योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-28

काश्चित्संसृतयो दीर्घ स्वप्नजाग्रत्तया स्थिताः ।
काश्चित्पुनः स्वप्नजाग्रज्जाग्रत्स्वप्नास्तथेतराः ॥ २८ ॥

kāścitsaṃsṛtayo dīrgha svapnajāgrattayā sthitāḥ ,
kāścitpunaḥ svapnajāgrajjāgratsvapnāstathetarāḥ 28

28. kāścit saṃsṛtayaḥ dīrghāḥ svapna-jāgrat-tayā sthitāḥ
kāścit punaḥ svapna-jāgrat jāgrat-svapnāḥ tathā itarāḥ

28. kāścit saṃsṛtayaḥ dīrghāḥ svapna-jāgrat-tayā sthitāḥ.
punaḥ kāścit svapna-jāgrat,
tathā itarāḥ jāgrat-svapnāḥ.

28. Some cycles of existence (saṃsṛti) are prolonged, subsisting as if in a dream-waking (svapna-jāgrat) state. Others, however, are dream-waking (svapna-jāgrat) states, while others again are waking-dream (jāgrat-svapna) states, and so are the rest.

Words meanings summery:

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

• संसृतयः (saṁsṛtayaḥ) - cycles of existence, worldly states (saṃsāra)

• दीर्घाः (dīrghāḥ) - long, prolonged

• स्वप्न-जाग्रत्-तया (svapna-jāgrat-tayā) - by the nature of dream-waking

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - established, existing, situated

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but, on the other hand

• स्वप्न-जाग्रत् (svapna-jāgrat) - dream-waking state (a waking experience that is dream-like)

• जाग्रत्-स्वप्नाः (jāgrat-svapnāḥ) - waking-dream states (a dream experienced within waking, or a waking state that is dream-like)

• तथा (tathā) - and so, thus, similarly

• इतराः (itarāḥ) - others, the rest

Words meanings and morphology

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim-cid

kim-cid - some, a certain (one)

संसृतयः (saṁsṛtayaḥ) - cycles of existence, worldly states (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - course, flux, cycle of existence (saṃsāra), worldly condition

दीर्घाः (dīrghāḥ) - long, prolonged

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, prolonged, extensive

स्वप्न-जाग्रत्-तया (svapna-jāgrat-tayā) - by the nature of dream-waking

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svapna-jāgrat-tā

svapna-jāgrat-tā - the state/nature of dream-waking

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna-jāgrat+tā)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• tā – state of being, nature, quality
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine suffix forming abstract nouns

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - established, existing, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, placed, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

Root: sthā (class 1)

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim-cid

kim-cid - some, a certain (one)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

स्वप्न-जाग्रत् (svapna-jāgrat) - dream-waking state (a waking experience that is dream-like)

(noun)

Nominative, plural of svapna-jāgrat

svapna-jāgrat - dream-waking, a waking state that feels like a dream

Compound type : karmadhāraya (svapna+jāgrat)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Gender is null as the form here does not specify an agreement, while the context implies a plural reference to feminine 'saṃsṛtayaḥ'.

जाग्रत्-स्वप्नाः (jāgrat-svapnāḥ) - waking-dream states (a dream experienced within waking, or a waking state that is dream-like)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāgrat-svapna

jāgrat-svapna - waking-dream, a dream in the waking state

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jāgrat+svapna)

• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - and so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

इतराः (itarāḥ) - others, the rest

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of itara

itara - other, different, the rest

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