योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-47, verse-12

असृजन्जीवसङ्घान्ये संध्यायां तारका इव ।
शनैः प्रकटतां जग्मुर्नीलाकाशाद्रिभूमयः ॥ १२ ॥

asṛjanjīvasaṅghānye saṃdhyāyāṃ tārakā iva ,
śanaiḥ prakaṭatāṃ jagmurnīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ 12

12. asṛjan jīvasaṅghān ye saṃdhyāyām tārakāḥ iva
śanaiḥ prakaṭatām jagmuḥ nīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ

12. nīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ ye saṃdhyāyām tārakāḥ iva
jīvasaṅghān asṛjan śanaiḥ prakaṭatām jagmuḥ

12. The blue sky, mountains, and lands, which slowly came into full view, also emitted multitudes of living beings at dawn, like scattered stars.

Words meanings summery:

• असृजन् (asṛjan) - emitted, released, created, sent forth

• जीवसङ्घान् (jīvasaṅghān) - multitudes of living beings, groups of creatures

• ये (ye) - Referring to nīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ (which, those who)

• संध्यायाम् (saṁdhyāyām) - at dawn (in the twilight, at dawn/dusk)

• तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

• इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• प्रकटताम् (prakaṭatām) - to manifestation, to visibility

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - became, attained (went, attained, became)

• नीलाकाशाद्रिभूमयः (nīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ) - the blue sky, mountains, and lands

Words meanings and morphology

असृजन् (asṛjan) - emitted, released, created, sent forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sṛj

imperfect tense (laṅ)

Imperfect active 3rd person plural of the root sṛj (class 6, parasmayapada)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

जीवसङ्घान् (jīvasaṅghān) - multitudes of living beings, groups of creatures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jīvasaṅgha

jīvasaṅgha - multitude of living beings, collection of creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+saṅgha)

• jīva – living, alive; living being, creature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv
• saṅgha – multitude, collection, group, crowd
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han

ये (ye) - Referring to nīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ (which, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the objects of the second half of the verse.

संध्यायाम् (saṁdhyāyām) - at dawn (in the twilight, at dawn/dusk)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃdhyā

saṁdhyā - twilight, dawn, dusk, juncture of day and night

तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tārakā

tārakā - star, pupil of the eye

इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form, from śana (slow)

प्रकटताम् (prakaṭatām) - to manifestation, to visibility

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakaṭatā

prakaṭatā - manifestation, visibility, conspicuousness

Derived from prakaṭa (manifest) with -tā suffix

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - became, attained (went, attained, became)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of gam

perfect tense (liṭ)

Perfect active 3rd person plural of the root gam (class 1, parasmayapada)

Root: gam (class 1)

नीलाकाशाद्रिभूमयः (nīlākāśādribhūmayaḥ) - the blue sky, mountains, and lands

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nīlākāśādribhūmi

nīlākāśādribhūmi - the blue sky, mountains, and lands/earth

Compound type : dvandva (nīlākāśa+adri+bhūmi)

• nīlākāśa – blue sky
  noun (masculine)
• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective (masculine)
• ākāśa – sky, ether, space
  noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)

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