योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-49

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
संकल्पव्योमवृक्षस्ते यथा सन्नपि खात्मकः ।
न कुड्यात्मा न कुड्येन रोध्यते नापि कुड्यहा ॥ ४९ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
saṃkalpavyomavṛkṣaste yathā sannapi khātmakaḥ ,
na kuḍyātmā na kuḍyena rodhyate nāpi kuḍyahā 49

49. Śrīdevī uvāca | saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ te yathā san api
khātmakaḥ | na kuḍyātmā na kuḍyena rodhyate na api kuḍyahā ||

49. Śrīdevī uvāca te saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ yathā san api khātmakaḥ (asti),
(saḥ) na kuḍyātmā,
na kuḍyena rodhyate,
na api kuḍyahā (asti)

49. The Goddess said: "Just as your conceptualized world (saṅkalpa), though existing, is of the nature of space (kha), it is not solid like a wall, nor is it obstructed by a wall, nor does it destroy a wall."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Śrīdevī, the divine queen (the Goddess)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सङ्कल्पव्योमवृक्षः (saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ) - Līlā's mental creation or imagined world (the desire-sky-tree, the conceptualized world)

• ते (te) - your (Līlā's) (your, to you)

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

• सन् (san) - even though existing (being, existing)

• अपि (api) - even though it exists (even, though, also)

• खात्मकः (khātmakaḥ) - having the subtle nature of space (kha) (of the nature of space, ether-like)

• न (na) - not

• कुड्यात्मा (kuḍyātmā) - not having the physical solidity of a wall (wall-like, having the nature of a wall)

• न (na) - nor, not

• कुड्येन (kuḍyena) - by a wall

• रोध्यते (rodhyate) - is obstructed, is confined

• न (na) - nor, not

• अपि (api) - nor even (also, even)

• कुड्यहा (kuḍyahā) - not a destroyer of walls (wall-destroyer)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीदेवी (śrīdevī) - Śrīdevī, the divine queen (the Goddess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of Śrīdevī

Śrīdevī - divine goddess, sacred goddess

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+devī)

• śrī – prosperity, wealth, glory, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• devī – goddess, divine lady
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Active voice

Irregular perfect formation of root vac (vać)

Root: vac (class 2)

सङ्कल्पव्योमवृक्षः (saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ) - Līlā's mental creation or imagined world (the desire-sky-tree, the conceptualized world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣa

saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣa - a sky-tree of resolve/desire, a conceptualized world

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+vyomavṛkṣa)

• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, conception, thought
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• vyomavṛkṣa – sky-tree (a metaphorical term for something existing in thought or space but not physically)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb asti.

ते (te) - your (Līlā's) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

सन् (san) - even though existing (being, existing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real

Present Active Participle

From root as (अस्), present stem sat (सत्)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ.

अपि (api) - even though it exists (even, though, also)

(indeclinable)

खात्मकः (khātmakaḥ) - having the subtle nature of space (kha) (of the nature of space, ether-like)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khātmaka

khātmaka - of the nature of space/ether

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+ātmaka)

• kha – space, ether, sky, void
  noun (neuter)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -ātmaka

Note: Predicate adjective to saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the following predicate.

कुड्यात्मा (kuḍyātmā) - not having the physical solidity of a wall (wall-like, having the nature of a wall)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuḍyātman

kuḍyātman - having the nature of a wall, wall-like

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kuḍya+ātman)

• kuḍya – wall, mud wall
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, nature, essential being (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective to saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ.

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express 'nor'.

कुड्येन (kuḍyena) - by a wall

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kuḍya

kuḍya - wall, mud wall

Note: Agent in the passive construction rodhyate.

रोध्यते (rodhyate) - is obstructed, is confined

(verb)

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

Present tense, Passive voice

Root rudh (रुध्)

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Verb for saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ.

न (na) - nor, not

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - nor even (also, even)

(indeclinable)

कुड्यहा (kuḍyahā) - not a destroyer of walls (wall-destroyer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuḍyahā

kuḍyahā - destroyer of walls

Agent noun from root han (हन्)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuḍya+hā)

• kuḍya – wall, mud wall
  noun (neuter)
• hā – destroyer, remover
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root han (हन्)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate noun to saṅkalpavyomavṛkṣaḥ.

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