योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-103, verse-2

ह्रस्वं दीर्घं करोत्याशु दीर्घं नयति खर्वताम् ।
स्वतां नयत्यन्यदलं स्वं तथैवान्यतामपि ॥ २ ॥

hrasvaṃ dīrghaṃ karotyāśu dīrghaṃ nayati kharvatām ,
svatāṃ nayatyanyadalaṃ svaṃ tathaivānyatāmapi 2

2. hrasvam dīrgham karoti āśu dīrgham nayati kharvatām
svatām nayati anyat alam svam tathā eva anyatām api

2. āśu hrasvam dīrgham karoti,
dīrgham kharvatām nayati.
anyat alam svatām nayati,
tathā eva svam anyatām api (nayati).

2. It quickly makes what is short long, and leads what is long to shortness. It transforms another thing into its own nature, and similarly, its own nature into otherness.

Words meanings summery:

• ह्रस्वम् (hrasvam) - short, small, brief

• दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long, tall, extended

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, creates

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long, tall, extended

• नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, guides

• खर्वताम् (kharvatām) - to shortness, to dwarfness

• स्वताम् (svatām) - to one's own nature, to selfhood

• नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, guides

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• अलम् (alam) - here suggesting 'completely' or 'into a full state' (enough, sufficient, capable, indeed)

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own, self

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

• अन्यताम् (anyatām) - to otherness, to difference

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

ह्रस्वम् (hrasvam) - short, small, brief

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, dwarf, brief

दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long, tall, extended

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, extended, deep

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, creates

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

8th class verb (tanādi), present tense, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Adverb

दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long, tall, extended

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, extended, deep

नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, guides

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

1st class verb (bhvādi), present tense, active voice

Root: nī (class 1)

खर्वताम् (kharvatām) - to shortness, to dwarfness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kharvatā

kharvatā - shortness, dwarfness, humiliation

Formed with suffix -tā

स्वताम् (svatām) - to one's own nature, to selfhood

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svatā

svatā - ownness, selfhood, proper state, nature

Formed with suffix -tā

नयति (nayati) - leads, brings, guides

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

1st class verb (bhvādi), present tense, active voice

Root: nī (class 1)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

अलम् (alam) - here suggesting 'completely' or 'into a full state' (enough, sufficient, capable, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

स्वम् (svam) - one's own, self

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, kin, property

Note: Refers to 'one's own nature' or 'the self'.

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अन्यताम् (anyatām) - to otherness, to difference

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - otherness, difference, distinctness

Formed with suffix -tā

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Particle