योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-27, verse-31

नानारत्नामलोद्द्योतो वनवद्भाति खे यथा ।
पृथ्व्यादिभूतरहिता जगच्चिद्भाति चिन्तया ॥ ३१ ॥

nānāratnāmaloddyoto vanavadbhāti khe yathā ,
pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā jagaccidbhāti cintayā 31

31. nānāratnāmaloddyotaḥ vanavat bhāti khe yathā
pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā jagat cit bhāti cintayā

31. yathā nānāratnāmaloddyotaḥ vanavat khe bhāti,
tathā pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā jagat cintayā cit bhāti

31. Just as a pure, radiant glow of various jewels appears in the sky like a forest, similarly, the world (jagat), devoid of material elements like earth, manifests through consciousness (cit) by means of thought.

31. כפי שביער המנצנץ כאבנים טובות בחלל השמיים אין עצים ממשיים, כך העולם, נטול יסודות חומריים כמו אדמה, זורח בתוך התודעה באמצעות החשיבה בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

• नानारत्नामलोद्द्योतः (nānāratnāmaloddyotaḥ) - a brilliant radiance of various pure jewels

• वनवत् (vanavat) - like a forest, similar to a forest

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• पृथ्व्यादिभूतरहिता (pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā) - devoid of elements like earth and so on

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, intelligence

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by thought, by imagination, by reflection

Words meanings and morphology

नानारत्नामलोद्द्योतः (nānāratnāmaloddyotaḥ) - a brilliant radiance of various pure jewels

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nānāratnāmaloddyota

nānāratnāmaloddyota - a brilliant radiance of various pure jewels

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānāratna+amala+uddyota)

• nānāratna – various jewels
  noun (neuter)
• amala – pure, spotless, unsullied
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• uddyota – radiance, illumination, splendor, light
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dyut (class 1)

वनवत् (vanavat) - like a forest, similar to a forest

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'vana' (forest) with the suffix '-vat' indicating 'like' or 'similar to'.

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of bhā

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present active, parasmaipada

Root: bhā (class 2)

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, void

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

पृथ्व्यादिभूतरहिता (pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā) - devoid of elements like earth and so on

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthvyādibhūtarahitā

pṛthvyādibhūtarahita - devoid of elements like earth and so on

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pṛthvī+ādi+bhūta+rahita)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – element, created being, ghost, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• rahita – devoid of, free from, destitute of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'rah' (to abandon, to leave) with 'ita' suffix.
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat' (implied feminine usage for the world, or referring to 'cit' which is feminine).

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

Root: gam (class 1)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, intelligence, understanding

Root: cit (class 1)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of bhā

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present active, parasmaipada

Root: bhā (class 2)

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by thought, by imagination, by reflection

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, consideration, imagination

Root: cit (class 10)

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