योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-54

यत्रैष म्रियते जीवस्तत्रैवं पश्यति क्षणात् ।
प्रत्येकमुदितेष्वेवं जगत्खण्डेषु भूरिशः ॥ ५४ ॥

yatraiṣa mriyate jīvastatraivaṃ paśyati kṣaṇāt ,
pratyekamuditeṣvevaṃ jagatkhaṇḍeṣu bhūriśaḥ 54

54. yatra eṣa mriyate jīvaḥ tatra evam paśyati kṣaṇāt
pratyekam uditeṣu evam jagat-khaṇḍeṣu bhūriśaḥ

54. eṣa jīvaḥ yatra mriyate tatra kṣaṇāt evam
pratyekam uditeṣu bhūriśaḥ jagat-khaṇḍeṣu paśyati

54. Wherever this individual soul (jīva) ceases to exist (in a specific manifestation), it instantly perceives, in a similar fashion, the numerous cosmic segments that have thus arisen in each instance.

54. היכן שמת גִ'יוָוה (נשמה) זו, שם היא רואה זאת כהרף עין, מבין שפע חלקיקי העולמות העולים באופן אינדיבידואלי.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• एष (eṣa) - this, he

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, ceases to exist

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, then

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly, from a moment, in a moment

• प्रत्येकम् (pratyekam) - individually, separately, each, in each case

• उदितेषु (uditeṣu) - in those that have risen, in those that have appeared/manifested

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• जगत्-खण्डेषु (jagat-khaṇḍeṣu) - in world-fragments, in cosmic segments

• भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - abundantly, numerously, greatly, frequently

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, ceases to exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

present stem, middle voice

4th class verb, middle voice

Root: mṛ (class 4)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, individual soul, life

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, then

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, beholds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

present stem, active voice

1st class verb (paśya-), active voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly, from a moment, in a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, very short time

प्रत्येकम् (pratyekam) - individually, separately, each, in each case

(indeclinable)

उदितेषु (uditeṣu) - in those that have risen, in those that have appeared/manifested

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of udita

udita - risen, appeared, manifested, born

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with upasarga 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

जगत्-खण्डेषु (jagat-khaṇḍeṣu) - in world-fragments, in cosmic segments

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+khaṇḍa)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• khaṇḍa – piece, fragment, part, division
  noun (masculine)

भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - abundantly, numerously, greatly, frequently

(indeclinable)

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