योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-25, verse-30
नभसेव चतुर्दिक्कं व्याप्तामतुलवारिणा ।
एतस्मादेव सर्वस्मात्ततो दशगुणात्मना ॥ ३० ॥
एतस्मादेव सर्वस्मात्ततो दशगुणात्मना ॥ ३० ॥
nabhaseva caturdikkaṃ vyāptāmatulavāriṇā ,
etasmādeva sarvasmāttato daśaguṇātmanā 30
etasmādeva sarvasmāttato daśaguṇātmanā 30
30.
nabhasā iva caturdikkam vyāptām atulavāriṇā
etasmāt eva sarvasmāt tataḥ daśaguṇātmanā
etasmāt eva sarvasmāt tataḥ daśaguṇātmanā
30.
(sā) caturdikkam nabhasā iva atulavāriṇā vyāptām
etasmāt sarvasmāt tataḥ eva daśaguṇātmanā
etasmāt sarvasmāt tataḥ eva daśaguṇātmanā
30.
It is permeated (vyāptām) in all four directions (caturdikkam) by unequaled water (atulavāriṇā), as if by the sky (nabhasā iva); and this water (or its expanse) is ten times greater in its intrinsic nature (ātmanā) than all of this [previously mentioned].
Words meanings summery:
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- नभसा (nabhasā) - by the sky (as an agent of pervasion). (by the sky, by the atmosphere, by the ether.)
- इव (iva) - as if. (like, as, as if.)
- चतुर्दिक्कम् (caturdikkam) - in all four directions. (in all four directions, on all sides.)
- व्याप्ताम् (vyāptām) - (the entity) permeated. (permeated, pervaded, enveloped, occupied.)
- अतुलवारिणा (atulavāriṇā) - by unequaled water. (by unequaled water, by incomparable water.)
- एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from all of this (previously described). (from this, than this.)
- एव (eva) - very. (only, just, indeed, very.)
- सर्वस्मात् (sarvasmāt) - from all of this. (from all, than all.)
- ततः (tataḥ) - than that (referring to the combined 'all of this'). (from that, thence, then, therefore.)
- दशगुणात्मना (daśaguṇātmanā) - by (something) ten times greater in its intrinsic nature (ātmanā). (by what is ten times greater in its nature, by a tenfold nature.)
Words meanings and morphology
नभसा (nabhasā) - by the sky (as an agent of pervasion). (by the sky, by the atmosphere, by the ether.)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of nabhas
nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether, mist, cloud
इव (iva) - as if. (like, as, as if.)
(indeclinable)
चतुर्दिक्कम् (caturdikkam) - in all four directions. (in all four directions, on all sides.)
(indeclinable)
Compound derived from 'catur' (four) and 'diś' (direction).
Compound type : Tatpurusha (catur+diś)
- catur – four
numeral - diś – direction, quarter, point of the compass
noun (feminine)
Note: Acts adverbially, indicating 'in four directions'.
व्याप्ताम् (vyāptām) - (the entity) permeated. (permeated, pervaded, enveloped, occupied.)
(participle)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vyāpta
vyāpta - pervaded, permeated, filled, occupied, enveloped
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) with upasarga 'vi'.
Prefix: vi
Root: āp (class 5)
Note: Acts as an adjective, modifying a feminine noun in the accusative case.
अतुलवारिणा (atulavāriṇā) - by unequaled water. (by unequaled water, by incomparable water.)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of atulavārin
atulavārin - unequaled water, water that is incomparable
Compound type : Karmadhāraya (atula+vārin)
- atula – unequaled, incomparable, peerless
adjective
Negation 'a' + 'tulā' (measure, comparison) - vārin – water, liquid
noun (neuter)
Note: Agent of 'vyāptām'.
एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from all of this (previously described). (from this, than this.)
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of etat
etat - this, that
Note: Can be masculine or neuter in ablative singular. Given 'sarvasmāt', neuter is consistent.
एव (eva) - very. (only, just, indeed, very.)
(indeclinable)
सर्वस्मात् (sarvasmāt) - from all of this. (from all, than all.)
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, complete
Note: Can be masculine or neuter in ablative singular.
ततः (tataḥ) - than that (referring to the combined 'all of this'). (from that, thence, then, therefore.)
(indeclinable)
Note: Functions as an ablative in comparison here.
दशगुणात्मना (daśaguṇātmanā) - by (something) ten times greater in its intrinsic nature (ātmanā). (by what is ten times greater in its nature, by a tenfold nature.)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of daśaguṇātman
daśaguṇātman - one whose nature is tenfold, having a tenfold self, ten times greater in nature
Compound adjective describing something that is tenfold in nature.
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (daśaguṇa+ātman)
- daśaguṇa – tenfold, ten times, by ten qualities
adjective - ātman – self, soul, essence, nature, spirit, vital breath (ātman)
noun (masculine)
Note: The word 'ātman' is used here in its sense of 'nature' or 'essence', to express 'by a nature that is ten times greater'.