योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-20

असौ तेजःकणोऽण्डाख्यः कल्पनात्कश्चिदण्डताम् ।
प्रयात्यन्तःस्फुरद्ब्रह्मा जलमापिण्डतामिव ॥ २० ॥

asau tejaḥkaṇo'ṇḍākhyaḥ kalpanātkaścidaṇḍatām ,
prayātyantaḥsphuradbrahmā jalamāpiṇḍatāmiva 20

20. asau tejaḥ kaṇaḥ aṇḍākhyaḥ kalpanāt kaścid aṇḍatām
prayāti antaḥ sphurat brahmā jalam āpiṇḍatām iva

20. asau antaḥ sphurat brahmā tejaḥ kaṇaḥ aṇḍākhyaḥ
kalpanāt kaścid aṇḍatām prayāti jalam āpiṇḍatām iva

20. This particle of light (tejaḥkaṇa), called the cosmic egg (aṇḍa), with Brahman (brahman) pulsating within, attains the state of a cosmic egg through imagination (kalpanā), just as water (jala) solidifies into a lump.

Words meanings summery:

• असौ (asau) - this (particle of light) (this, that)

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - light, brilliance, energy

• कणः (kaṇaḥ) - particle, atom

• अण्डाख्यः (aṇḍākhyaḥ) - named the cosmic egg (aṇḍa) (named aṇḍa, called the egg)

• कल्पनात् (kalpanāt) - through imagination (kalpanā) (from imagination, from conception)

• कश्चिद् (kaścid) - a certain (cosmic egg) (some, any, a certain)

• अण्डताम् (aṇḍatām) - the state of being a cosmic egg (the state of being an egg)

• प्रयाति (prayāti) - attains (goes forth, proceeds, attains)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internal

• स्फुरत् (sphurat) - pulsating, manifesting (throbbing, flashing, pulsating, shining)

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman (the ultimate reality), the creator deity Brahmā)

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• आपिण्डताम् (āpiṇḍatām) - the state of becoming solidified or ice-like (the state of being a solidified mass/lump)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

असौ (asau) - this (particle of light) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that

Note: Refers to tejaḥ-kaṇaḥ.

तेजः (tejaḥ) - light, brilliance, energy

(noun)

neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - light, brilliance, energy, fire, vitality

कणः (kaṇaḥ) - particle, atom

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṇa

kaṇa - a particle, atom, grain, drop

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अण्डाख्यः (aṇḍākhyaḥ) - named the cosmic egg (aṇḍa) (named aṇḍa, called the egg)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇḍākhya

aṇḍākhya - named egg, called egg

From aṇḍa + ākhya

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṇḍa+ākhya)

• aṇḍa – egg, testicle, cosmic egg (aṇḍa)
  noun (neuter)
• ākhya – named, called, denominated
  adjective (masculine)
  From ā- + khyā (ख्या) 'to be called'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with tejaḥ kaṇaḥ.

कल्पनात् (kalpanāt) - through imagination (kalpanā) (from imagination, from conception)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination (kalpanā), conception, formation, creation, arrangement

Action noun

From root kḷp (कल्प) 'to be fit, imagine'

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause or means.

कश्चिद् (kaścid) - a certain (cosmic egg) (some, any, a certain)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - some, any, a certain, someone

From kim + cid

Note: Agrees with the implied subject undergoing aṇḍatām.

अण्डताम् (aṇḍatām) - the state of being a cosmic egg (the state of being an egg)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṇḍatā

aṇḍatā - the state of being an egg (aṇḍa)

From aṇḍa + tā (suffix for state of being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṇḍa+tā)

• aṇḍa – egg, testicle, cosmic egg (aṇḍa)
  noun (neuter)
• tā – state, condition, quality
  suffix (feminine)

Note: Object of prayāti.

प्रयाति (prayāti) - attains (goes forth, proceeds, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-yā

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Verb for tejaḥ-kaṇaḥ.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internal

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

स्फुरत् (sphurat) - pulsating, manifesting (throbbing, flashing, pulsating, shining)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sphurat

sphurat - throbbing, flashing, pulsating, shining, manifesting

Present Active Participle

From root sphur (स्फुर्) 'to throb, vibrate, flash'

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Agrees with brahmā.

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman (the ultimate reality), the creator deity Brahmā)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality (brahman); prayer, sacred word, Veda; the creator deity Brahmā

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound qualifying tejaḥ kaṇaḥ.

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water (jala)

Note: Subject in the simile.

आपिण्डताम् (āpiṇḍatām) - the state of becoming solidified or ice-like (the state of being a solidified mass/lump)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpiṇḍatā

āpiṇḍatā - the state of being a solidified mass, a lump

From ā-piṇḍa + tā (suffix for state of being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (āpiṇḍa+tā)

• āpiṇḍa – a lump, mass, solidified body
  noun (masculine)
  From ā- + piṇḍa (पिण्ड) 'lump, ball'
  Prefix: ā
• tā – state, condition, quality
  suffix (feminine)

Note: Object in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

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