योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-46

तमस्तिमितगम्भीरमाशाकुहरपूरकम् ।
एकार्णवोदरप्रख्यं शिलोदरघनं स्थितम् ॥ ४६ ॥

tamastimitagambhīramāśākuharapūrakam ,
ekārṇavodaraprakhyaṃ śilodaraghanaṃ sthitam 46

46. tamaḥ timita-gambhīram āśā-kuhara-pūrakam
eka-arṇava-udara-prakhyam śilā-udara-ghanam sthitam

46. tamaḥ timita-gambhīram āśā-kuhara-pūrakam
eka-arṇava-udara-prakhyam śilā-udara-ghanam sthitam

46. The darkness (tamas) was vast and profound, filling the hollows of all directions. It resembled the interior of the primeval ocean (eka-arṇava) and was dense like the inside of a rock, thus it remained.

Words meanings summery:

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (tamas) (darkness, gloom, ignorance)

• तिमित-गम्भीरम् (timita-gambhīram) - vast and profound (still and profound, vast and deep)

• आशा-कुहर-पूरकम् (āśā-kuhara-pūrakam) - filling the hollows of all directions (filling the cavities of the directions)

• एक-अर्णव-उदर-प्रख्यम् (eka-arṇava-udara-prakhyam) - resembling the interior of the primeval ocean (eka-arṇava) (resembling the interior of the primeval ocean)

• शिला-उदर-घनम् (śilā-udara-ghanam) - dense like the inside of a rock (dense like the interior of a rock)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - remained (situated, stood, remained, existed)

Words meanings and morphology

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness (tamas) (darkness, gloom, ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance (tamas)

Root: tam (class 4)

Note: Subject of the description.

तिमित-गम्भीरम् (timita-gambhīram) - vast and profound (still and profound, vast and deep)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of timita-gambhīra

timita-gambhīra - still and deep, vast and profound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (timita+gambhīra)

• timita – still, motionless, vast, moist, wet
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tim (to be moist, be still).
  Root: tim (class 4)
• gambhīra – deep, profound, serious, grave
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tamaḥ (implied).

आशा-कुहर-पूरकम् (āśā-kuhara-pūrakam) - filling the hollows of all directions (filling the cavities of the directions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āśā-kuhara-pūraka

āśā-kuhara-pūraka - filling the cavities of the quarters or directions

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa-upapada-tatpuruṣa (āśā+kuhara+pūraka)

• āśā – direction, quarter of the sky, hope
  noun (feminine)
• kuhara – cavity, hole, cavern, hollow
  noun (neuter)
• pūraka – filling, completing, fulfilling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from causal of pṝ
  Derived from root pṝ (to fill) with suffix -aka.
  Root: pṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with tamaḥ (implied).

एक-अर्णव-उदर-प्रख्यम् (eka-arṇava-udara-prakhyam) - resembling the interior of the primeval ocean (eka-arṇava) (resembling the interior of the primeval ocean)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka-arṇava-udara-prakhya

eka-arṇava-udara-prakhya - resembling the interior of the primeval ocean

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa-upapada-tatpuruṣa (eka+arṇava+udara+prakhya)

• eka – one, sole, single, primeval
  numeral (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, interior, womb, cavity
  noun (neuter)
• prakhya – resembling, looking like, appearing as
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root khyā (to tell, appear) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with tamaḥ (implied).

शिला-उदर-घनम् (śilā-udara-ghanam) - dense like the inside of a rock (dense like the interior of a rock)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śilā-udara-ghana

śilā-udara-ghana - dense like the interior of a rock

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa-upamāna-karmadhāraya (śilā+udara+ghana)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• udara – belly, interior, cavity
  noun (neuter)
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, compact, deep
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with tamaḥ (implied).

स्थितम् (sthitam) - remained (situated, stood, remained, existed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, firm, steady

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for tamaḥ.

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