योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-30, verse-20

अन्येषां प्रथमारम्भे शुद्धभूषु विजृम्भते ।
सर्गः संसिक्तबीजानां कोशेऽङ्कुरकला यथा ॥ २० ॥

anyeṣāṃ prathamārambhe śuddhabhūṣu vijṛmbhate ,
sargaḥ saṃsiktabījānāṃ kośe'ṅkurakalā yathā 20

20. anyeṣāṃ prathame ārambhe śuddhabhūṣu vijṛmbhate
| sargaḥ saṃsiktabījānām kośe aṅkurakalā yathā ||

20. anyeṣāṃ prathame ārambhe śuddhabhūṣu sargaḥ vijṛmbhate
saṃsiktabījānām kośe aṅkurakalā yathā (vijṛmbhate)

20. For others, at the very beginning, creation (sarga) expands on pure grounds, just as the delicate emergence of a sprout (aṅkurakalā) occurs within the sheath of sprinkled seeds.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्येषां (anyeṣāṁ) - of others, for others

• प्रथमे (prathame) - in the first, at the beginning

• आरम्भे (ārambhe) - in the beginning, at the commencement

• शुद्धभूषु (śuddhabhūṣu) - on pure grounds/earths

• विजृम्भते (vijṛmbhate) - expands, manifests, sprouts forth

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, unfolding

• संसिक्तबीजानाम् (saṁsiktabījānām) - of sprinkled seeds

• कोशे (kośe) - in the sheath, in the bud, in the encasement

• अङ्कुरकला (aṅkurakalā) - the art/essence of a sprout, delicate sprout, sprouting

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

अन्येषां (anyeṣāṁ) - of others, for others

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Denotes possession or relation ('for others').

प्रथमे (prathame) - in the first, at the beginning

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, primary

Note: Qualifies 'ārambhe'.

आरम्भे (ārambhe) - in the beginning, at the commencement

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ārambha

ārambha - beginning, commencement, undertaking

Root: rabh

शुद्धभूषु (śuddhabhūṣu) - on pure grounds/earths

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of śuddhabhū

śuddhabhū - pure ground, clean earth

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuddha+bhū)

• śuddha – pure, clean, undefiled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• bhū – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)

Note: Locative plural of feminine noun 'bhū'.

विजृम्भते (vijṛmbhate) - expands, manifests, sprouts forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vi-jṛmbh

Prefix: vi

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, unfolding

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, unfolding

Root: sṛj

Note: Subject of 'vijṛmbhate'.

संसिक्तबीजानाम् (saṁsiktabījānām) - of sprinkled seeds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of saṃsiktabīja

saṁsiktabīja - sprinkled seed

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃsikta+bīja)

• saṃsikta – sprinkled, moistened, wetted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sic (class 6)
• bīja – seed, germ, origin
  noun (neuter)

कोशे (kośe) - in the sheath, in the bud, in the encasement

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - sheath, encasement, bud, treasury

अङ्कुरकला (aṅkurakalā) - the art/essence of a sprout, delicate sprout, sprouting

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aṅkurakalā

aṅkurakalā - sprout's art/essence, delicate sprout

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅkura+kalā)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)
• kalā – a small part, an art, a digit (of the moon), delicacy
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the implied 'vijṛmbhate' in the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

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