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).

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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