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).

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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