योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-18

मामवान्तरनिर्मग्नां सूक्ष्मां कीटतनोरपि ।
उद्धरिष्यति को नाम पांसुराशिभिरावृताम् ॥ १८ ॥

māmavāntaranirmagnāṃ sūkṣmāṃ kīṭatanorapi ,
uddhariṣyati ko nāma pāṃsurāśibhirāvṛtām 18

18. mām avāntaranirmagnām sūkṣmām kīṭatanoḥ api |
uddhariṣyati kaḥ nāma pāṃsurāśibhiḥ āvṛtām ||

18. कः नाम माम् अवान्तरनिर्मग्नाम् कीटतनोः अपि सूक्ष्माम् पांसुराशिभिः आवृताम् उद्धरिष्यति ।

18. Who indeed will lift me up, who am deeply submerged in the intermediate space, subtle even beyond an insect's body, and completely covered by heaps of dust?

18. מי יושיע אותי, השקועה במצולות, קטנה אף מגופו של חרק ומכוסה בערימות עפר?

Words meanings summery:

• माम् (mām) - me

• अवान्तरनिर्मग्नाम् (avāntaranirmagnām) - deeply submerged in an intermediate state/space

• सूक्ष्माम् (sūkṣmām) - subtle, fine, minute

• कीटतनोः (kīṭatanoḥ) - of an insect's body

• अपि (api) - even (more subtle than) (even, also, too)

• उद्धरिष्यति (uddhariṣyati) - will lift up, will rescue, will extract

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, by name, an emphatic particle)

• पांसुराशिभिः (pāṁsurāśibhiḥ) - by heaps of dust

• आवृताम् (āvṛtām) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

Words meanings and morphology

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

अवान्तरनिर्मग्नाम् (avāntaranirmagnām) - deeply submerged in an intermediate state/space

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avāntaranirmagna

avāntaranirmagna - deeply immersed in an intermediate space or condition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avāntara+nirmagna)

• avāntara – intermediate, interstitial, secondary
  adjective (neuter)
• nirmagna – deeply immersed, submerged, sunk
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root majj- (to sink) with upasarga nir- (down, into)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: majj (class 6)

सूक्ष्माम् (sūkṣmām) - subtle, fine, minute

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, fine, minute, atomic, delicate

From root sūc- (to point, indicate) or possibly śuc- (to shine)

Root: sūc/śuc (class 1)

कीटतनोः (kīṭatanoḥ) - of an insect's body

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kīṭatanu

kīṭatanu - insect body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kīṭa+tanu)

• kīṭa – insect, worm, vermin
  noun (masculine)
• tanu – body, form, person
  noun (feminine)

अपि (api) - even (more subtle than) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

उद्धरिष्यति (uddhariṣyati) - will lift up, will rescue, will extract

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dhṛ

Future Tense

From root dhṛ- (to hold) with upasarga ud- (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, by name, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

पांसुराशिभिः (pāṁsurāśibhiḥ) - by heaps of dust

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṃsurāśi

pāṁsurāśi - heap of dust, mound of sand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṃsu+rāśi)

• pāṃsu – dust, sand, fine earth
  noun (masculine)
• rāśi – heap, pile, multitude
  noun (masculine)

आवृताम् (āvṛtām) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ- (to cover) with upasarga ā- (completely)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

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