योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-84, verse-42

भूतभव्यभविष्यस्थाः संकल्पस्वप्नपूर्गणाः ।
सर्वे सत्याः परं तत्त्वं सर्वात्मा कथमन्यथा ॥ ४२ ॥

bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasthāḥ saṃkalpasvapnapūrgaṇāḥ ,
sarve satyāḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ sarvātmā kathamanyathā 42

42. bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasthāḥ saṅkalpasvapnapūrṇāḥ
sarve satyāḥ param tattvam sarvātmā katham anyathā

42. bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasthāḥ saṅkalpasvapnapūrṇāḥ sarve satyāḥ.
anyathā sarvātmā param tattvam katham

42. All entities situated in the past, present, and future, including thoughts (saṅkalpa) and dreams (svapna), are real. Otherwise, how could the all-pervading Self (sarvātmā) be the supreme reality (tattvam)?

Words meanings summery:

• भूतभव्यभविष्यस्थाः (bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasthāḥ) - abiding in the past, future-to-be, and future-will-be

• सङ्कल्पस्वप्नपूर्णाः (saṅkalpasvapnapūrṇāḥ) - full of intentions (thoughts) and dreams

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true, existent

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - reality, principle, truth, essence

• सर्वात्मा (sarvātmā) - the all-Self, the Self (ātman) of all

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

Words meanings and morphology

भूतभव्यभविष्यस्थाः (bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasthāḥ) - abiding in the past, future-to-be, and future-will-be

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyastha

bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyastha - abiding in the past, future-to-be, and future-will-be

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhūta+bhavya+bhaviṣya+stha)

• bhūta – past, existed, being, creature
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root bhū 'to be'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhavya – to be, future, proper, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from the root bhū 'to be'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhaviṣya – future, that which will be
  adjective (neuter)
  Future Participle
  Derived from the root bhū 'to be' with future suffix.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• stha – abiding, standing, situated, located
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root sthā 'to stand, abide'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

सङ्कल्पस्वप्नपूर्णाः (saṅkalpasvapnapūrṇāḥ) - full of intentions (thoughts) and dreams

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṅkalpasvapnapūrṇa

saṅkalpasvapnapūrṇa - full of intentions and dreams

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (saṅkalpa+svapna+pūrṇa)

• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, thought, volition
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root pṛ 'to fill'.
  Root: pṛ (class 9)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, whole

सत्याः (satyāḥ) - real, true, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satya

satya - true, real, existent, truth

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - reality, principle, truth, essence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - reality, principle, truth, essence, nature

सर्वात्मा (sarvātmā) - the all-Self, the Self (ātman) of all

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvātman

sarvātman - the all-Self, the universal soul

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, entire, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

(indeclinable)

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