योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-25

परं परे पूर्णं पूर्णे शान्तं शान्ते शिवं शिवे ।
इत्येवमात्रं विततं नाहं न च जगन्न धीः ॥ २५ ॥

paraṃ pare pūrṇaṃ pūrṇe śāntaṃ śānte śivaṃ śive ,
ityevamātraṃ vitataṃ nāhaṃ na ca jaganna dhīḥ 25

25. param pare pūrṇam pūrṇe śāntam śānte śivam śive
iti eva mātram vitatam na aham na ca jagat na dhīḥ

25. pare param pūrṇe pūrṇam śānte śāntam śive śivam iti
eva mātram vitatam aham na ca jagat na ca dhīḥ na

25. The Supreme (brahman) is in the Supreme, the Full in the Full, the Peaceful in the Peaceful, the Auspicious in the Auspicious. Only this much is pervaded; neither am I, nor the world, nor the intellect.

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

• परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the ultimate

• पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - full, complete, perfect

• पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - in the full, in the complete

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

• शान्ते (śānte) - in the peaceful, in the tranquil

• शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious, benevolent, good

• शिवे (śive) - in the auspicious, in the benevolent

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating conclusion

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• मात्रम् (mātram) - merely, only, just this much

• विततम् (vitatam) - pervaded, spread out, extended

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• न (na) - not, no

• धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, mind, understanding

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Used substantively here, referring to the Supreme (brahman).

परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the ultimate

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Used substantively here, referring to the Supreme (brahman).

पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - full, complete, perfect

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, perfect, fulfilled

Past Passive Participle

From root √pṛ (to fill).

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Used substantively here.

पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - in the full, in the complete

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, perfect, fulfilled

Past Passive Participle

From root √pṛ (to fill).

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Used substantively here.

शान्तम् (śāntam) - peaceful, tranquil, calm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, quieted, ceased

Past Passive Participle

From root √śam (to be calm, cease).

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Used substantively here.

शान्ते (śānte) - in the peaceful, in the tranquil

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, quieted, ceased

Past Passive Participle

From root √śam (to be calm, cease).

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Used substantively here.

शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious, benevolent, good

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, good, happy

Note: Used substantively here.

शिवे (śive) - in the auspicious, in the benevolent

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, good, happy

Note: Used substantively here.

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating conclusion

(indeclinable)

particle

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

मात्रम् (mātram) - merely, only, just this much

(indeclinable)

Suffix mātra can be indeclinable meaning 'only' or 'as much as'. Used here adverbially.

Note: Functions adverbially.

विततम् (vitatam) - pervaded, spread out, extended

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitatā

vitata - pervaded, spread out, extended, vast

Past Passive Participle

From root √tan (to stretch, extend) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: It is 'this much' that is pervaded.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

first person singular pronoun

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves, moving

Present Active Participle

From root √gam (to go, move).

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, mind, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, mind, understanding, thought, wisdom

From root √dhyai (to meditate, think).

Root: dhyai (class 1)

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