योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-16

अणुत्वमजहत्कोऽणुर्मेरोः स्थूलतराकृतिः ।
वालाग्रशतभागात्मा कोऽणुरुच्चैः शिलोच्चयः ॥ १६ ॥

aṇutvamajahatko'ṇurmeroḥ sthūlatarākṛtiḥ ,
vālāgraśatabhāgātmā ko'ṇuruccaiḥ śiloccayaḥ 16

16. aṇutvam ajahat kaḥ aṇuḥ meroḥ sthūlatarākṛtiḥ
vālāgraśatabhāgātmā kaḥ aṇuḥ uccaiḥ śiloccayaḥ

16. kaḥ aṇuḥ aṇutvam ajahat meroḥ sthūlatarākṛtiḥ?
kaḥ aṇuḥ vālāgraśatabhāgātmā uccaiḥ śiloccayaḥ?

16. What subtle entity (aṇu) maintains its minuteness yet possesses a form larger than Mount Meru? What subtle entity (aṇu) is a hundredth part of a hair's tip, yet is also a towering mountain?

Words meanings summery:

• अणुत्वम् (aṇutvam) - minuteness, atomicity, subtlety

• अजहत् (ajahat) - not abandoning, not giving up, maintaining

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - minute entity, atom, subtle essence

• मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Meru, than Meru

• स्थूलतराकृतिः (sthūlatarākṛtiḥ) - having a form larger/grosser/more massive

• वालाग्रशतभागात्मा (vālāgraśatabhāgātmā) - whose essence is a hundredth part of a hair's tip

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अणुः (aṇuḥ) - minute entity, atom, subtle essence

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high, lofty, loudly

• शिलोच्चयः (śiloccayaḥ) - mountain, rock-heap

Words meanings and morphology

अणुत्वम् (aṇutvam) - minuteness, atomicity, subtlety

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṇutva

aṇutva - the state of being minute, subtlety, atomicity

अजहत् (ajahat) - not abandoning, not giving up, maintaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajahat

ajahat - not abandoning, not leaving

Present Active Participle

From `a` (neg.) + `√hā` (to abandon) + `śatṛ` (pres. act. part.)

Root: hā (class 3)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - minute entity, atom, subtle essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - minute, atomic, subtle; an atom, a minute particle

मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Meru, than Meru

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Meru (a mythical mountain, center of the universe)

स्थूलतराकृतिः (sthūlatarākṛtiḥ) - having a form larger/grosser/more massive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthūlatarākṛti

sthūlatarākṛti - having a larger/grosser form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthūlatara+ākṛti)

• sthūlatara – larger, grosser (comparative of sthūla)
  adjective (masculine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)

वालाग्रशतभागात्मा (vālāgraśatabhāgātmā) - whose essence is a hundredth part of a hair's tip

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālāgraśatabhāgātman

vālāgraśatabhāgātman - whose self/essence is a hundredth part of a hair's tip

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāla+agra+śata+bhāga+ātman)

• vāla – hair
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• bhāga – part, share
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अणुः (aṇuḥ) - minute entity, atom, subtle essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - minute, atomic, subtle; an atom, a minute particle

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high, lofty, loudly

(indeclinable)

शिलोच्चयः (śiloccayaḥ) - mountain, rock-heap

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiloccaya

śiloccaya - mountain, pile of rocks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+uccaya)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• uccaya – heap, pile, collection
  noun (masculine)

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