योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-7

तरङ्गं प्रतिबिम्बेन्दुं तडित्पुञ्जं नभोम्बुजम् ।
ग्रहीतुमास्थां बध्नामि न त्वायुषि हतस्थितौ ॥ ७ ॥

taraṅgaṃ pratibimbenduṃ taḍitpuñjaṃ nabhombujam ,
grahītumāsthāṃ badhnāmi na tvāyuṣi hatasthitau 7

7. taraṅgam pratibimba-indum taḍit-puñjam nabhas-ambujam
grahītum āsthām badhnāmi na tu āyuṣi hata-sthitau

7. I place my reliance (āsthā) on grasping a wave, a reflected moon, a cluster of lightning, or a sky-lotus. But I do not place reliance in life, whose stability is destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• तरङ्गम् (taraṅgam) - a wave (wave, ripple)

• प्रतिबिम्बेन्दुम् (pratibimbendum) - a reflected moon (reflected moon)

• तडित्पुञ्जम् (taḍitpuñjam) - a cluster of lightning (cluster of lightning, mass of lightning)

• नभो&#०३९;म्बुजम् (nabho'mbujam) - a sky-lotus (an impossible thing) (sky-lotus)

• ग्रहीतुम् (grahītum) - to grasp (to seize, to grasp, to take)

• आस्थाम् (āsthām) - reliance (āsthā) (reliance, trust, faith, hope)

• बध्नामि (badhnāmi) - I place (I bind, I fix, I place)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• आयुषि (āyuṣi) - in life (in life, in duration, in span of life)

• हतस्थितौ (hatasthitau) - in that whose stability is destroyed (in that whose stability is destroyed, in that which has unstable existence)

Words meanings and morphology

तरङ्गम् (taraṅgam) - a wave (wave, ripple)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, ripple, movement

Root: tṛ (class 1)

प्रतिबिम्बेन्दुम् (pratibimbendum) - a reflected moon (reflected moon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratibimbendu

pratibimbendu - a reflected image of the moon

Compound type : tatpurusha (pratibimba+indu)

• pratibimba – reflection, image, counterpart
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from prati- + √bimb (to reflect).
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bimb (class 1)
• indu – moon, drop, spot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: und (class 1)

तडित्पुञ्जम् (taḍitpuñjam) - a cluster of lightning (cluster of lightning, mass of lightning)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of taḍitpuñja

taḍitpuñja - cluster/mass of lightning flashes

Compound type : tatpurusha (taḍit+puñja)

• taḍit – lightning, flash of lightning
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √taḍ
  Root: taḍ (class 1)
• puñja – heap, mass, cluster, collection
  noun (masculine)

नभो&#०३९;म्बुजम् (nabho'mbujam) - a sky-lotus (an impossible thing) (sky-lotus)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nabhas-ambuja

nabhas-ambuja - sky-lotus (a proverbial impossibility)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nabhas+ambuja)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, cloud
  noun (neuter)
• ambuja – lotus (born from water)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from ambu (water) + √jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

ग्रहीतुम् (grahītum) - to grasp (to seize, to grasp, to take)

(verb)

infinitive of grah

Infinitive

Infinitive form of √grah

Root: grah (class 9)

आस्थाम् (āsthām) - reliance (āsthā) (reliance, trust, faith, hope)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - reliance, trust, faith, hope, attention

Derived from ā- + √sthā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

बध्नामि (badhnāmi) - I place (I bind, I fix, I place)

(verb)

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

Present Active

1st singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: bandh (class 9)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

आयुषि (āyuṣi) - in life (in life, in duration, in span of life)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, age

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Location for placing 'āsthā'.

हतस्थितौ (hatasthitau) - in that whose stability is destroyed (in that whose stability is destroyed, in that which has unstable existence)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of hata-sthiti

hata-sthiti - having stability destroyed, unstable existence

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+sthiti)

• hata – killed, destroyed, struck, lost
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √han
  Root: han (class 2)
• sthiti – standing, stability, condition, state, existence
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'āyuṣi'.

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