योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-24, verse-10

अदृष्टपूर्वमन्योन्यं सर्वसंकटकोटरम् ।
अपूर्यमाणमाशून्यं जगत्कोटिशतैरपि ॥ १० ॥

adṛṣṭapūrvamanyonyaṃ sarvasaṃkaṭakoṭaram ,
apūryamāṇamāśūnyaṃ jagatkoṭiśatairapi 10

10. adṛṣṭapūrvam anyonyam sarvasaṅkaṭakoṭaram
apūryamāṇam āśūnyam jagatkoṭiśataiḥ api

10. adṛṣṭapūrvam anyonyam sarvasaṅkaṭakoṭaram
apūryamāṇam āśūnyam jagatkoṭiśataiḥ api

10. (They saw a space that was) never before seen by anyone, a hollow (koṭara) of all distress, which remained utterly empty and could not be filled even by hundreds of millions of worlds.

10. הן ראו מרחב שלא נראה כמוהו מעולם, חלל המכיל את כל תלאות הקיום, אך נותר ריק ובלתי מתמלא אף מול מאות מיליוני עולמות.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - never seen before by any other being (referring to the unique nature of the cosmic space) (never seen before; unprecedented)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - by any other (being or creation); in such a way that it is unprecedented to others (mutually, reciprocally; by any other)

• सर्वसङ्कटकोटरम् (sarvasaṅkaṭakoṭaram) - a space that is the very repository or essence of all difficulties and dangers (a hollow/cavity of all distress; the core of all difficulties)

• अपूर्यमाणम् (apūryamāṇam) - not being filled; unfillable

• आशून्यम् (āśūnyam) - completely empty; utterly void

• जगत्कोटिशतैः (jagatkoṭiśataiḥ) - by hundreds of millions of worlds; by hundreds of crores of universes

• अपि (api) - emphasizing that even by such a vast number, it remained unfilled (even, also, too)

Words meanings and morphology

अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - never seen before by any other being (referring to the unique nature of the cosmic space) (never seen before; unprecedented)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adṛṣṭapūrva

adṛṣṭapūrva - unseen before, unprecedented

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adṛṣṭa+pūrva)

• adṛṣṭa – unseen, invisible
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root dṛś with negative prefix a-
  Prefix: a
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pūrva – before, former, prior
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vyoma' from the previous verse.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - by any other (being or creation); in such a way that it is unprecedented to others (mutually, reciprocally; by any other)

(indeclinable)

सर्वसङ्कटकोटरम् (sarvasaṅkaṭakoṭaram) - a space that is the very repository or essence of all difficulties and dangers (a hollow/cavity of all distress; the core of all difficulties)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarvasaṅkaṭakoṭara

sarvasaṅkaṭakoṭara - hollow of all distress

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+saṅkaṭa+koṭara)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• saṅkaṭa – distress, danger, difficulty, calamity
  noun (neuter)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole; interior of a tree
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'vyoma' from the previous verse.

अपूर्यमाणम् (apūryamāṇam) - not being filled; unfillable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apūryamāṇa

apūryamāṇa - not being filled

Present Passive Participle

Present Passive Participle of root pṛ (to fill) with negative prefix a-

Prefix: a

Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'vyoma' from the previous verse.

आशून्यम् (āśūnyam) - completely empty; utterly void

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āśūnya

āśūnya - completely empty, quite vacant

Prefix: ā

Root: śūñ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vyoma' from the previous verse.

जगत्कोटिशतैः (jagatkoṭiśataiḥ) - by hundreds of millions of worlds; by hundreds of crores of universes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jagatkoṭiśata

jagatkoṭiśata - hundreds of millions of worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+koṭiśata)

• jagat – world, universe, all that moves
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• koṭiśata – hundreds of millions/crores
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - emphasizing that even by such a vast number, it remained unfilled (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

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