योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-1, chapter-26, verse-30
कालः संकाल्यते येन नियतिश्चापि नीयते ।
खमप्यालीयतेऽनन्तं कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ ३० ॥
खमप्यालीयतेऽनन्तं कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ ३० ॥
kālaḥ saṃkālyate yena niyatiścāpi nīyate ,
khamapyālīyate'nantaṃ kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane 30
khamapyālīyate'nantaṃ kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane 30
30.
kālaḥ saṃkālyate yena niyatiḥ ca api nīyate kham
api anantam ālīyate kā eva āsthā mādṛśe jane
api anantam ālīyate kā eva āsthā mādṛśe jane
30.
yena kālaḥ saṃkālyate niyatiḥ ca api nīyate
anantam kham api ālīyate mādṛśe jane kā eva āsthā
anantam kham api ālīyate mādṛśe jane kā eva āsthā
30.
By that (power) by which even time (kāla) is encompassed, and destiny (niyati) is also directed, and infinite space (kha) itself is dissolved—what reliance, then, can there be for a person like me?
Words meanings summery:
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- कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, period, black)
- संकाल्यते (saṁkālyate) - is encompassed (is encompassed, is bound, is computed, is brought together)
- येन (yena) - by which (power/entity, implied) (by whom, by which)
- नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - destiny (niyati) (destiny, fate, necessity, restriction)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)
- नीयते (nīyate) - is directed (is led, is conducted, is guided, is directed)
- खम् (kham) - space (kha) (space, ether, sky, air, zero)
- अपि (api) - too (even, also, too)
- अनन्तम् (anantam) - infinite (infinite, endless, boundless; the infinite)
- आलीयते (ālīyate) - is dissolved (is dissolved, is absorbed, is merged)
- का (kā) - what (what, which)
- एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)
- आस्था (āsthā) - reliance, hope (reliance, trust, hope, faith, confidence)
- मादृशे (mādṛśe) - in a person like me (like me, similar to me, in one like me)
- जने (jane) - in a person (in a person, in mankind, among people)
Words meanings and morphology
कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, period, black)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, proper season; black
Note: Subject of saṃkālyate.
संकाल्यते (saṁkālyate) - is encompassed (is encompassed, is bound, is computed, is brought together)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kal
Present Passive
Root √kal (10th class) with prefix saṃ, present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice
Prefix: sam
Root: kal (class 10)
येन (yena) - by which (power/entity, implied) (by whom, by which)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)
Note: Refers to an implied agent.
नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - destiny (niyati) (destiny, fate, necessity, restriction)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of niyati
niyati - destiny, fate, necessity, rule, restriction
From root √yam (to control, restrain) with prefix ni
Prefix: ni
Root: yam (class 1)
Note: Subject of nīyate.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
नीयते (nīyate) - is directed (is led, is conducted, is guided, is directed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of nī
Present Passive
Root √nī (1st class) in passive voice, present tense, 3rd person singular
Root: nī (class 1)
खम् (kham) - space (kha) (space, ether, sky, air, zero)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kha
kha - space, ether, sky, air, zero, a sense organ
Note: Subject of ālīyate.
अपि (api) - too (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
अनन्तम् (anantam) - infinite (infinite, endless, boundless; the infinite)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ananta
ananta - endless, infinite, boundless; the infinite, Vishnu, Shesha-naga
From 'an-' (negation) and 'anta' (end)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+anta)
- an – not, non-
indeclinable - anta – end, boundary, limit
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies kham.
आलीयते (ālīyate) - is dissolved (is dissolved, is absorbed, is merged)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lī
Present Passive
Root √lī (4th class) with prefix ā, passive voice, present tense, 3rd person singular
Prefix: ā
Root: lī (class 4)
का (kā) - what (what, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)
Note: Used in interrogative sense.
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
आस्था (āsthā) - reliance, hope (reliance, trust, hope, faith, confidence)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā
āsthā - reliance, trust, hope, faith, effort, exertion
From root √sthā (to stand) with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.
मादृशे (mādṛśe) - in a person like me (like me, similar to me, in one like me)
(adjective)
Locative, singular of mādṛś
mādṛś - like me, similar to me
Derived from 'mad' (me) + '-dṛś' (seeing, like)
Note: Qualifies 'jane'.
जने (jane) - in a person (in a person, in mankind, among people)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of jana
jana - person, man, creature, people