योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-16

पुप्लुवे जीवलेखा तु रूपिण्यौ ते न पश्यति ।
तामेवानुसरन्त्यौ ते समुल्लङ्घ्य नभस्तलम् ॥ १६ ॥

pupluve jīvalekhā tu rūpiṇyau te na paśyati ,
tāmevānusarantyau te samullaṅghya nabhastalam 16

16. pupluve jīvalekhā tu rūpiṇyau te na paśyati tām
eva anusarantyau te samullaṅghya nabhastalam

16. jīvalekhā tu pupluve sā te rūpiṇyau na paśyati
te tām eva anusarantyau nabhastalam samullaṅghya

16. The vital current (jīvalekhā) sprang up, but it did not perceive those two embodied forms. Yet, those two, following that very (vital current), had already surpassed the celestial sphere.

Words meanings summery:

• पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - sprang up, flew up, leaped

• जीवलेखा (jīvalekhā) - line of life, vital current, living entity

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• रूपिण्यौ (rūpiṇyau) - two embodied ones, two forms, having form

• ते (te) - those two (feminine)

• न (na) - not

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

• ताम् (tām) - that very (vital current) (that (feminine singular accusative))

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• अनुसरन्त्यौ (anusarantyau) - following (two feminine)

• ते (te) - those two (feminine nominative dual)

• समुल्लङ्घ्य (samullaṅghya) - having surpassed, having leaped over

• नभस्तलम् (nabhastalam) - sky-region, celestial sphere

Words meanings and morphology

पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - sprang up, flew up, leaped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √plu

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada form of the perfect tense.

जीवलेखा (jīvalekhā) - line of life, vital current, living entity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvalekhā

jīvalekhā - line of life, vital current

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīva+lekhā)

• jīva – life, living, soul
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, thread
  noun (feminine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

रूपिण्यौ (rūpiṇyau) - two embodied ones, two forms, having form

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, dual of rūpiṇī

rūpiṇī - having form, embodied, beautiful

ते (te) - those two (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that very (vital current) (that (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

अनुसरन्त्यौ (anusarantyau) - following (two feminine)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, dual of anusarantī

anusarantī - following

Present active participle

Derived from anu-√sṛ (to follow), feminine nominative dual

Prefix: anu

Root: sṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - those two (feminine nominative dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

समुल्लङ्घ्य (samullaṅghya) - having surpassed, having leaped over

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from sam-ut-√laṅgh (to leap over, surpass)

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: laṅgh (class 1)

नभस्तलम् (nabhastalam) - sky-region, celestial sphere

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nabhastala

nabhastala - sky-region, atmosphere, celestial sphere

Compound type : tatpurusha (nabhas+tala)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, region, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

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