योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-23

यदा पश्यामि कालोऽसौ यथा पश्यामि स क्रमः ।
प्रौढा नियतिरित्यस्य यत्र पश्यामि तन्नभः ॥ २३ ॥

yadā paśyāmi kālo'sau yathā paśyāmi sa kramaḥ ,
prauḍhā niyatirityasya yatra paśyāmi tannabhaḥ 23

23. yadā paśyāmi kālaḥ asau yathā paśyāmi saḥ kramaḥ
prauḍhā niyatiḥ iti asya yatra paśyāmi tat nabhaḥ

23. Yadā paśyāmi asau kālaḥ Yathā paśyāmi saḥ kramaḥ Yatra
paśyāmi tat nabhaḥ Asya (sarvasya) prauḍhā niyatiḥ iti

23. When I see, that is time. How I see, that is the sequence. Where I see, that is space. This (entire process of seeing) is a profound natural law (niyati).

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• असौ (asau) - that, that one

• यथा (yathā) - as, in which way, how

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence, order, method, step

• प्रौढा (prauḍhā) - profound (powerful, strong, mature, fully developed)

• नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - profound natural law (niyati) (destiny, fate, natural law, fixed order, inherent nature (niyati))

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (indicating conclusion, quotation or definition)

• अस्य (asya) - for this entire process (of seeing and its associated dimensions) (of this, for this)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• तत् (tat) - that

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, space, atmosphere

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense, 1st person singular of the root √dṛś, with secondary conjugation stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

Note: Subject.

असौ (asau) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one (yonder, referring to something distant or grand)

Note: Refers to 'kālaḥ'.

यथा (yathā) - as, in which way, how

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of manner.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense, 1st person singular of the root √dṛś, with secondary conjugation stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'kramaḥ'.

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - sequence, order, method, step

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, course, sequence, order, method

From root √kram (to step, go).

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Subject.

प्रौढा (prauḍhā) - profound (powerful, strong, mature, fully developed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prauḍha

prauḍha - grown up, mature, strong, powerful, fully developed

From pra-√ūḍha (p.p.p. of √vah, carried forth, strong, developed).

Prefix: pra

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'niyatiḥ'.

नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - profound natural law (niyati) (destiny, fate, natural law, fixed order, inherent nature (niyati))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - destiny, fate, necessity, natural law, fixed order

From ni-√yam (to restrain, control, fix).

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Subject.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (indicating conclusion, quotation or definition)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a statement or definition.

अस्य (asya) - for this entire process (of seeing and its associated dimensions) (of this, for this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the whole preceding statement or the process of perception.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative adverb.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense, 1st person singular of the root √dṛś, with secondary conjugation stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to 'nabhaḥ'.

नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, space, atmosphere

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, space, cloud

Note: Predicate nominative for 'tat'.