योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-28

क्रोडीकृताङ्कुरं पूर्वं जीवो धत्ते स्वजीवितम् ।
पश्चान्नानात्वमायाति पत्राङ्कुरफलक्रमैः ॥ २८ ॥

kroḍīkṛtāṅkuraṃ pūrvaṃ jīvo dhatte svajīvitam ,
paścānnānātvamāyāti patrāṅkuraphalakramaiḥ 28

28. kroḍīkṛta-aṅkuram pūrvam jīvaḥ dhatte sva-jīvitam
paścāt nānātvam āyāti patra-aṅkura-phala-kramaiḥ

28. pūrvam jīvaḥ kroḍīkṛta-aṅkuram sva-jīvitam dhatte.
paścāt patra-aṅkura-phala-kramaiḥ nānātvam āyāti.

28. At first, the individual soul (jīva) sustains its own life, embracing the germ within itself. Subsequently, it attains diversity through the successive stages like leaves, sprouts, and fruits.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रोडीकृत-अङ्कुरम् (kroḍīkṛta-aṅkuram) - having an embraced sprout, having a germ in its bosom/lap

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, at first, formerly

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the living being, individual soul (jīva)

• धत्ते (dhatte) - bears, holds, sustains, preserves

• स्वजीवितम् (svajīvitam) - its own life, its own vitality

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently

• नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - diversity, manifoldness

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, arrives, attains

• पत्र-अङ्कुर-फल-क्रमैः (patra-aṅkura-phala-kramaiḥ) - by the stages/sequences of leaves, sprouts, and fruits

Words meanings and morphology

क्रोडीकृत-अङ्कुरम् (kroḍīkṛta-aṅkuram) - having an embraced sprout, having a germ in its bosom/lap

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kroḍīkṛtāṅkura

kroḍīkṛtāṅkura - containing/embracing a sprout/germ

Compound. 'kroḍīkṛta' (embraced, taken into lap) + 'aṅkura' (sprout, germ).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kroḍīkṛta+aṅkura)

• kroḍīkṛta – embraced, taken into the lap, contained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'kroḍī-kṛ' (to take into the lap).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• aṅkura – sprout, germ, shoot, origin
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṅk (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'svajīvitam'.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, at first, formerly

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially.

Note: Adverb of time.

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the living being, individual soul (jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive, individual soul, living being (jīva)

From root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

धत्ते (dhatte) - bears, holds, sustains, preserves

(verb)

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

Present middle indicative

Root 'dhā', class 3.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Verb for 'jīvaḥ'.

स्वजीवितम् (svajīvitam) - its own life, its own vitality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svajīvita

svajīvita - one's own life, self-sustenance

From 'sva' (own) + 'jīvita' (life).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+jīvita)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• jīvita – life, living, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (nominalized)
  From root 'jīv' (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Object of 'dhatte'.

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - diversity, manifoldness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nānātva

nānātva - diversity, variety, manifoldness

From 'nānā' (various) + 'tva' (abstract suffix).

Note: Object of 'āyāti'.

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, arrives, attains

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From root 'yā' (to go) with 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

पत्र-अङ्कुर-फल-क्रमैः (patra-aṅkura-phala-kramaiḥ) - by the stages/sequences of leaves, sprouts, and fruits

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patrāṅkuraphalakrama

patrāṅkuraphalakrama - sequence/stages of leaves, sprouts, and fruits

Compound.

Compound type : dvandva (patra+aṅkura+phala+krama)

• patra – leaf, feather, wing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• aṅkura – sprout, germ, shoot
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'aṅk' (to go, move, mark).
  Root: aṅk (class 1)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'phal' (to bear fruit).
  Root: phal (class 1)
• krama – step, order, sequence, method
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kram' (to step, go).
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Instrumental plural, indicating the means by which diversity is attained.

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