योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-32

रेखावृन्दं यथा पर्णे वीचिजालं यथा जले ।
कटकादि यथा हेम्नि तथोष्णादि यथाऽनले ॥ ३२ ॥

rekhāvṛndaṃ yathā parṇe vīcijālaṃ yathā jale ,
kaṭakādi yathā hemni tathoṣṇādi yathā'nale 32

32. rekhā-vṛndam yathā parṇe vīci-jālam yathā jale
kaṭaka-ādi yathā hemni tathā uṣṇa-ādi yathā anale

32. yathā rekhā-vṛndam parṇe,
yathā vīci-jālam jale,
yathā kaṭaka-ādi hemni,
tathā yathā uṣṇa-ādi anale

32. Just as a network of lines appears on a leaf, just as a web of waves appears in water, just as ornaments like bangles are made from gold, similarly heat and other qualities reside in fire.

32. כשם שאוסף העורקים נמצא בעלה, נחשול הגלים במים, הצמידים בזהב והחום באש,

Words meanings summery:

• रेखा-वृन्दम् (rekhā-vṛndam) - a network of lines (multitude of lines, collection of lines)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• पर्णे (parṇe) - on a leaf, in a leaf

• वीचि-जालम् (vīci-jālam) - network of waves, web of waves

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• जले (jale) - in water

• कटक-आदि (kaṭaka-ādi) - ornaments like bangles (bangles and so on, beginning with bangles)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• उष्ण-आदि (uṣṇa-ādi) - heat and similar qualities (of fire) (heat and so on, beginning with heat)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• अनले (anale) - in fire

Words meanings and morphology

रेखा-वृन्दम् (rekhā-vṛndam) - a network of lines (multitude of lines, collection of lines)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rekhā-vṛnda

rekhā-vṛnda - multitude of lines, group of lines

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rekhā+vṛnda)

• rekhā – line, streak, furrow
  noun (feminine)
• vṛnda – multitude, group, collection
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

पर्णे (parṇe) - on a leaf, in a leaf

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather

वीचि-जालम् (vīci-jālam) - network of waves, web of waves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vīci-jāla

vīci-jāla - network of waves, web of waves

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vīci+jāla)

• vīci – wave, ripple
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, web, network, trap
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

जले (jale) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

कटक-आदि (kaṭaka-ādi) - ornaments like bangles (bangles and so on, beginning with bangles)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṭaka-ādi

kaṭaka-ādi - bangles and so on, beginning with bangles

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṭaka+ādi)

• kaṭaka – bangle, bracelet, ring
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, source; and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

हेम्नि (hemni) - in gold

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

उष्ण-आदि (uṣṇa-ādi) - heat and similar qualities (of fire) (heat and so on, beginning with heat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṣṇa-ādi

uṣṇa-ādi - heat and so on, beginning with heat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uṣṇa+ādi)

• uṣṇa – heat, warmth; hot, warm
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, source; and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

अनले (anale) - in fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, god of fire

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