योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-17

न पृम्ब्यादिमहाभूतगणा न च जगत्क्रमाः ।
मृतानां सन्ति तत्रापि तथाप्येषां जगद्भमाः ॥ १७ ॥

na pṛmbyādimahābhūtagaṇā na ca jagatkramāḥ ,
mṛtānāṃ santi tatrāpi tathāpyeṣāṃ jagadbhamāḥ 17

17. na pṛmbyā ādi mahābhūta gaṇāḥ na ca jagat kramāḥ
mṛtānām santi tatra api tathā api eṣām jagat bhramāḥ

17. pṛmbyā ādi mahābhūta gaṇāḥ ca jagat kramāḥ mṛtānām tatra api na santi.
tathā api eṣām jagat bhramāḥ (santi).

17. Even in that state, neither the groups of great elements (mahābhūta) such as earth, nor the orders of the world, exist for those who are 'dead' (i.e., dissolved). Nevertheless, for them, there are still delusions of the world.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - neither (not, no, neither)

• पृम्ब्या (pṛmbyā) - of the earth

• आदि (ādi) - beginning with, such as (beginning with, and so on, etc.)

• महाभूत (mahābhūta) - great elements (great element, fundamental element (ether, air, fire, water, earth))

• गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups (groups, multitudes, collections)

• न (na) - nor (not, no, neither)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving, alive)

• क्रमाः (kramāḥ) - orders, successions (orders, successions, steps, processes)

• मृतानाम् (mṛtānām) - for those who are 'dead' (i.e., in a dissolved state) (of the dead, for the deceased)

• सन्ति (santi) - they exist (they are, they exist)

• तत्र (tatra) - even in that (state) (there, in that place, in that case)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• तथा (tathā) - nevertheless, yet (thus, so, in that manner)

• अपि (api) - yet, nevertheless (also, even, too)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (the dead/dissolved) (of these, for these)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving, alive)

• भ्रमाः (bhramāḥ) - delusions (delusions, errors, wanderings)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - neither (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

पृम्ब्या (pṛmbyā) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthvī

pṛthvī - earth, ground, world

आदि (ādi) - beginning with, such as (beginning with, and so on, etc.)

(indeclinable)

महाभूत (mahābhūta) - great elements (great element, fundamental element (ether, air, fire, water, earth))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahābhūta

mahābhūta - great element; the five fundamental elements (ether, air, fire, water, earth)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+bhūta)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as part of a compound with 'gaṇāḥ', thus functions as an adjective modifying 'gaṇāḥ'.

गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups (groups, multitudes, collections)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaṇa

gaṇa - group, multitude, collection, troop, host

न (na) - nor (not, no, neither)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving, alive)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves

Root: gam (class 1)

क्रमाः (kramāḥ) - orders, successions (orders, successions, steps, processes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krama

krama - step, stride, order, succession, method, process

Root: kram (class 1)

मृतानाम् (mṛtānām) - for those who are 'dead' (i.e., in a dissolved state) (of the dead, for the deceased)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless

Past Passive Participle

From root mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

सन्ति (santi) - they exist (they are, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - even in that (state) (there, in that place, in that case)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - nevertheless, yet (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - yet, nevertheless (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (the dead/dissolved) (of these, for these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving, alive)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves

Root: gam (class 1)

भ्रमाः (bhramāḥ) - delusions (delusions, errors, wanderings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrama

bhrama - wandering, error, delusion, confusion, illusion

Root: bhram (class 1)

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