योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-19, verse-20

ससंकल्पविकल्पाद्यैः कृतनानाक्रमभ्रमैः ।
जगत्तया स्फुरत्यम्बु तरङ्गादितया यथा ॥ २० ॥

sasaṃkalpavikalpādyaiḥ kṛtanānākramabhramaiḥ ,
jagattayā sphuratyambu taraṅgāditayā yathā 20

20. saṃkalpavikalpādyaiḥ kṛtanānākramabhramaiḥ
jagattayā sphurati ambu taraṅgāditayā yathā

20. yathā ambu taraṅgāditayā sphurati jagattayā
saṃkalpavikalpādyaiḥ kṛtanānākramabhramaiḥ sphurati

20. Like water appearing as waves and so forth, so too the world manifests as the state of manifold illusory sequences, which are created by resolutions, doubts, and other such factors.

Words meanings summery:

• संकल्पविकल्पाद्यैः (saṁkalpavikalpādyaiḥ) - by resolutions, doubts, and other such factors (by resolutions, doubts, and so on)

• कृतनानाक्रमभ्रमैः (kṛtanānākramabhramaiḥ) - as the state of manifold illusory sequences, which are created (by previous factors) (by illusory sequences of various kinds which are created)

• जगत्तया (jagattayā) - as the state of being the world, as the world (by the state of being the world, as the world)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - it manifests, it appears (it flashes, it trembles, it appears, it manifests)

• अम्बु (ambu) - water

• तरङ्गादितया (taraṅgāditayā) - as waves and so forth (by the state of being waves and so on)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (introducing a simile) (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

संकल्पविकल्पाद्यैः (saṁkalpavikalpādyaiḥ) - by resolutions, doubts, and other such factors (by resolutions, doubts, and so on)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃkalpavikalpādi

saṁkalpavikalpādi - resolutions, doubts, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (saṃkalpa+vikalpa+ādi)

• saṃkalpa – resolution, intention, mental formation, desire
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + root kḷp (to be in order).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• vikalpa – doubt, option, alternative, illusion, error
  noun (masculine)
  From vi + root kḷp (to be in order).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so forth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound acts as the agent of 'kṛta'.

कृतनानाक्रमभ्रमैः (kṛtanānākramabhramaiḥ) - as the state of manifold illusory sequences, which are created (by previous factors) (by illusory sequences of various kinds which are created)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṛtanānākramabhrama

kṛtanānākramabhrama - illusory sequences of various kinds which are created

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛta+nānākramabhrama)

• kṛta – done, made, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• nānākramabhrama – manifold illusory sequence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrumental case, similar to 'saṃkalpavikalpādyaiḥ'.

जगत्तया (jagattayā) - as the state of being the world, as the world (by the state of being the world, as the world)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jagattā

jagattā - state of being the world, worldliness

From jagat (world) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Instrumental of quality or manner.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - it manifests, it appears (it flashes, it trembles, it appears, it manifests)

(verb)

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

present tense

Root: sphur (class 6)

अम्बु (ambu) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambu

ambu - water

Note: Subject in the simile.

तरङ्गादितया (taraṅgāditayā) - as waves and so forth (by the state of being waves and so on)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of taraṅgāditā

taraṅgāditā - state of being waves and so on

From taraṅga (wave) + ādi (etc.) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+ādi+tā)

• taraṅga – wave, ripple
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṝ (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so forth
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns, '-ness', 'state of being'
  suffix (feminine)
  Abstract noun suffix

Note: Instrumental of quality or manner, showing how water appears.

यथा (yathā) - just as (introducing a simile) (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

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