योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-24, verse-9

अजस्रस्फूर्जिताकारो वान्तदुःखशरावलिः ।
अभावनामकोदण्डः परिस्फुरति सर्वतः ॥ ९ ॥

ajasrasphūrjitākāro vāntaduḥkhaśarāvaliḥ ,
abhāvanāmakodaṇḍaḥ parisphurati sarvataḥ 9

9. ajasrasphūrjitākāraḥ vāntaduḥkhaśarāvaliḥ
abhāvanāmakodaṇḍaḥ parisphurati sarvataḥ

9. ajasrasphūrjitākāraḥ vāntaduḥkhaśarāvaliḥ
abhāvanāmakodaṇḍaḥ sarvataḥ parisphurati

9. That which has a constantly manifesting form, which has cast out the rows of arrows of sorrow, and whose bow is called 'non-conceptualization' (abhāvanā) — that shines forth everywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• अजस्रस्फूर्जिताकारः (ajasrasphūrjitākāraḥ) - having a constantly manifesting/throbbing form

• वान्तदुःखशरावलिः (vāntaduḥkhaśarāvaliḥ) - one who has cast out/emitted rows of arrows of sorrow

• अभावनामकोदण्डः (abhāvanāmakodaṇḍaḥ) - whose bow is named 'non-conceptualization' or 'absence of thought'

• परिस्फुरति (parisphurati) - shines, throbs, manifests completely

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, from all sides

Words meanings and morphology

अजस्रस्फूर्जिताकारः (ajasrasphūrjitākāraḥ) - having a constantly manifesting/throbbing form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajasrasphūrjitākāra

ajasrasphūrjitākāra - whose form is constantly throbbing or manifesting

Bahuvrihi compound: ajasra (incessant) + sphūrjita (manifested/throbbing) + ākāra (form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ajasra+sphūrjita+ākāra)

• ajasra – incessant, perpetual, continuous
  adjective (masculine)
• sphūrjita – throbbing, manifested, sounded, shining
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √sphūrj (to throb, manifest, shine)
  Root: sphūrj (class 1)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, gesture
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वान्तदुःखशरावलिः (vāntaduḥkhaśarāvaliḥ) - one who has cast out/emitted rows of arrows of sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāntaduḥkhaśarāvali

vāntaduḥkhaśarāvali - one who has expelled the rows of sorrow-arrows

Bahuvrihi compound: vānta (expelled) + duḥkhaśarāvali (row of sorrow-arrows)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vānta+duḥkhaśarāvali)

• vānta – vomited, ejected, cast out, abandoned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √vam (to vomit, eject)
  Root: vam (class 1)
• duḥkhaśarāvali – row of arrows of sorrow
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpurusha compound: duḥkha (sorrow) + śarāvali (row of arrows)

अभावनामकोदण्डः (abhāvanāmakodaṇḍaḥ) - whose bow is named 'non-conceptualization' or 'absence of thought'

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāvanāmakodaṇḍa

abhāvanāmakodaṇḍa - whose bow is named `abhāvanā` (non-conceptualization, absence of mental fabrication)

Bahuvrihi compound: abhāvanā (non-conceptualization) + nāma (named) + kodaṇḍa (bow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (abhāvanā+nāma+kodaṇḍa)

• abhāvanā – non-existence, absence of thought/mental fabrication, lack of conception
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from a (negation) + bhāvanā (conceptualization, imagination)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• nāma – name, by name, named
  indeclinable
• kodaṇḍa – bow (weapon)
  noun (neuter)

परिस्फुरति (parisphurati) - shines, throbs, manifests completely

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of parisphur

Present Tense

Root √sphur with upasarga pari

Prefix: pari

Root: sphur (class 6)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere, from all sides

(indeclinable)

Derived from sarva (all) + -tas (suffix for 'from/on all sides')

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