योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-30

बीजं द्रुमतयेवाशु द्रुमो बीजतयेव च ।
स्वमेकमजहदूपमुदेत्यनुदितोऽपि कः ॥ ३० ॥

bījaṃ drumatayevāśu drumo bījatayeva ca ,
svamekamajahadūpamudetyanudito'pi kaḥ 30

30. bījam druma-tayā iva āśu drumaḥ bīja-tayā iva ca
svam ekam ajahat-rūpam udeti anuditaḥ api kaḥ

30. kaḥ anuditaḥ api svam ekam ajahat-rūpam bījam
druma-tayā iva āśu udeti ca drumaḥ bīja-tayā iva

30. Who is it that, though unmanifested, quickly manifests its single, unchanging nature – sometimes as a seed becoming a tree, and sometimes as a tree becoming a seed – without ever abandoning its essential form?

30. כשם שגרעין הופך לאילן ואילן חוזר להיות גרעין, מי הוא זה שבלי לזנוח את טבעו האחד והיחיד זורח, אף על פי שמעולם לא זרח?

Words meanings summery:

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

• द्रुम-तया (druma-tayā) - by tree-nature, in the manner of a tree

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, soon

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

• बीज-तया (bīja-tayā) - by seed-nature, in the manner of a seed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• स्वम् (svam) - own, one's own

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

• अजहत्-रूपम् (ajahat-rūpam) - its single, unchanging nature or essential form (not abandoning its form, whose form is not abandoned)

• उदेति (udeti) - manifests (rises, appears, manifests)

• अनुदितः (anuditaḥ) - though unmanifested (unrisen, unmanifested, unexpressed)

• अपि (api) - even though (also, even, though)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, which, what

Words meanings and morphology

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

द्रुम-तया (druma-tayā) - by tree-nature, in the manner of a tree

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of druma-tā

druma-tā - tree-ness, the state or nature of a tree

Derived from druma (tree) with the abstract suffix -tā.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (druma+tā)

• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
• tā – state, condition, -ness
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix for abstract feminine nouns.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, soon

(indeclinable)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, wood

बीज-तया (bīja-tayā) - by seed-nature, in the manner of a seed

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bīja-tā

bīja-tā - seed-ness, the state or nature of a seed

Derived from bīja (seed) with the abstract suffix -tā.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bīja+tā)

• bīja – seed, germ, origin
  noun (neuter)
• tā – state, condition, -ness
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix for abstract feminine nouns.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

स्वम् (svam) - own, one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

(numeral)

अजहत्-रूपम् (ajahat-rūpam) - its single, unchanging nature or essential form (not abandoning its form, whose form is not abandoned)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajahat-rūpa

ajahat-rūpa - not abandoning its form, whose form is not abandoned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jahat+rūpa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• jahat – abandoning, leaving
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root jah (to abandon, leave).
  Root: jah (class 3)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

उदेति (udeti) - manifests (rises, appears, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ud-i

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Verb form of root i (to go) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अनुदितः (anuditaḥ) - though unmanifested (unrisen, unmanifested, unexpressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anudita

anudita - unrisen, unmanifested, not spoken, unexpressed

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative form of udita (PPP of ud-i, to rise) with prefix a-.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+udita)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• udita – risen, manifested, said
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root i (to go) with prefix ud-.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

अपि (api) - even though (also, even, though)

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

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