योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-56

खाद्रिद्यूर्वीनदिश्रेण्यो दृष्टिसृष्ट्या पुनः पुनः ।
सैवान्येव विचित्रेयमविद्या परिवर्तते ॥ ५६ ॥

khādridyūrvīnadiśreṇyo dṛṣṭisṛṣṭyā punaḥ punaḥ ,
saivānyeva vicitreyamavidyā parivartate 56

56. kha-adri-dyu-urvī-nadi-śreṇyaḥ dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭyā punaḥ
punaḥ sā eva anyā eva vicitrā iyam avidyā parivartate

56. iyam vicitrā avidyā sā eva anyā eva dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭyā
kha-adri-dyu-urvī-nadi-śreṇyaḥ punaḥ punaḥ parivartate

56. This wondrous ignorance (avidyā), which manifests again and again through the simultaneous act of perception and creation (dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi) as series of skies, mountains, heavens, earth, and rivers, appears to be the same, yet also different.

56. שרשראות השמים, ההרים, הרקיע, הארץ והנהרות נוצרות שוב ושוב מעצם התפיסה. אַוִדְיָה (הבורות) הפלאית הזו ממשיכה להסתובב, ונראית כשרשרת שאינה משתנה אך מתחדשת לבלי סוף.

Words meanings summery:

• ख-अद्रि-द्यु-उर्वी-नदि-श्रेण्यः (kha-adri-dyu-urvī-nadi-śreṇyaḥ) - rows/series of skies, mountains, heavens, earth, and rivers

• दृष्टि-सृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭyā) - by the simultaneous act of perception and creation (by perception-creation, by the creation that is perception)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• सा (sā) - that very (ignorance) (she, that (feminine))

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, only, very)

• अन्या (anyā) - yet different (other, different (feminine))

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• विचित्रा (vicitrā) - wondrous (variegated, wondrous, strange, diverse)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (ignorance) (this (feminine))

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience)

• परिवर्तते (parivartate) - manifests, exists (revolves, turns, exists, appears, manifests)

Words meanings and morphology

ख-अद्रि-द्यु-उर्वी-नदि-श्रेण्यः (kha-adri-dyu-urvī-nadi-śreṇyaḥ) - rows/series of skies, mountains, heavens, earth, and rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kha-adri-dyu-urvī-nadi-śreṇī

kha-adri-dyu-urvī-nadi-śreṇī - series of skies, mountains, heavens, earth, and rivers

Compound type : dvandva (kha+adri+dyu+urvī+nadi+śreṇī)

• kha – sky, ether, empty space
  noun (neuter)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• dyu – sky, heaven
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div
• urvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• nadi – river
  noun (feminine)
• śreṇī – row, line, series, class, category
  noun (feminine)

दृष्टि-सृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭyā) - by the simultaneous act of perception and creation (by perception-creation, by the creation that is perception)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi - creation by sight, perception-creation

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (dṛṣṭi+sṛṣṭi)

• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, perception
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  from dṛś (to see) + ktin suffix
  Root: dṛś
• sṛṣṭi – creation, emanation
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  from sṛj (to create) + ktin suffix
  Root: sṛj

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that very (ignorance) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

अन्या (anyā) - yet different (other, different (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

विचित्रा (vicitrā) - wondrous (variegated, wondrous, strange, diverse)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, manifold, diverse, strange, wonderful, beautiful

इयम् (iyam) - this (ignorance) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (avidyā) (ignorance, nescience)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  from vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

परिवर्तते (parivartate) - manifests, exists (revolves, turns, exists, appears, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vṛt

present active

present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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