योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-32

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
जगन्तीमान्यमूर्तानि मूर्तिमन्ति मुधाग्रहात् ।
भवद्भिरवबुद्धानि हेमानीवोर्मिकाधिया ॥ ३२ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
jagantīmānyamūrtāni mūrtimanti mudhāgrahāt ,
bhavadbhiravabuddhāni hemānīvormikādhiyā 32

32. śrīdevī uvāca jaganti imāni amūrtāni mūrtimanti mudhā
āgrahāt bhavadbhiḥ avabuddhāni hemānī iva ūrmikā dhiyā

32. śrīdevī uvāca imāni jaganti amūrtāni mudhā āgrahāt mūrtimanti (bhavanti) (tāni) bhavadbhiḥ hemānī iva ūrmikā dhiyā avabuddhāni (santi).

32. The Goddess said: "These worlds are in fact formless, but they appear to possess forms due to a baseless insistence. They are perceived by you as having distinct shapes, much like gold (heman) is understood as a ring (ūrmikā) through a particular mental construct (dhiyā)."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the Goddess

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes

• इमानि (imāni) - these

• अमूर्तानि (amūrtāni) - formless, bodiless

• मूर्तिमन्ति (mūrtimanti) - having forms, embodied

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, falsely, baselessly

• आग्रहात् (āgrahāt) - due to insistence, from persistence, because of eagerness

• भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - by you (plural, respectful)

• अवबुद्धानि (avabuddhāni) - understood, perceived, known

• हेमानी (hemānī) - golds, golden objects (metaphorically gold itself)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ऊर्मिका (ūrmikā) - ring, small wave

• धिया (dhiyā) - by thought, by perception, by intellect, by mental construct

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - the Goddess

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīdevī

śrīdevī - the Goddess, the revered Goddess

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+devī)

• śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, beauty, revered
  noun (feminine)
• devī – goddess
  noun (feminine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

From √vac (to speak), perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

present active participle

Derived from √gam 'to go', present active participle

Root: gam (class 1)

इमानि (imāni) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of idam

idam - this

अमूर्तानि (amūrtāni) - formless, bodiless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of amūrta

amūrta - formless, bodiless, incorporeal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+mūrta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mūrta – formed, embodied, having a definite shape
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle of √mūrcch (to become solid, take form)
  Root: mūrcch (class 1)

मूर्तिमन्ति (mūrtimanti) - having forms, embodied

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mūrtimat

mūrtimat - having form, corporeal, embodied

Possessive suffix -mat to mūrti

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, falsely, baselessly

(indeclinable)

आग्रहात् (āgrahāt) - due to insistence, from persistence, because of eagerness

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āgraha

āgraha - insistence, persistence, eagerness, craving

Derived from √grah with ā- (to seize, insist)

Prefix: ā

Root: grah (class 9)

भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - by you (plural, respectful)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

present active participle

Present Active Participle of √bhū (to be), used as a pronoun for 'you' (respectful plural)

Root: bhū (class 1)

अवबुद्धानि (avabuddhāni) - understood, perceived, known

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avabuddha

avabuddha - understood, perceived, known, awakened

past passive participle

Past Passive Participle of √budh (to know, perceive) with ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: budh (class 1)

हेमानी (hemānī) - golds, golden objects (metaphorically gold itself)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of heman

heman - gold, golden

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ऊर्मिका (ūrmikā) - ring, small wave

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ūrmikā

ūrmikā - ring, small wave

धिया (dhiyā) - by thought, by perception, by intellect, by mental construct

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - thought, intellect, mind, understanding, perception

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