योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-25

तस्मिन्नस्मिन्पुरे तन्वि तदेव सदनं स्थितम् ।
तस्मात्किं त्रसरेण्वन्तर्जगद्वृन्दमिव स्थितम् ॥ २५ ॥

tasminnasminpure tanvi tadeva sadanaṃ sthitam ,
tasmātkiṃ trasareṇvantarjagadvṛndamiva sthitam 25

25. tasmin asmin pure tanvi tat eva sadanam sthitam |
tasmāt kim trasareṇu antar jagat vṛndam iva sthitam

25. tanvi asmin pure tat eva sadanam sthitam tasmāt
kim trasareṇu antar jagat vṛndam iva sthitam

25. O slender one, that very house (sadhana) stands in this very city. How is it then that a multitude of worlds appears to exist within a mote of dust (trasareṇu)?

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (city) (in that, in him, in it)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (city) (in this, in him, in it)

• पुरे (pure) - in this city (in a city, in a town)

• तन्वि (tanvi) - O slender one (O slender one, O delicate woman)

• तत् (tat) - that (very) (that, it, such)

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

• सदनम् (sadanam) - house (house, abode, dwelling, seat)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - stands, remains (standing, situated, existing, remaining)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that (from that, therefore)

• किम् (kim) - how (is it) (what, why, how, whether)

• त्रसरेणु (trasareṇu) - mote of dust (mote of dust, smallest visible particle (seen in sunbeam))

• अन्तर् (antar) - within (within, inside, intermediate, interval)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving, living)

• वृन्दम् (vṛndam) - multitude (multitude, host, group, heap)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - exists, appears to exist (standing, situated, existing, remaining)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (city) (in that, in him, in it)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (city) (in this, in him, in it)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, it

पुरे (pure) - in this city (in a city, in a town)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

तन्वि (tanvi) - O slender one (O slender one, O delicate woman)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of tanvī

tanvī - slender, delicate, a slender woman

Feminine form of tanu (slender).

तत् (tat) - that (very) (that, it, such)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

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

(indeclinable)

सदनम् (sadanam) - house (house, abode, dwelling, seat)

(noun)

neuter, singular of sadana

sadana - dwelling, house, abode, seat

Root: sad (class 1)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - stands, remains (standing, situated, existing, remaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining, firm

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -ta.

Root: sthā (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Often used as an indeclinable meaning 'therefore'.

किम् (kim) - how (is it) (what, why, how, whether)

(indeclinable)

त्रसरेणु (trasareṇu) - mote of dust (mote of dust, smallest visible particle (seen in sunbeam))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trasareṇu

trasareṇu - mote of dust, smallest visible particle, atom

अन्तर् (antar) - within (within, inside, intermediate, interval)

(indeclinable)

Note: When used with 'trasareṇu', it indicates 'within the trasareṇu'.

जगत् (jagat) - world (world, universe, moving, living)

(noun)

neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here as the first part of the compound 'jagadvṛndam'.

वृन्दम् (vṛndam) - multitude (multitude, host, group, heap)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛnda

vṛnda - multitude, host, group, heap

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - exists, appears to exist (standing, situated, existing, remaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining, firm

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -ta.

Root: sthā (class 1)