योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-42

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एवमेतन्महाबाहो सत्यात्मन्न कदाचन ।
महाप्रलयसर्गादौ देशकालौ न कौचन ॥ ४२ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
evametanmahābāho satyātmanna kadācana ,
mahāpralayasargādau deśakālau na kaucana 42

42. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca evam etat mahābāho satyātman na
kadācana mahāpralayasargādau deśakālau na kau_cana

42. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca he mahābāho,
he satyātman,
etat evam na kadācana.
mahāpralayasargādau deśakālau na kau_cana.

42. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O mighty-armed (mahābāho), O truthful self (satyātman), this is exactly so; never! At the beginning of the great dissolution (mahāpralaya) and creation, there are no space and time whatsoever."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• एतत् (etat) - referring to Rāma's statement (this (is so))

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Rāma (O mighty-armed one)

• सत्यात्मन् (satyātman) - O Rāma, whose nature is truth (O truthful self, O one whose nature is truth)

• न (na) - not, no

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time

• महाप्रलयसर्गादौ (mahāpralayasargādau) - at the beginning of the great dissolution and creation

• देशकालौ (deśakālau) - space and time

• न (na) - not, no

• कौ_चन (kau_cana) - no space and time whatsoever (none whatsoever, no one at all (dual))

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – revered, glorious, eminent
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

Root vac, 3rd person singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - referring to Rāma's statement (this (is so))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Rāma (O mighty-armed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - having mighty arms, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Rāma.

सत्यात्मन् (satyātman) - O Rāma, whose nature is truth (O truthful self, O one whose nature is truth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of satyātman

satyātman - truthful self, one whose nature (ātman) is truth (satya)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (satya+ātman)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: (ātman)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kadā+cana)

• kadā – when, at what time
  indeclinable
• cana – even, also (with interrogative gives indefinite sense, with negative gives emphatic negative)
  indeclinable

महाप्रलयसर्गादौ (mahāpralayasargādau) - at the beginning of the great dissolution and creation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāpralayasargādi

mahāpralayasargādi - the beginning of the great dissolution and creation

Compound type : dvandva + ṣaṣṭhītatpuruṣa (mahāpralaya+sarga+ādi)

• mahāpralaya – great dissolution, cosmic annihilation
  noun (masculine)
• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, initial part
  noun (masculine)

देशकालौ (deśakālau) - space and time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of deśakāla

deśakāla - space and time

Compound type : dvandva (deśa+kāla)

• deśa – space, place
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कौ_चन (kau_cana) - no space and time whatsoever (none whatsoever, no one at all (dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, anything (with negation: no one, nothing)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ka+cana)

• ka – who, which
  pronoun (masculine)
• cana – even, also (with interrogative gives indefinite sense, with negative gives emphatic negative)
  indeclinable

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