योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-49

ब्रह्मा किल पराकाशवपुराक्रम्यते कथम् ।
मनोमात्रं च संकल्पः पृथ्व्यादिरहिताकृतिः ॥ ४९ ॥

brahmā kila parākāśavapurākramyate katham ,
manomātraṃ ca saṃkalpaḥ pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ 49

49. brahmā kila parākāśavapuḥ ākramyate katham manaḥ
mātram ca saṃkalpaḥ pṛthvī-ādi-rahita-ākṛtiḥ

49. kila brahmā parākāśavapuḥ katham ākramyate? ca (saḥ) manaḥ mātram.
saṃkalpaḥ pṛthvī-ādi-rahita-ākṛtiḥ.

49. How indeed can Brahmā, whose form is the supreme space (ākāśa), be attacked? He is merely mind, and his mental creation (saṃkalpa) is a form devoid of earth and other (material elements).

49. כיצד ניתן לתקוף את בְּרַהְמָא, שגופו הוא מרחב החלל העליון? הוא חשיבה בלבד, מחשבה מופשטת ללא צורה העשויה אדמה או יסודות אחרים.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as is known

• पराकाशवपुः (parākāśavapuḥ) - whose form is the supreme space/ether

• आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is attacked (in a physical sense) (is attacked, is assailed, is pervaded)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• मात्रम् (mātram) - merely, only, consisting only of

• च (ca) - and, also

• संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - his mental creation (saṃkalpa) (intention, resolve, mental creation, ideation)

• पृथ्वी-आदि-रहित-आकृतिः (pṛthvī-ādi-rahita-ākṛtiḥ) - whose form is devoid of earth and the like

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), a priest

Root: bṛh (class 1)

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, as is known

(indeclinable)

पराकाशवपुः (parākāśavapuḥ) - whose form is the supreme space/ether

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākāśavapus

parākāśavapus - whose body/form is the supreme ether/space

Bahuvrīhi compound: para (supreme) + ākāśa (space/ether) + vapus (body/form).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (para+ākāśa+vapus)

• para – supreme, ultimate, highest, other
  adjective
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky (ākāśa)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Brahmā'.

आक्रम्यते (ākramyate) - is attacked (in a physical sense) (is attacked, is assailed, is pervaded)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kram

Present 3rd person singular passive, from root kram (to step) with upasarga ā (towards, over).

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

मात्रम् (mātram) - merely, only, consisting only of

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mātra

mātra - only, merely, exclusively, consisting only of

Often used as a suffix to mean 'only', 'mere'.

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - his mental creation (saṃkalpa) (intention, resolve, mental creation, ideation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - intention, resolve, mental determination, will, ideation

From root kḷp (to be formed, to arrange) with upasarga sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

पृथ्वी-आदि-रहित-आकृतिः (pṛthvī-ādi-rahita-ākṛtiḥ) - whose form is devoid of earth and the like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthvī-ādi-rahita-ākṛti

pṛthvī-ādi-rahita-ākṛti - whose form is without earth etc., of a shape devoid of material elements

Bahuvrīhi compound: pṛthvī (earth) + ādi (beginning, etc.) + rahita (devoid of) + ākṛti (form).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pṛthvī+ādi+rahita+ākṛti)

• pṛthvī – earth, the earth
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pṛth (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)
• rahita – devoid of, free from, without
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rah (to abandon) + kta suffix.
  Root: rah (class 1)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  From root kṛ (to make) with upasarga ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'saṃkalpaḥ'.

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