योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-16

यथा पयोदमरुतोर्यथा षट्पदपद्मयोः ।
तथा राघव संबन्धस्त्वच्छरीरत्वदात्मनोः ॥ १६ ॥

yathā payodamarutoryathā ṣaṭpadapadmayoḥ ,
tathā rāghava saṃbandhastvaccharīratvadātmanoḥ 16

16. yathā payodamarutoḥ yathā ṣaṭpadapadmayoḥ
tathā rāghava sambandhaḥ tvacchrīratvadātmanoḥ

16. rāghava yathā payodamarutoḥ yathā ṣaṭpadapadmayoḥ
tathā tvacchrīratvadātmanoḥ sambandhaḥ

16. Just as there is a relationship between a cloud and the wind, and between a bee and a lotus, so also, O Rāghava, is the relationship between your body and your true self (ātman).

16. רָאגְהַוָוה, הקשר בין גופך לבין העצמי שלך הוא בדיוק כמו הקשר בין ענן לרוח, או בין דבורה לפרח הלוטוס.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• पयोदमरुतोः (payodamarutoḥ) - of the cloud and the wind

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• षट्पदपद्मयोः (ṣaṭpadapadmayoḥ) - of the bee and the lotus

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, relationship

• त्वच्छ्रीरत्वदात्मनोः (tvacchrīratvadātmanoḥ) - of your body and your self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

पयोदमरुतोः (payodamarutoḥ) - of the cloud and the wind

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of payodamaruta

payodamaruta - cloud and wind

Compound type : dvandva (payoda+maruta)

• payoda – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
• maruta – wind, air, deity of wind
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

षट्पदपद्मयोः (ṣaṭpadapadmayoḥ) - of the bee and the lotus

(noun)

Genitive, dual of ṣaṭpadapadma

ṣaṭpadapadma - bee and lotus

Compound type : dvandva (ṣaṭpada+padma)

• ṣaṭpada – bee (lit. 'six-footed')
  noun (masculine)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, son of Raghu (epithet for Rama)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, relationship

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation, bond, relationship

त्वच्छ्रीरत्वदात्मनोः (tvacchrīratvadātmanoḥ) - of your body and your self (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, dual of tvacchrīratvadātman

tvacchrīratvadātman - your body and your self

Compound type : dvandva (tvat-śarīra+tvat-ātman)

• tvat-śarīra – your body
  noun (neuter)
• tvat-ātman – your self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

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