योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-24, verse-43

अपि योजनलक्षाणि क्वचिद्दुष्प्रापभूधरम् ।
अविनाशितमःपूर्णं दृषद्गर्भोपमं क्वचित् ॥ ४३ ॥

api yojanalakṣāṇi kvacidduṣprāpabhūdharam ,
avināśitamaḥpūrṇaṃ dṛṣadgarbhopamaṃ kvacit 43

43. api yojana-lakṣāṇi kvacit duṣprāpa-bhū-dharam
avināśi-tamaḥ-pūrṇam dṛṣad-garbhopamam kvacit

43. api kvacit yojana-lakṣāṇi duṣprāpa-bhū-dharam,
kvacit avināśi-tamaḥ-pūrṇam dṛṣad-garbhopamam.

43. And also, extending for millions of yojanas, it is sometimes characterized by mountains difficult to access. In other places, it is filled with imperishable darkness, resembling the core of a rock.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - also (even, also, and, however)

• योजन-लक्षाणि (yojana-lakṣāṇi) - millions of yojanas (millions of yojanas (measures of distance))

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some places)

• दुष्प्राप-भू-धरम् (duṣprāpa-bhū-dharam) - having mountains difficult to access (having mountains difficult to reach)

• अविनाशि-तमः-पूर्णम् (avināśi-tamaḥ-pūrṇam) - full of imperishable darkness (filled with imperishable darkness)

• दृषद्-गर्भोपमम् (dṛṣad-garbhopamam) - resembling the core of a rock (like the interior of a rock)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - in other places (sometimes, somewhere, in some places)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - also (even, also, and, however)

(indeclinable)

योजन-लक्षाणि (yojana-lakṣāṇi) - millions of yojanas (millions of yojanas (measures of distance))

(noun)

neuter, plural of yojana-lakṣa

yojana-lakṣa - hundred thousand yojanas, millions of yojanas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yojana+lakṣa)

• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-10 miles), a league
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• lakṣa – a hundred thousand
  noun (neuter)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes (sometimes, somewhere, in some places)

(indeclinable)

दुष्प्राप-भू-धरम् (duṣprāpa-bhū-dharam) - having mountains difficult to access (having mountains difficult to reach)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣprāpa-bhū-dhara

duṣprāpa-bhū-dhara - having mountains difficult to reach

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duṣprāpa+bhūdhara)

• duṣprāpa – difficult to obtain, hard to reach
  adjective
  Gerundive
  prefix dus- (difficult) + prāpa (from pra-āp, obtainable)
  Prefix: dus
  Root: āp (class 5)
• bhūdhara – mountain (lit. earth-bearer)
  noun (masculine)

Note: modifies an implied 'place' or 'region'

अविनाशि-तमः-पूर्णम् (avināśi-tamaḥ-pūrṇam) - full of imperishable darkness (filled with imperishable darkness)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avināśi-tamaḥ-pūrṇa

avināśi-tamaḥ-pūrṇa - filled with imperishable darkness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avināśin+tamas+pūrṇa)

• avināśin – imperishable, indestructible
  adjective
  negation 'a' + vināśin (perishable)
• tamas – darkness, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root pṛ 'to fill'
  Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: modifies an implied 'place' or 'region'

दृषद्-गर्भोपमम् (dṛṣad-garbhopamam) - resembling the core of a rock (like the interior of a rock)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛṣad-garbhopama

dṛṣad-garbhopama - like the interior of a stone

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛṣad-garbha+upama)

• dṛṣad – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• garbha – womb, interior, core
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparable, similar, like
  adjective

Note: modifies an implied 'place' or 'region'

क्वचित् (kvacit) - in other places (sometimes, somewhere, in some places)

(indeclinable)

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