāra (making, acting)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is a long compound listing various mental faculties, with 'ādayaḥ' (etc.) at the end.

परे (pare) - supreme (principles) (supreme, ultimate, higher, others)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, distant, other, subsequent

Note: Agrees with the preceding compound in plural nominative masculine.

स्वरूपभूताः (svarūpabhūtāḥ) - inherent in one's true nature (svarūpa) (inherent in one's true nature, become one's own form)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svarūpabhūta

svarūpabhūta - become one's own form, inherent in one's true nature, essentially existing

Compound of svarūpa (one's own nature) and bhūta (become, existed - past passive participle of √bhū)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarūpa+bhūta)

• svarūpa – one's own form, true nature, essential nature
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of sva (self) and rūpa (form)
• bhūta – become, existed, being, creature
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle of √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the compound listing mental faculties.

सलिले (salile) - in water (in water, in liquid)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, liquid

द्रवत्वम् (dravatvam) - liquidity (liquidity, fluidity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - liquidity, fluidity, essential nature of a liquid

From drava (liquid) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

खआत्मकाः (khaātmakāḥ) - whose essence is space-like consciousness (whose essence is space, rooted in the self/consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaātmaka

khaātmaka - whose nature is space, whose essence is consciousness, rooted in space-consciousness

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'whose ātman (essence/self) is kha (space/Brahman/consciousness)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kha+ātman)

• kha – space, ether, sky, void, Brahman
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, consciousness, the Self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with the compound listing mental faculties.

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