महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-47, verse-13

यस्मिन्नित्ये तते तन्तौ दृढे स्रगिव तिष्ठति ।
सदसद्ग्रथितं विश्वं विश्वाङ्गे विश्वकर्मणि ॥१३॥

13. yasminnitye tate tantau dṛḍhe sragiva tiṣṭhati ,
sadasadgrathitaṁ viśvaṁ viśvāṅge viśvakarmaṇi.

13. yasmin nitye tate tantau dṛḍhe srak iva tiṣṭhati
sat asat grathitam viśvam viśvāṅge viśvakarmaṇi

13. yasmin nitye tate dṛḍhe tantau sadasadgrathitam
viśvam srak iva tiṣṭhati viśvāṅge viśvakarmaṇi

13. The universe (viśvaṃ), intertwined with both existence and non-existence, rests like a garland in that eternal, all-pervading, and firm thread, which is the all-bodied (Viśvāṅga) and all-creating (Viśvakarma) Lord.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

• नित्ये (nitye) - eternal, constant, perpetual

• तते (tate) - extended, spread, vast

• तन्तौ (tantau) - in a thread, in a warp

• दृढे (dṛḍhe) - firm, strong, steadfast

• स्रक् (srak) - garland, wreath

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - it remains, it exists, it stands

• सत् (sat) - existence, being, truth, real

• असत् (asat) - non-existence, non-being, unreal, false

• ग्रथितम् (grathitam) - bound, woven, intertwined

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the world, all

• विश्वाङ्गे (viśvāṅge) - in the universal body, in the all-bodied one (Viśvāṅga)

• विश्वकर्मणि (viśvakarmaṇi) - in the creator of all, in the all-doer (Viśvakarma)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality described as a 'thread'.

नित्ये (nitye) - eternal, constant, perpetual

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of nitya

nitya - eternal, constant, perpetual, always existing

Note: Modifies 'tantau'.

तते (tate) - extended, spread, vast

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of tata

tata - stretched, extended, spread, diffused

Past passive participle

Past passive participle of root √tan.

Root: √tan (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'tantau'.

तन्तौ (tantau) - in a thread, in a warp

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, warp, lineage

दृढे (dṛḍhe) - firm, strong, steadfast

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, solid, strong, rigid, fixed

Note: Modifies 'tantau'.

स्रक् (srak) - garland, wreath

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sraj

sraj - garland, wreath, chaplet

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - it remains, it exists, it stands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Present indicative (laṭ) 3rd person singular of root √sthā.

Root: √sthā (class 1)

सत् (sat) - existence, being, truth, real

(noun)

neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, true, good; reality, existence

Present active participle

Present active participle of root √as, used as a noun.

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound 'sadasadgrathitam'.

असत् (asat) - non-existence, non-being, unreal, false

(noun)

neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-being, non-existent, unreal, false; unreality

Present active participle (negative)

Present active participle of root √as with 'a-' negation, used as a noun.

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound 'sadasadgrathitam'.

ग्रथितम् (grathitam) - bound, woven, intertwined

(adjective)

neuter, singular of grathita

grathita - bound, strung, woven, connected, composed

Past passive participle

Past passive participle of root √grath.

Root: √grath (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'viśvam'.

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the world, all

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - the universe, the world; all, whole

विश्वाङ्गे (viśvāṅge) - in the universal body, in the all-bodied one (Viśvāṅga)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of viśvāṅga

viśvāṅga - all-bodied; having all parts or members; relating to the whole body

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (viśva+aṅga)

• viśva – all, whole, universal
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body, part, member
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality as the substratum.

विश्वकर्मणि (viśvakarmaṇi) - in the creator of all, in the all-doer (Viśvakarma)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viśvakarman

viśvakarman - all-creating, all-doing; the architect of the universe (Viśvakarma)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (viśva+karman)

• viśva – all, whole, universal
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – action, deed, work, creation (karma)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality as the substratum.