योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-28

श्रीराम उवाच ।
आत्मना परमेशेन को दूतः प्रेर्यते मुने ।
स दूतो बोधनं वापि करोति वद मे कथम् ॥ २८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
ātmanā parameśena ko dūtaḥ preryate mune ,
sa dūto bodhanaṃ vāpi karoti vada me katham 28

28. śrīrāma uvāca ātmanā parameśena kaḥ dūtaḥ preryate
mune saḥ dūtaḥ bodhanam vā api karoti vada me katham

28. mune ātmanā parameśena kaḥ dūtaḥ preryate saḥ
dūtaḥ bodhanam vā api katham karoti me vada

28. Śrī Rāma said: O sage, who is the messenger that is impelled by the supreme Lord and by the self (ātman)? Tell me, how does that messenger bring about enlightenment?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self (ātman) (by the self, by the soul)

• परमेशेन (parameśena) - by the supreme lord, by the highest controller

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

• प्रेर्यते (preryate) - is impelled, is sent, is urged

• मुने (mune) - O sage!

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

• बोधनम् (bodhanam) - awakening, enlightenment, instruction

• वा (vā) - or, either, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, the illustrious Rāma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self (ātman) (by the self, by the soul)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, vital breath, mind, intellect

परमेशेन (parameśena) - by the supreme lord, by the highest controller

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of parameśa

parameśa - supreme lord, highest ruler, God

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+īśa)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent
  adjective
• īśa – lord, ruler, master, God
  noun (masculine)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, delegate, agent

प्रेर्यते (preryate) - is impelled, is sent, is urged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of īr

Present Passive

root īr with prefix pra, passive form

Prefix: pra

Root: īr (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, hermit

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger, envoy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, delegate, agent

बोधनम् (bodhanam) - awakening, enlightenment, instruction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bodhana

bodhana - awakening, enlightening, instructing, causing to know

causative noun from budh

Root: budh (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

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