योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-38

परिपश्यति संसारं परिपश्यति मुक्तताम् ।
सुखदुःखानि जानाति स्वरूपात्तन्न भिद्यते ॥ ३८ ॥

paripaśyati saṃsāraṃ paripaśyati muktatām ,
sukhaduḥkhāni jānāti svarūpāttanna bhidyate 38

38. paripaśyati saṃsāram paripaśyati muktatām |
sukhaduḥkhāni jānāti svarūpāt tat na bhidyate ||

38. paripaśyati saṃsāram paripaśyati muktatām
sukhaduḥkhāni jānāti tat svarūpāt na bhidyate

38. It (consciousness) fully perceives the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra) and fully perceives liberation (muktatā). It knows both happiness and suffering, yet it is not separated from its essential nature (svarūpa).

Words meanings summery:

• परिपश्यति (paripaśyati) - fully perceives, clearly sees, discerns

• संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the cycle of existence, transmigration, the world

• परिपश्यति (paripaśyati) - fully perceives, clearly sees, discerns

• मुक्तताम् (muktatām) - liberation, freedom, released state

• सुखदुःखानि (sukhaduḥkhāni) - happiness and suffering, pleasures and pains

• जानाति (jānāti) - knows, understands

• स्वरूपात् (svarūpāt) - from its own nature, from its essential form

• तत् (tat) - refers to consciousness (cit) (that, it)

• न (na) - not, no

• भिद्यते (bhidyate) - is separated, is broken, differs

Words meanings and morphology

परिपश्यति (paripaśyati) - fully perceives, clearly sees, discerns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

irregular present stem paśya-

Prefix: pari

Root: dṛś (class 1)

संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the cycle of existence, transmigration, the world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of rebirth, transmigration, worldly existence, the phenomenal world

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

परिपश्यति (paripaśyati) - fully perceives, clearly sees, discerns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

irregular present stem paśya-

Prefix: pari

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मुक्तताम् (muktatām) - liberation, freedom, released state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of muktatā

muktatā - state of liberation, freedom, release, emancipation

derived from 'mukta' (released) with suffix -tā (fem.)

Root: muc (class 6)

सुखदुःखानि (sukhaduḥkhāni) - happiness and suffering, pleasures and pains

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - pleasure and pain, happiness and suffering

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease, joy
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, sorrow, misery
  noun (neuter)

जानाति (jānāti) - knows, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

स्वरूपात् (svarūpāt) - from its own nature, from its essential form

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, true nature, essential nature, identity

तत् (tat) - refers to consciousness (cit) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भिद्यते (bhidyate) - is separated, is broken, differs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

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